In an experiment, 221 college students in an online chat room watched a fellow student get "bullied" right before their eyes but only 10 percent did something about it, either by helping the victim…

Thanks to TransGlobal Scientific for the sample serological pipettes used in my article "DIY Titration Lab Ware."

You often see demonstrations of titration using an expensive glass burette, but you can build titration lab ware using a disposable serological pipette, a solder sucker bulb, and a ring stand or…

The Internet of Things is Web 2.0 of 2004 or Big Data of 2013 - a great buzzword that marketing groups are trying to exploit by rebranding what already exists. But the promise, the idea that…

A pill may nullify some of the negative effects of alcohol. David Goehring, CC BY-SA Each year over three million people die due to alcohol-related causes. To put that in perspective, that’s a…

Tumors require blood to emerge and spread. That is why scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center believe that targeting blood vessel cells known as pericytes may offer a…

Do you care where the food you buy comes from? amy, CC BY-NC The public reaction to the Hepatitis A scare linked to contaminated frozen berries imported from China continues. Consumer confidence in…

The discovery, development and approval of new drug treatments has been stymied. Bureaucracy, coupled with a short patent window and attorneys waiting to pounce, has led to increased interest in…

New evidence finds that the majority of infants at high-risk of developing an allergy to peanuts are protected from peanut allergy at age 5 years if they eat peanut frequently starting within the…

A survey asking if people took a flu vaccine revealed some interesting statistics - if their physician specifically recommended it, they were far more likely to have gotten one and vaccination rates…