Posts for tag "toxins"
Mobile HAB Lab, Citizen Scientists Building Awareness
The Mobile HAB Lab project is taking awareness about Microcystin to the public in Pennsylvania to help keep people and pets safe.
- Posted October 23, 2019
Handheld Cyanotoxin Detection Technology Prototype
Engineers have developed a prototype for a handheld cyanotoxin detector that works with a cell phone for real-time results in the field.
- Posted October 17, 2019
Common disinfectant ingredients linked to infertility and birth defects in mice
Researchers working in different parts of the nation happened upon the same puzzling problem: Their normally fertile lab mice who produced healthy offspring were having trouble getting pregnant, according to a recent article in The Scientist. When...
- Posted February 6, 2015
Study finds fall armyworm’s secret to eating toxic plants
Maize and other plants use toxins to repel insects and worms. But by monitoring a specific chemical inside a fall armyworm, researchers at the Max Plank Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered that the worm’s gut can chemically...
- Posted October 22, 2014
