Outer Space Makes Bacteria More Deadly
When we think of the dangers that space flight poses to humans, we tend to worry about macro problems. What if the shuttle’s engine fails? What if an asteroid hits the shuttle? What if the shuttle hits a...
Honeybee Pheromones
A Cause of or Cure for Colony Collapse Disorder? Honeybees use pheromones, or chemical messengers, to communicate with each other and orchestrate complex but cohesive hive activities. While such chemical...
Risky Business
The Price of Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry If you feed a camel less and less every day, you save a great deal of money. But then the camel dies. This, according to chemistry professor Paul...