Emily Carlson
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5 Foul Things That Are Good For YouBread mold and nitric oxide, ewwww!
By Emily Carlson Published
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Toxic Turnaround With ManganeseResearchers discovered that manganese, a metal and an essential nutrient, helps protect cells against certain toxins.
By Emily Carlson Published
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Bacterial 'Glue' is One of Nature's Stickiest SubstancesThe tiny water bacterium Caulobacter crescentus secretes a sugary substance so sticky that just a tiny bit could hold several cars together.
By Emily Carlson Published
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The Amazing World Inside a Human CellTake a wild ride through your cells.
By Alisa Machalek Published
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Life-Threatening Bacteria Infection Remains MysteriousAbout 250,000 Americans die each year from sepsis, and scientists are racing to figure out causes and treatment.
By Emily Carlson Published
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Inside Life Science: Studying Protein Shapes Helps Combat HIVFor proteins, form shapes function.
By Emily Carlson Published
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Solving the Sleeping Sickness ‘Mystery’Researchers can now map the locations of Kenyan tsetse flies, which cause deadly sleeping sickness, using vegetation, temperature and land cover data.
By Emily Carlson Published
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Scientists Use Math to Build Better StentsSuncica Canic uses computer models to design better stents – tiny tubes that hold blood vessels open after they've been clogged with disease-causing plaque.
By Emily Carlson Published
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