A Rice University lab’s project to make better fluorescent tags has turned into a method to kill tumors.
Rice Lab Turns Fluorescent Tags Into Cancer Killers
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Purifying Water With A Partly Coated Gold Nanoparticle
With a new nanoparticle that converts light to heat, a team of researchers has found a promising technology for clearing water of pollutants.
Global Study Finds Air Pollution Major Risk For Cardiovascular Disease Regardless Of Country Income
From low-income countries to high-income countries, long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and death, a new Oregon State University study found.
Experimental Peptide Targets Covid-19
Using computational models of protein interactions, researchers at the MIT Media Lab and Center for Bits and Atoms have designed a peptide that can bind to coronavirus proteins and shuttle them into a cellular pathway that breaks them down.
In Pandemic Recovery Efforts, Polluting Industries Are Winning Big
While the world has been preoccupied by the Covid-19 pandemic, polluting industries have been pushing to turn the crisis to their advantage, lobbying governments — often successfully — for lucrative favors like bailout funds and the easing of costly regulations.
NASA's Suomi NPP Satellite Sees Major Siberian Wildfires
On June 21, 2020, NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite using the VIIRS instrument (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) captured this natural-color image of fires that have broken out across the Siberian section of Russia.
