Health and Medicine
- Cone Snails – Danger and Deception Wrapped in Beautiful Packages
- - Cone snails, which are predatory molluscs, employ three main hunting strategies using deadly toxins.
- Cone Snails – Venoms Have Unexpected Benefits
- - Scientists are examining components of cone shell venom to develop a faster acting form of insulin and drugs to relieve severe chronic pain.
- Hidden Health Concerns in Our Food and Water
- - Scientists are examining possible health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic organic chemical long used in a variety of consumer goods.
- Plants That Sting
- - The chemistry of stinging plants from Australia has been analyzed, in part, to better understand pain stimulation and treatment, as well as feature evolution.
- Seeding Cartilage Growth
- - Scientists have stimulated skeletal stem cells to regrow cartilage in mice. Such work may lead to a safe and effective treatment for arthritis.
I. Preliminary Information Unit
- Are Linden Trees Killing Bumblebees?
- - Through observations and analysis, scientists have modified their hypotheses on factors leading to massive deaths of bumblebees under linden trees.
- Cone Snails – Chemical Hackers
- - Some cone snails can use as a hunting tool a chemical that mimics the pheromones of bristle worms to lure the worms out of seclusion.
- Cone Snails – Venoms Have Unexpected Benefits
- - Scientists are examining components of cone shell venom to develop a faster acting form of insulin and drugs to relieve severe chronic pain.
- Electric Bacteria
- - The presence of the cable bacteria can reduce methane release in flooded rice fields by over 90%. Could this be a significant weapon to reduce methane emissions into the atmosphere?
- Hidden Health Concerns in Our Food and Water
- - Scientists are examining possible health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic organic chemical long used in a variety of consumer goods.
- Plants That Sting
- - The chemistry of stinging plants from Australia has been analyzed, in part, to better understand pain stimulation and treatment, as well as feature evolution.
II. Cells: Basic to Life Unit
- Are Linden Trees Killing Bumblebees?
- - Through observations and analysis, scientists have modified their hypotheses on factors leading to massive deaths of bumblebees under linden trees.
- Seeding Cartilage Growth
- - Scientists have stimulated skeletal stem cells to regrow cartilage in mice. Such work may lead to a safe and effective treatment for arthritis.
III. Genetics/ Genome Unit
IV. Evolution/Natural Selection Unit
- Plants That Sting
- - The chemistry of stinging plants from Australia has been analyzed, in part, to better understand pain stimulation and treatment, as well as feature evolution.
- Toxic Relations
- - The primate slow loris is actually venomous. Scientists have been studying the evolution of the animal's behavior involving its damaging venom.
V. Ecology and Environment Unit
- Climate Models
- - Climate models help scientists analyze the impact of human activity on extreme weather events.
- Cone Snails – Danger and Deception Wrapped in Beautiful Packages
- - Cone snails, which are predatory molluscs, employ three main hunting strategies using deadly toxins.
- Electric Bacteria
- - The presence of the cable bacteria can reduce methane release in flooded rice fields by over 90%. Could this be a significant weapon to reduce methane emissions into the atmosphere?
- Hidden Health Concerns in Our Food and Water
- - Scientists are examining possible health risks of Bisphenol A (BPA), a synthetic organic chemical long used in a variety of consumer goods.
