Archive: 2015

by C. Rose Kennedy figures by Kaitlyn Choi What’s in a Flavor? The word “flavor” pervades our daily vocabulary, evoking associations of rich or vivid experiences beyond the experience of eating. Even in the literal context, the Flavor Extract…

by Matthew Schwartz A new danger is threatening the economic stability of the west coast of the United States and has the potential to cause a public health crisis. A massive harmful algal bloom has accumulated across most of the west coast and may be…

The experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland have produced many impressive results in recent years studying the nature of the fundamental particles and forces that govern the world around us. While it is better known…

Simulated Image of a Black Hole. Image obtained via Creative Commons License Stephen Hawking recently announced that he has solved one of the most famous puzzles in science, the black hole information paradox. The information paradox is a conundrum of…

The anti-retroviral drug Truvada; Author- Jeffrey Beall’s own work, from Wikimedia CommonsA recent study has delighted many by claims that taking the pill Truvada prevents HIV infection. The study is one of the first to test the pill in a real-world…

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Formica fusca, the ant specie used in the study, feedingBy Sedeer El-Showk [CC BY-SA 2.5], via Wikimedia Commons 2015 has been a good year for ants: Ant-Man was added to the roster of Marvel superheroes and now a recent paper has shown ants participating…

Obesity is a growing problem in the United States, and this map from 2007 shows the percentage increase in cases of obesity by state in the US between 1987 and 2007. Identifying the causes of obesity, both environmental and genetic, is important to…

Roundup product are the focus of the article. Response to: Endocrine disruption and cytotoxicity of glyphosate and roundup in human JAr cells in vitro – Integrative Pharmacology, Toxicology and Genotoxicology In this article, the authors use the…

Modern technology can be used to improve the pill manufacturing process [mattza under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license]Additive manufacturing – colloquially known as 3-D printing – can generate complex objects like firearms and human organs, but its latest…