The Salt Mine Solution
In the Salado salt formation a half-mile below the New Mexico desert, WIPP has room to store all the radioactive waste an expanded nuclear power program could produce. Emphasis on the word could.
A Better Way to Anesthetize?
Researchers have created a new system of slow-release delivery for anesthetic drugs, producing long-lasting local anesthesia in rats without signs of toxicity in their nerve or muscle cells.
Of Hearing Loss in Mice and Men
Progressive hearing loss, a common but poorly understood condition, is related to a newly discovered gene that affects the sensory hair cells in the inner ear.
Eating Creosote: A Poisonous Response to Climate Change
Genetic mutations are allowing woodrats to eat toxic creosote as climate change makes their preferred diet of juniper harder to find.
The Non-Stick Stem Cell?
Certain stem cells, coated with a material known popularly as Teflon, have been shown to be delivered to their destination in the body without triggering an immune response.
Hey, Grandpa, Pass the Xbox Controller
It's little remarked upon, but there's a thriving culture of video gaming among people who can legitimately join AARP, and intergenerational communication may just be the better for it.
Addiction Is Just the Start of Nicotine’s Bodily Harm
You can add this to the list of things that are unhealthy about smoking cigarettes: Not only is nicotine addictive, it can interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body.
A New Drug to Fight Portal Hypertension?
The drug sorafenib — already approved in several countries for treatment of kidney and liver cancer — dramatically improves the health of rats with liver cirrhosis and advanced portal hypertension.
Building a Better Mouse Study
Scientist recommends putting rodent lab subjects in varying conditions to get a better idea of how drug and medical products will perform in the real world.
In Flu, it’s the Host that Matters the Most
The devastation that any given flu strain can wreak depends on the genetics of the individual, new research suggests.