Scientists develop plan to save freshwater crocodiles from toxic cane toads
A freshwater crocodile eats a rigged cane toad bait. Credit: Georgia Ward-Fear Scientists from Macquarie University, working with Bunuba Aboriginal ...
Tag: Toxic
Sensors made from ‘frozen smoke’ can detect toxic formaldehyde in homes and offices
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Researchers have developed a sensor made from 'frozen smoke' that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect ...
Team describes how to produce ‘green’ steel from toxic red sludge
Phase evolution of red mud with hydrogen plasma treatment and iron recovery mechanism. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06901-z Aluminum production ...
COPD and the effect of low-dose cadmium, a highly toxic metal, on airway epithelial cells
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Exposure to cigarette smoke is associated with the development and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...
New nose-shaped sensor detects toxic ammonia gas
The team used an inexpensive and scalable technique to deposit very fine tin dioxide onto a base material, even a ...
New study finds that short, toxic RNAs kill brain cells and may enable the development of Alzheimer’s disease
A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. The nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue) are highlighted. Note that this is ...
The first assessment of toxic heavy metal pollution in the Southern Hemisphere over the past 2,000 years
American and Norwegian researchers are crossing the East Antarctic ice sheet to collect ice cores used in the study. Credit: ...
Highly toxic plant-based weight loss drug can now be produced from yeast
Celastrol is produced in the root of the traditional medicinal plant Tripterygium wilfordii. Credit: Nikolaj Hansen In China, children are ...
Targeted household cleaning can reduce toxic chemicals after wildfire, study finds
Credit: Environmental science and technology (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05547 Once the last embers of a campfire have died down, the musky ...
Wildfires can release toxic metal particles from soils, study finds
Frequency of large fires in metal-rich landscapes. Fires of satellite origin over an area greater than 2,023 ha in widespread ...
