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New Algorithm Allows for Faster, Animal-Free Chemical Toxicity Testing

April 17, 2019

With around 80,000 untested chemicals in use, Rutgers-led innovation addresses an urgent environmental safety need

TNT Could Be Headed for Retirement after 116 Years on the Job

June 18, 2018

Los Alamos National Laboratory and the US Army are working on a replacement for toxic TNT

Antibiotics From a ‘Molecular Pencil Sharpener’

October 25, 2017

Discovery could lead to new antibacterial agents and drugs to combat toxins

Soil Amendments for Healthier Spinach

October 4, 2017

Soils keep plants healthy by providing plants with water, helpful minerals, and microbes, among other benefits. But what if t...

Single Molecule microRNA Technology Proves Useful for Liver Toxicity Detection

July 11, 2017

Breakthrough research published in PLOS ONE demonstrates quantitative, PCR-free detection of microRNA

Vinka Oyanedel-Craver and Tahei Tahara on New Applications for Molecular Spectroscopy

February 10, 2017

Some of the challenges associated with fast, real-time testing, comprehensive analysis of samples, and post-processing o...

Warmer West Coast Ocean Conditions Linked to Increased Risk of Toxic Shellfish

January 10, 2017

Oregon State University and NOAA provide new tools to predict harmful algal blooms off the West Coast

An Informatics Approach Helps Better Identify Chemical Combinations in Consumer Products

December 13, 2016

"This work provides another piece of the environmental-exposure puzzle and, unlike our genetic material, we can easily change...

Baby Teethers Soothe, but Many Contain Low Levels of BPA

December 7, 2016

The researchers say the findings could be used to develop appropriate policies to protect infants from exposure to potentiall...

New Grasses Neutralize Toxic Pollution from Bombs, Explosives, and Munitions

November 24, 2016

Project is the first reported demonstration of genetically transforming grasses to supercharge their ability to remove contam...

Scientists Devise More Accurate System for Predicting Risks of New Chemical Products

November 22, 2016

A new structural alert system could reduce years and millions of dollars from bringing a new drug or product to market

Hexavalent Chromium in Well Water Can Come from Natural Sources

October 26, 2016

Scientists report that well water both near and far from leaking coal ash ponds in North Carolina contains hexavalent chromiu...

Contaminated Environmental Samples: New Methods to Extract and Analyze

June 13, 2016

Technological advances have enabled us to analyze increasingly lower concentrations of chemicals

Mystery Solved: Traits Identified for Why Certain Chemicals Reach Toxic Levels in Food Webs

April 22, 2016

USGS indentifies two traits that indicate how chemicals can build up and reach toxic levels

New Research Shows Native Alberta Algae Can Help Detoxify Tailings Ponds

March 29, 2016

Gordon Chua part of team testing ability of tiny organisms to clean oilsands wastewater

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