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What is Citizen Science?

Citizen science can be described as active public involvement in scientific research.

28 Apr 2022

How, When, and Why to Add Lime to Your Soil

Limestone is made from the calcium deposit of fossilized shells and is readily used as a soil amendment often referred to as garden lime, or lime for short.

20 Apr 2022

To the Bone: How Proteomics is Uncovering the Mysteries of Ancient DNA

Ancient deoxyribonucleic acid (aDNA) is one of the most important biomolecules that can be extracted from skeletal remains that are obtained from archaeological sites.

20 Apr 2022

What Role do Proteins Play in Disease?

By definition, a protein is any type of nitrogenous organic compound that consists of one or more long-chain(s) of amino acids.

20 Apr 2022

What is a Genotype?

Referring to either the alleles of a gene or the complete set of genes, a genotype describes the unique DNA sequence an organism carries.

14 Apr 2022

Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Detection of Nucleic Acid

Magnetic nanoparticles have both nanoparticles (within a range of 1 to 100 nanometers in diameter) and magnetic particles such as cobalt, iron, and nickel.

13 Apr 2022

X-ray Microscopy: An Overview

This article will overview one specialist type of microscope, the x-ray microscope.

13 Apr 2022

Secret Sugar; Finding Hidden Sugars in the Food You Eat

There is a common misconception that if a person is not overweight, then they don’t need to worry about their sugar intake.

13 Apr 2022

How do Cancer Cells Interact with Our Immune System?

Generally, the immune system works to identify foreign “non-self” antigens present on pathogenic, infected, or malignant cells.

13 Apr 2022

What is the CSI Effect?

Crime dramas with an emphasis on forensic science have become very popular over the last three decades.

13 Apr 2022

$X-ray Diffraction (XRD): An Overview$

X-ray Diffraction (XRD): An Overview

The X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique is used to characterize the structure of a wide variety of materials on the atomic and molecular levels.

13 Apr 2022

What Factors Affect the Efficiency of Drug Approval?

In this article, we outline the standard drug approval process in the US and highlight what factors could hinder this process.

13 Apr 2022

How to Make the Best Jam According to Science

Jam seems like a simple sweet treat to spread on toast, but the truth is there is a science behind perfecting the process of making this conserve.

13 Apr 2022

'Land Sparing' vs. 'Land Sharing' Agriculture

In the face of a growing human population and the need for greater food production, strategies of preserving land or integrating natural elements into agricultural land have been developed in recent years.

13 Apr 2022

How could mRNA be Used to Fight Diseases?

The Pfizer/BioNTech and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were the first mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccines in the world to complete all clinical trial stages and be approved for use.

10 Apr 2022

Scanning Helium Microscopy: An Overview

With advances in nanotechnology and the desire to see smaller and smaller components of many substances, creatures, cells, etc., there have been massive developments in microscopy in recent years.

9 Apr 2022

Ethics in Clinical Proteomics

The field of proteomics is beginning to mature and due to its impact on the lives of patients, its responsibilities grow stronger.

8 Apr 2022

How Important is Innovation to the Life Sciences?

Innovation is vitally important to life sciences. This article looks at its role in research in more detail.

7 Apr 2022

Structure-Based Drug Design: An Overview

Classical or forward pharmacology, the traditional drug discovery method, is increasingly being replaced by the newer, structure-based drug design approach.

6 Apr 2022