Aug 05 2011
Suitcase-Sized Device Detects Anthrax
Tests that normally require a full-sized lab and days to complete can now be performed in real-time on a computer chip.
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Aug 05 2011
Israeli Scientists Develop Date-Rape Drug Detector
The sensor has accurately detected date-rape drugs in drinks 100 percent of the time.
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Jul 27 2011
Teens Find Weeds in Tea
Students in high school conducted DNA tests on teas and found herbal brews contained common weeds.
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Jul 26 2011
Could New Rover Find Fossils on Mars?
Rover "Curiosity" ups the ante in search for life beyond Earth, but can't directly detect Martian life.
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Jul 20 2011
Getting the Dirt on Dust
Airborne dust has so many different influences on basic Earth processes large and small that no single science has a clear understanding of it.
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Jul 08 2011
Sulfur Smoke Slowed Global Warming Slightly
Coal use in China ramped up short-lived atmospheric sulfur that dimmed the effects of greenhouse warming during the mid-2000s
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Jun 23 2011
Artificial Sweetener Leaves Environmental Aftertaste
Not even kryptonite can destroy this super-strength sweetener.
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Jun 20 2011
Mississippi Floods to Raise the Dead Zone in the Gulf
A record-setting dead zone is predicted to occur in the Gulf of Mexico this summer following the excess nutrient runoff from spring floods along the Mississippi.
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Jun 10 2011
Two New Elements Join Periodic Table
But they don't yet have names. What would you call them?
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Jun 10 2011
Milk Clean After Floods
Milk gets a clean bill of health even from cows grazing from flood-contaminated soils.
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