These Are 4 of the Most Nutrient Dense Vegetables to Add to Your Diet, According to the CDC
These Are 4 of the Most Nutrient Dense Vegetables to Add to Your Diet, According to the CDC.....»»
Study finds that heavy metal-contaminated leafy greens turn purple
Some might say you look a little green when you are sick. Leafy greens actually turn purple—although not obvious to the human eye, it can be seen through advanced hyperspectral imaging (different than purple varieties of some vegetables). Purdue re.....»»
A giant panda"s gut bacteria help it remain chubby while on a bamboo diet
The giant panda feeds exclusively on fibrous bamboo, yet they still manage to stay chubby and healthy. In a study published January 18 in the journal Cell Reports, researchers reveal that shifts in the bear's gut microbiota in the season when nutriti.....»»
New treasure trove of globular clusters holds clues about galaxy evolution
A survey completed using a combination of ground and space-based telescopes yielded a treasure trove of previously unknown globular clusters—old, dense groups of thousands of stars that all formed at the same time—in the outer regions of the ell.....»»
How plant-based diets not only reduce our carbon footprint, but also increase carbon capture
Almost 100 billion tons of CO2 could be pulled out of the atmosphere by the end of the century. That is, if high-income countries switch to a plant-based diet. The double carbon profit of returning farmland to its natural state would equal about 14 y.....»»
Stars May Form 10 Times Faster Than Thought
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Science.org: Astronomers have long thought it takes millions of years for the seeds of stars like the Sun to come together. Clouds of mostly hydrogen gas coalesce under gravity into prestellar cores dense enou.....»»
How dairy farmers can adapt to climate change
Dairy farmers in the Northeast—facing a warming climate that exacerbates nutrient pollution but lengthens the growing season—can reduce the environmental impact of their operations and maximize revenues by double cropping and injecting manure int.....»»
France bans plastic packaging for fruit and veg
A ban on the use of plastic to package a range of fruit and vegetables came into force in France on Saturday, to the dismay of the sector's packaging industry......»»
Assemblages of bacterial communities depend on depths in paddy soils
Bacterial communities in soil play a key role in carbon (C) and nutrient cycling. It is not clear how geographic divergence in bacterial community composition depends on soil depth, which processes underlie community assembly, and which are the main.....»»
How diet influences taste sensitivity and preference
What you eat influences your taste for what you might want to eat next. So claims a University of California, Riverside, study performed on fruit flies. The study offers a better understanding of neurophysiological plasticity of the taste system in f.....»»
Hunting for dead stars
Neutron stars are tiny in size, but almost incomprehensibly dense. Actually, they are stellar corpses, but they still have enough life in them to show some of the most exciting phenomena you can find in space......»»
Years later, restored wetlands remain a shadow of their old selves
Danes have been diligent about wetland restoration. Indeed, more than 200 wetlands have been restored over the past 25 years. In particular, restoration in Denmark has been used as a means to curb nutrient runoff from crop fields into watercourses. B.....»»
Square Enix suspends sales of Final Fantasy XIV due to extreme server congestion
Naoki Yoshida, the game’s producer and director, said players are still experiencing substantial congestion when logging into the game nearly two weeks after the start of early access. The extremely long wait times are “due to the dense concentra.....»»
Study clarifies nitrogen"s impact on soil carbon sequestration
Soil organic carbon is a cornerstone of soil health. It improves soil structure while enhancing water- and nutrient-holding capacity, key factors for any agricultural production system. To build it up, farmers incorporate crop residues into soils......»»
City allotments match farming productivity per square meter
A citizen science project by the University of Sussex has found that urban growers in Brighton and Hove were able to harvest 1kg of insect-pollinated fruit and vegetables per one meter square, which is within the range of conventional farming......»»
Learning and protecting itself: How the brain adapts
If there is an injury to the central nervous system such as after a stroke, the brain needs to compensate for this by reorganising itself. To do this, a dense network of molecules between the nerve cells -- known as the extracellular matrix -- must l.....»»
Scientists connect diet and temperature to metabolism in opaleye fish
Whether it's warm outside or cold, people generally eat about the same amount. But a fish's appetite can vary enormously with the temperature. As coldblooded animals, their metabolism is governed by external conditions: It's slow going for a cold fis.....»»
A diet rich in plant-based products reduces the risk of cognitive impairment in the elderly
A diet rich in plant products reduces the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in the elderly......»»
New understanding of plant nutrient response could improve fertilizer management strategies
Green is a color that is almost universally associated with plants—for good reason. The green pigment chlorophyll is essential to plants' ability to generate food; but what happens if they don't have enough of it?.....»»
The sunshine vitamin that ‘D’elivers on cardio health
Free from the sun, vitamin D delivers a natural source for one of the hormones essential to our bodies, especially the bones. But when you're down on this essential nutrient, it's not only your bones that could suffer, but also your cardio health, ac.....»»
Anthrax arms race helped Europeans evolve against disease
New research has revealed how humans evolved greater resistance against anthrax multiple times during history: when they developed a diet of more ruminants, and when agricultural practices took hold......»»