The active ingredient is used in the morning-after pill commonly marketed as “ella” or “ellaOne,” which is advertised as a ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the ...

Although gut microbiota and lipid metabolites have been suggested to be closely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the interactions between gut microbiota, ...

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In this manuscript the authors established a novel three-dimensional culture system for stratified epithelia that allows epithelial cells to undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ...

Further still, another danger has arisen from the wildfires—large amounts of inhalable, airborne lead. The tragedies vividly remind us how lead, a neurotoxin, can still present in communities ...

Solar cells are devices for converting sunlight into electricity. Their primary element is often a semiconductor which absorbs light to produce carriers of electrical charge. An applied electric ...

Cells navigating in complex microenvironments frequently encounter narrow spaces that physically challenge migration.

A new report finds that a substantial proportion of over-the-counter protein powders contain potentially unsafe levels of lead and other toxic metals. Researchers at the non-profit organization ...

Protein powders made from plants like rice, peas or soy have been found to contain triple the amount of lead compared to products made from whey, the liquid byproduct of cheese, the report finds.