Harvard researchers engineer proteins

Researchers prove they can engineer proteins to find new targets with high selectivity, a critical advance toward potential new treatments to help neuroregeneration, cytokine storm.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
March 4, 2021 ~7 min

Winter storms boost carbon monoxide poisoning risk

"Install carbon monoxide detectors in your home," says Diane Calello. "They are the only way to detect this odorless, colorless, life-threatening gas."

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Feb. 17, 2021 ~3 min


Acid in food puts otters at risk of fatal heart disease

A neurotoxin called domoic acid found in the crabs and clams raises the risk of fatal heart disease for southern sea otters, already a threatened species.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Jan. 27, 2021 ~6 min

Chemicals banned for decades still show up in terns

Chemicals banned in the US for almost 50 years still show up in bodies of migratory terns. "These chemicals are still there. They don't just go away."

Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo • futurity
Nov. 19, 2020 ~8 min

Cocktail of chemicals hide in Bangladesh’s water

The existence of antifungals and antibiotics in urban and rural Bangladesh's water raises concerns about antifungal and antimicrobial resistance.

Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo • futurity
April 22, 2020 ~5 min

Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic ‘forever chemicals’

In 2012, five women firefighters in San Francisco received a breast cancer diagnosis. That led many to question, "Is our job causing cancer?"

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
Feb. 26, 2020 ~8 min

Your water filter might not catch all toxic chemicals

While using any type of drinking water filter is better than none, many don't completely remove toxic chemicals—and some may even make the situation worse.

Tim Lucas-Duke • futurity
Feb. 5, 2020 ~5 min

Do ‘forever chemicals’ PFOS and PFOA sap dopamine?

Dopamine declines in roundworms exposed to PFOS and PFOA, "forever chemicals" that are believed to linger in the body and environment indefinitely.

Amy Patterson Neubert-Purdue • futurity
Feb. 5, 2020 ~5 min


Cadmium, gene combo can speed up cognitive decline

Exposure to cadmium could speed up cognitive impairment, but it's even worse for people with a gene key to Alzheimer's disease.

Ashlie Chandler-Washington • futurity
Dec. 3, 2019 ~5 min

Little Devil frogs feed their babies poison eggs for good reason

Two species of poison frogs from distant parts of the world both feed their young unfertilized, toxin-laced eggs. New research uncovers why.

Ker Than-Stanford • futurity
Nov. 22, 2019 ~6 min

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