Articles by Livia Rusu
‘Safe’ Pesticides Not So Safe After All: Honeybee Deaths Linked To Compounds Previously Thought ‘Bee-Safe’
A new study found that pesticides are responsible for many bee colony deaths. From fungicides to insecticides, these substances, thought of as safe for bees and their habitat, end up killing entire colonies.
Is California Taxing E-Cigarettes? Proposition 56 Voting Set For November
If Proposition 56 be voted into law come November, then California will become the fifth U.S. state to tax e-cigarettes. The collected the tax money will be allocated to fund health care, tobacco use prevention, research and law enforcement.
Religion Influences A Person’s Likelihood To Get Cancer Screening
A new study conducted in Canada among immigrants shows that religious women are more likely to go through cancer screening procedures than those with no religious affiliation. Despite lower income, Muslim women have an 85.2 percent screening rate.
China’s Tiangong-2 May Be The Only Space Station Left When The ISS Retires In 2024
The International Space Station is set to retire on 2024. And when it does, it looks like China will be the lone country left with a space station, now that it just launched the Tiangong-2 space lab.
NASA Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Captures ‘Big Picture’ Of Comet 67P
While the Rosetta mission successfully ended on Sept. 30, 2016, NASA's Kepler observed the big picture of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, providing scientists with a complementary analysis of its activity.
Mars Rover Milestone: NASA Opportunity Rover To Explore Mars Gully For The First Time
NASA’s Opportunity rover has been on Mars for quite some time but it's now venturing into a liquid-carved gully on the planet for the first time. This task is part of the rover’s mission extension which began on Oct. 1.
Methane And The Early Earth: Once Upon A Time, Greenhouse Gases Were Good For The Planet
While it's widely believed that heat-trapping methane significantly contributed to our planet's survival a billion years ago, a new study showed that it couldn't have done so because of its limited quantity. The discovery suggested that our planet was kept from freezing up by other greenhouse gases.
Damian Marley, Entrepreneur: Bob Marley’s Youngest Son Converting A Former California Prison Into A Pot Farm
Damian Marley bought an old prison in the state of California with the aim of turning it into a facility for growing medical cannabis. If the state's Proposition 64 passes, the company will also be able to sell marijuana for recreational use.
'Executioner' Protein Responsible For Brain Cell Death In Strokes, Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study discovered the protein responsible for cell death in almost all cases of cell injury. The mechanisms of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor in contact with the mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor produces systematic injuries to the cells.
World’s First Womb Transplant Lets Woman Give Birth From The Same Uterus She Was Born From
Albin Eriksson, the son of a Swedish woman, is the world’s first to have been born from the same womb as his mother. The woman had a womb transplant from her mother after discovering at the age of 15 that she was born without a uterus.
Breast Cancer Screening Risks And Benefits: What You Need To Know About Mammograms
While mammograms are never 100 percent foolproof, they diminish the risks of breast cancer so women are advised to get them. Here's what you need to know about them!
Hurricane Matthew Will Be A Serious Problem For The Kennedy Space Center
Hurricane Matthew was recorded to strike on the Space Coast on Friday. The nearly $11 billion-worth Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station could suffer tremendous consequences.
Exploding E-Cigarettes Cause Injuries So Severe Victims Have To Go To Burn Centers
From October 2015 to June 2016, there have been 15 cases of e-cigarettes burns among ENDS consumers. Because of the lack of regulation in the production of the devices with lithium-ion batteries, scientists consider the issue a matter of public health concern.
US Lawmakers To Investigate WHO Cancer Agency, Question NIH Officials About Funding
Representatives of the National Institute of Health will give personal briefing in relation to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. This comes after the U.S. lawmakers ask for a full disclosure of NIH's funding policy.
Removing Carbon Dioxide In The Air Necessary To Resolve Climate Change, Says Study
A new study suggests that, in our fight against climate change, simply reducing the levels of pollution will not produce significant results. We will have to start extracting the carbon dioxide from the air in order to counter climate change.
No, Night Shift Work Doesn’t Up Your Chances Of Developing Breast Cancer
Three studies conducted in the UK showed that women who work night shifts are not in greater danger of developing breast cancer. The combined data invalidated another assessment from 2007, which suggested that there was a strong connection between the two.
Ohio Bridal Shop Suing Texas Hospital Whose Negligence Got It Called The ‘Ebola Store’
Ohio-based bridal shop filed a suit against a Texas Hospital because one of its nurses unknowingly contracted the Ebola virus and visited the boutique. The business was temporarily shut down by the authorities and never reopened because of the clients' reluctance.
Massive Fireball Streaks Across East Coast, Seen From DC To Canada
The American Meteor Society received more than 700 reports after a massive fireball was observed streaking across the sky over the East Coast. Because of the huge number of eyewitnesses, the occurrence is hailed as one of the 'top 10 events of the year.'
Mysterious Star KIC 8462852 Continues To Dim And Astronomers Still Don’t Know Why
The star KIC 8462852 has shown a bizarre pattern in diminishing its activity. In the four years it was being monitored NASA's Kepler telescope, it appeared to lose 3 percent of its brightness, a colossal amount.
China Sets Sights On Building The Largest Spaceplane In The World
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology released a statement saying that it's aiming to build the largest spaceplane in the world. With that, the state-owned company will be able to accommodate up to 20 passengers in reusable rockets.
2016 Nobel Laureates Take Chemistry To The Next Level With 'World's Smallest Machines'
This year's Chemistry award is the third announced Nobel Prize and it went to a team of scientists who managed to take the first steps to transforming molecules into machines that could find and cure diseases in the future.
FDA Grants Roche’s Giant Cell Arteritis Drug Actemra Breakthrough Status
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted breakthrough therapy designation status to Actemra, a giant cell arteritis drug by Roche. In 2015, the company also received the designation for their systemic sclerosis research.
Breast Density Matters: Women Screening For Breast Cancer Should Be Told If They Have Dense Breasts
Breast cancer is harder to identify on women with higher breast density for their age. The mammograms show in white both the thicker tissues and the tumors, making the detection significantly more complicated.
Exotic Matter Breakthrough Grants 2016 Nobel Prize In Physics To Three US Scientists
Three U.S.-based physicists were offered the Nobel Prized for Physics for their pioneering work in the analysis of new states of matter. Using advanced abstract mathematical concepts, they studied new phases of matter, such as superconductivity or magnetic films.
Study Finds ‘Brain Training’ Effective In Certain Tasks, Not So Much In Others
A new study has found that brain training exercises are inefficient in improving the entirety og cognitive functions. It has concluded that these types of stimuli can only improve the very task-specific performance at best.
A Smoker’s Legacy: Study Reveals Carcinogens From Tobacco Smoke Linger Months After Smokers Quit
Smokers' houses were discovered to carry dangerous carcinogen residues responsible for lung cancer even months after quitting. The residues were found in household objects as well as walls because of the substances' capacity to penetrate deep layers of surfaces.
Researchers Find Connection Between Feel-Good Hormone Dopamine And Ability To Recognize Faces
A new study has revealed the connection between the pleasure hormone, dopamine, and the brain's pathways of face recognition. This could bring new explanation on the cognitive reasoning of our social activity as an evolutionary survival mechanism.
A Few Drinks Do Make You Feel Better: Researchers Found Alcohol Acts Like Rapid Antidepressants
Researchers compared the short-term effects of alcohol with those of antidepressants and found that the biochemical pathways of both stimuli are the same. This means so are the behavioral effects and changes in attitude brought about by the two.
Blue Origin Delays New Shepard In-Flight Escape Test Due To Bad Weather
Blue Origin’s New Shepard was supposed to undergo a test using a capsule that simulates a real-life crisis condition. Because of the poor weather conditions, however, the test will be delayed a day.
Good Food Puts Bees In Good Mood
New research suggested that dopamine-induced sucrose doses fed to bumblebees can improve their behavior and create a state comparable to humans' positive emotions, suggesting similar basic cognitive wirings.
