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Why Oxygen, Not Time, Is What Makes Much of Our Food Go Bad
We tend to talk about food spoilage as if time itself were the culprit. Leave a bag of nuts, a bottle of juice or a packet of dried food on the shelf for long enough, the thinking goes, and age simply catches up with it. But for many foods, the more immediate enemy is not the clock. It is oxygen.
Mark Pierce Sat, 09/26/2026 - 20:20 Categories MicrobiologyHigh-altitude wetland reveals a distinctive genetic signature in DNA polymerase genes
From single-target tests to real-time multipathogen surveillance for safer water
NTU Singapore scientists supercharge plant immunity to boost its natural defence response
Enzyme USP15 Limits Ovarian Cancer Cells And Boosts Chemotherapy
Ovarian cancer is devastating, five-year survival rate under 30%, when detected after it has spread. New basic research may improve that.
News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 11:38 Categories Cancer ResearchSorry Higgs, There May Be A New Contender For Low Energy States
If we're trapped in a false vacuum, there's still hope to break free of cosmic lockdown
News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 10:35 Categories PhysicsBeauty Is In The Pupil Of The Beholder - Glossiness Too
Pupils don't just respond to what we look at, they respond based on how we evaluate
News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 10:08 Categories VisionDoes Stroke Cause Brain Tumor?
A new paper correlates stroke to glioma growth, linking brain injury to malignant brain tumors.
News Fri, 09/25/2026 - 09:49 Categories NeuroscienceIf You Worry About Microplastics, Be Grateful If Climate Change Means Fewer Hurricanes
Climate change has been implicated in the lack of hurricanes this year, but there may be an upside to doom from fewer atmospheric disasters. If you worry about microplastics, PM2.5, or other homeopathy, it means less of those also.
Hank Campbell Thu, 09/24/2026 - 13:45 Categories AtmosphericSome Tests Of The Radiacode Zero
As I explained previously, these days I am testing a new radiation detector from the Radiacode family: Radiacode Zero.
Tommaso Dorigo Thu, 09/24/2026 - 10:54 Categories PhysicsJurassic Puke: Plesiosaurs Knew Not To Vomit Where They Eat
Jurassic monsters sometimes needed to vomit. When they did, they went to shore.
News Wed, 09/23/2026 - 14:56 Categories PaleontologyThe Lindsay Clancy Difference: Many Parents Have Intrusive Thoughts About Infant Harm
A survey says half of new parents have unwanted thoughts about harming their infants. Why did Lindsay Clancy resort to murder when so few others do?
The Conversation Wed, 09/23/2026 - 10:11 Categories PsychologyMicroplastics can affect the next generation without being passed directly from mother to offspring
Engineering defects in metal-organic frameworks boosts conversion of biomass sugars into lactic acid
Carbon Nanotube Has EMI And Hides Heat
Researchers have developed a composite film that combines electromagnetic interference shielding, infrared stealth, and high mechanical strength using carbon nanotube fibers and MXene.
News Account Mon, 09/21/2026 - 20:10 Categories Applied Physics