Waste Water Treatment: Oxidation Of Contaminants As If They Got Burnt In The Water Itself
Reducing the level of contamination of water is the aim of a new line of research. Chemists are investigating chemical treatment capable of eliminating contaminants dumped by industry, in order to reuse the waste water. Industrial activity is one of the principal causes of contamination in water, given that industry dumps large amounts of chemical compounds into rivers that are not capable of degrading by themselves.

How T Cell's Machinery Dials Down Autoimmunity
T cells, the body's master immune regulators, do not use simple on/off switches to govern the cellular machinery that regulates their development and function. Immune cells adjust their function like a radio dial; a discovery that hints at how autoimmune disease may develop late in life.

Magnet Lab Researchers Make Observing Cell Functions Easier
Now that the genome of humans and many other organisms have been sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to discovering how the many thousands of structural and control genes -- the "worker bees" of living cells that can turn genes on and off -- function.