High-Tech Materials Purify Water with Sunlight

Sunlight plus a common titanium pigment might be the secret recipe for ridding pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other potentially harmful pollutants from drinking water. Scientists combined several high-tech components to make an easy-to-use water purifier that could work with the world’s most b...
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Tequila Plant Could Lower Blood Glucose Levels And Help Lose Weight

A sweetener created from the plant used to make tequila could lower blood glucose levels for the 26 million Americans and others worldwide who have type 2 diabetes and help them and the obese lose weight, researchers said.
The main reason it could be valuable, they explained, is that agavins,...
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Better-tasting reduced-fat desserts, dressings, sauces: Coming soon?

Adjusting the calcium level and acidity could be the key to developing new better-tasting, more eye-appealing and creamier reduced-fat sauces, desserts and salad dressings that could be on the market soon, researchers reported here today.
To date, a major problem with removing fat from these...
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Honey is a new approach to fighting antibiotic resistance: How sweet it is!

Honey, that delectable condiment for breads and fruits, could be one sweet solution to the serious, ever-growing problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, researchers said here today.
Medical professionals sometimes use honey successfully as a topical dressing, but it could play a larger...
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Climate change will reduce crop yields sooner than we thought

A study led by the University of Leeds has shown that global warming of only 2°C will be detrimental to crops in temperate and tropical regions, with reduced yields from the 2030s onwards.
Professor Andy Challinor, from the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds and lead ...
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Nectar: A sweet reward from plants to attract pollinators

Evolution is based on diversity, and sexual reproduction is key to creating a diverse population that secures competitiveness in nature. Plants had to solve a problem: they needed to find ways to spread their genetic material. Flying pollinators—insects, birds, and bats—were nature’s sol...
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Bionic plants

Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more useful by augmenting them with nanomaterials that could enhance their energy production and...
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10 Facts about the Changing Fast Food Industry

There is no question that dieting and healthy eating has become a greater topic of conversation in recent years and the fast food industry has taken notice. Lower-calorie Satisfries at Burger King, no GMOs at Chipotle Mexican Grill, meals of less than 500 calories at El Pollo Loco, and locally ...
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Researchers Find High Acceptability of Three-Colored Raspberry Jelly

Raspberries are among the most popular berries in the world and are high in antioxidants that offer significant health benefits to consumers. The red raspberry is most commonly used in processed products like juices, jams, jellies and preserves because of its short shelf life. A new study in...
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Gluten-Free Crackers Made with Hemp Flour and Decaffeinated Green Tea Leaves

A team of food scientists from University of Novi Sad in Serbia and Guelph Food Research Centre in Canada found that hemp flour, a by-product of cold-pressed hemp oil, in combination with decaffeinated green tea leaves could be used to develop a gluten-free snack cracker with functional...
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Study suggests potential association between soy formula and seizures in children with autism

A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has detected a higher rate of seizures among children with autism who were fed infant formula containing soy protein rather than milk protein.
The study found excess seizures among girls and in the total sample of 1,949 children. The soy-seizure...
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Concerns raised about using beta agonists in beef cattle

Use of certain animal drugs known as beta agonists in cattle production has received considerable national attention.
A Texas Tech University veterinary epidemiologist has found that although there are significant societal benefits to the practice, an increase in death loss of cattle raises...
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Eating O' the Green for St. Paddy

St. Patrick’s Day has long been the day for the “Wearin’ O’ the Green” but Lisa Cimperman, RD, clinical dietitian at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, says it also makes a great time to think about the “Eatin’ O’ the Green.”...
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New wireless network to revolutionize soil testing

A University of Southampton researcher has helped to develop a wireless network of sensors that is set to revolutionize soil-based salinity measuring.
Dr Nick Harris, from Electronics and Electrical Engineering, worked with a group of professors from the University of Western Australia (UWA)...
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Plant biology discovery furthers scientists' understanding of plant growth and development

UC Riverside scientists discover auxin sensing and signaling complex on plant cell surface that explains why leaf epidermal cells have jigsaw puzzle-piece shapes.


Auxin, a small molecule, is a plant hormone discovered by Charles Darwin about 100 years ago. Over the years that followed it...
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Eating green veggies improves immune defenses

Researchers reporting online in the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, have found another good reason to eat your green vegetables, although it may or may not win any arguments with kids at the dinner table.
It turns out that green vegetables — from bok choy to broccoli — are ...
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Rice experts roll out new stress-tolerant rice varieties for Africa under ARICA brand

The Africa-wide Rice Breeding Task Force, convened by the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), has recently nominated six varieties with improved tolerance to environmental stresses as ARICA, which stands for Advanced Rice Varieties for Africa.
“This is the second series of nominations since...
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Asocian Aumento De Infecciones Por Salmonella Con Los Criaderos De Pollos Familiares

Las familias que poseenpequeños criaderos de pollos en sus viviendas estarían expuestasal riesgo de padecer salmonelosis, pero investigadores aseguranque podrían evitar la infección.
Un estudio demuestra que la campaña que promueve laproducción local de alimentos logró que cada vez más familia...
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Frozen Chicken Roulades Recalled

BELGIUM – Colruyt is recalling frozen chicken roulades (paupiettes de poulet surgelées) because some of the batches may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Salmonella is a group of bacteria which causes of food poisoning. Usually, symptoms last 4-7 days and most people get better without treatment. ...
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Offering Healthy Foods at High School Concession Stands

Pep-rallies, the marching band, cheers and chants, and savory, indulgent foods sold at the concession stand are all beloved features of the American high school sports tradition.
In contrast to the nutrition requirements on breakfast and lunches sold in school cafeterias, foods sold at...
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