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.....»»
Facebook vs. Facebook Lite: Which is best for you?
Facebook is one of the most popular social networks around the globe, but with Facebook Lite, the app goes on a diet for low-end phones. How does it compare?.....»»
An Ultracold Plasma Models the Universe’s Most Extreme Places
The super cool, dense particle swarm gives physicists a way to study the insides of stars and gas giants—without ever leaving the lab......»»
Technology to detect chemicals in fruit and vegetables
An ITMO Ph.D. student with her colleagues from Russia, Spain and Singapore has developed flexible sensing films based on silver nanoparticles that can be used to identify the presence of pesticide residue on the surface of agricultural produce in min.....»»
Discovery identifies non-DNA mechanism involved in transmitting paternal experience to offspring
It has long been understood that a parent's DNA is the principal determinant of health and disease in offspring. Yet inheritance via DNA is only part of the story; a father's lifestyle such as diet, being overweight and stress levels have been linked.....»»
Like Braille for your ears, Action Audio wordlessly translates sports into sound
Instead of describing the action with words, like a radio announcer might, Action Audio translates visual scenes into a series of information-dense sounds......»»
Less inflammation with a traditional Tanzanian diet than with a Western diet
Urban Tanzanians have a more activated immune system compared to their rural counterparts. The difference in diet appears to explain this difference: in the cities, people eat a more western style diet, while in rural areas a traditional diet is more.....»»
Diversity of fish species supply endangered killer whale diet throughout the year
Endangered Southern Resident killer whales prey on a diversity of Chinook and other salmon. The stocks come from an enormous geographic range as far north as Alaska and as far south as California's Central Valley, a new analysis in PLOS ONE shows......»»
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with dietary guidelines vary between countries
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with national dietary guidelines advocating a healthy diet vary greatly between countries, with US guidelines having the largest carbon footprint and India having the smallest, according to a study involving seven.....»»
High fat diets may over-activate destructive heart disease protein
Consumption of a high fat diet may be activating a response in the heart that is causing destructive growth and lead to greater risk of heart attacks, according to new research......»»
The right "5-a-day" mix is 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings for longer life
Higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of death in men and women, according to data representing nearly 2 million adults. Five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, eaten as 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings o.....»»
Changing the silkworm"s diet to spin stronger silk
Tohoku University researchers have produced cellulose nanofiber (CNF) synthesized silk naturally through a simple tweak to silkworms' diet. Mixing CNF with commercially available food and feeding the silkworms resulted in a stronger and more tensile.....»»
A cat of all trades
Large carnivores are generally sensitive to ecosystem changes because their specialized diet and position at the top of the trophic pyramid is associated with small population sizes. This in turn leads to lower genetic diversity in top predators comp.....»»
Sulfur metabolism may have paved the way for evolution of multicellularity
When the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum runs out of food, sulfur limitation drives its development from a unicellular to a multicellular organism. Researchers now present the nutrient signaling pathways in this early eukaryote in great detail. T.....»»
Eating human food could mean trouble for urban coyotes, study shows
A diet rich in human food may be wreaking havoc on the health of urban coyotes, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists......»»
Forests" long-term capacity to store carbon is dropping in regions with extreme annual fires
More intense and frequent fires are reducing the size of tree communities in many regions of the world.Slower-growing tree species are better at surviving fires, but these may capture less atmospheric carbon and reduce nutrient availability in the so.....»»
Using a multipronged approach to investigate the diet of ancient dogs
Coprolites, or fossilized feces, are often used to understand the dietary preferences of ancient civilizations. However, the samples are often contaminated, making the analysis difficult. A new study, published in Scientific Reports, uses different t.....»»
How much is a clam worth to a coastal community?
Researchers have developed a method to estimate the value of oyster and clam aquaculture to nitrogen reduction in a coastal community. Nitrogen is a nutrient that comes from many different sources, including agriculture, fertilizers, septic systems,.....»»
Researchers detect cold gas pipelines feeding early, massive galaxies
To come into being, galaxies need a steady diet of cold gases to undergo gravitational collapse. The larger the galaxy, the more cold gas it needs to coalesce and to grow......»»
Diets high in fructose could cause immune system damage, study suggests
People who consume a diet high in fructose could risk damaging their immune systems, a new study suggests......»»
High fructose diets could cause immune system damage
People who consume a diet high in fructose could risk damaging their immune systems......»»