Addiction

Refining NMR technique to work toward new drug testing tool

University of Canterbury Chemical and Process Engineering Professor Daniel Holland and his team are refining a technique called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and plan to use it to measure the content and concentration ...

Medical research

New molecularly imprinted nicotine receptors

Researchers from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in Nehru Marg, India have added another piece to the puzzle of how to synthetize an artificial nicotine receptor. Nicotine - the infamous principal ...

Health

Trendy microgreens offer flavor you can grow at home

As one of the trendiest foods in the produce aisle, microgreens are known for adding a splash of color to a dish, a spicy kick to a salad—and a chunk of change to a grocery bill.

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers develop a device that detects tumour cells in blood

Researchers at the URV's Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry have patented a portable device that can detect tumour cells in blood. The device counts the number of tumour cells in a blood sample in real time and ...

Medications

Jamaica scientist launches medical marijuana firm (Update)

A prominent Jamaican scientist and entrepreneur is launching a company that aims to capitalize on medical marijuana, a growing global industry that he asserted Wednesday could be a boon for the island's chronically limping ...

Medical research

Researchers investigate challenges of testing children's blood

A new Murdoch Children's Research Institute study has highlighted the challenges of consistently diagnosing child blood samples and sourcing healthy samples for research. Published in Clinical Chemistry, the research paper, ...

Neuroscience

System provides clear brain scans of awake, unrestrained mice

Setting a mouse free to roam might alarm most people, but not so for nuclear imaging researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Johns Hopkins ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers discover new pathways that could help treat RNA viruses

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have identified new pathways in an RNA-based virus where inhibitors, like medical treatments, unbind. The finding could be beneficial in understanding how these inhibitors react ...

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