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How Bacteria Fertilize Soya

June 3, 2020
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Zürich, Switzerland — Plants need nitrogen in the form of ammonium if they are to grow. In the case of a great many cultivated plants, farmers are obliged to spread this ammonium on their fields as...

Mats Made from Nanofibers Linked to Red Wine Chemical could Help Prevent Oxidation

May 7, 2020
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College Station, TX — Spoiling foods, souring wine and worsening wounds have a common culprit — a process called oxidation. Although the ill effects of these chemical reactions can be curtailed...

New Dual-Action Coating Keeps Bacteria from Cross-Contaminating Fresh Produce

April 23, 2020
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College Station, TX — Over the course of their journey from the open fields to the produce displays at grocery stores, fresh vegetables and fruits can sometimes become contaminated by microorganisms....

Coffee Changes Our Sense of Taste, Study Finds

April 22, 2020
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Aarhus C, Denmark — Sweet food is even sweeter when you drink coffee. This is shown by the result of research from Aarhus University. The results have just been published in the scientific journal...

Scientists Invented New Way of Creating Meat Analogs

April 21, 2020
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Kaliningrad, Russia — Worldwide focus meat analogs keeps increasing to start producing vegetable protein non-cholesterol products containing essential amino acids. Extrusion is the best way to texture...

Drinking Green Tea may Help with Food Allergies

April 9, 2020
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Nagano, Japan — Research findings suggest gut microbes can effect allergic immune responses. Tasuku Ogita who has recently joined Shinshu University is an expert on teas and their effects on gut bacteria....

Better Plant Edits by Enhancing DNA Repair

April 9, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — A new genome editing system enhances the efficiency of an error-free DNA repair pathway, which could help improve agronomic traits in multiple crops. Genome editing involves...

Coffee Grounds Show Promise as Wood Substitute in Producing Cellulose Nanofibers

April 7, 2020
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Yokohama, Japan — Researchers at Yokohama National University (YNU) meticulously examined cellulose nanofibers extracted from spent coffee grounds, identifying them as a viable new raw source. The...

Researchers Discover a Novel Chemistry to Protect Our Crops from Fungal Disease

March 30, 2020
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Exeter, UK — Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease by spraying them with anti-fungal chemistries,...

New Research Finds Infant Cereal Consumption is Associated with Improved Nutrient Intake

March 12, 2020
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Arlington, VA — An investigation of infant feeding patterns found infants and toddlers consuming baby cereal, such as rice cereal, had higher intakes of key nutrients of concern, such as calcium, magnesium,...

Daily Avocado Consumption Improves Attention in Persons with Overweight, Obesity, Study Shows

March 12, 2020
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Champaign, IL — A diet including daily avocado consumption improves the ability to focus attention in adults whose measurements of height and weight are categorized as overweight or obese, a new randomized...

Curcumin Is the Spice of Life When Delivered via Tiny Nanoparticles

March 6, 2020
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Adelaide, Australia — For years, curry lovers have sworn by the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, but its active compound, curcumin, has long frustrated scientists hoping to validate these...

Not Only What You Eat, But How You Eat, may Affect Your Microbiome

March 5, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — The importance of the microorganisms that live on and in our bodies has long been recognized, and their complex synergistic impact on our systemic health is elucidated. Now, researchers...

Discovering What Makes Durian Stink

March 2, 2020
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Freising, Germany — Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have confirmed the presence of the rare amino acid ethionine...

Extra Virgin Olive Oil Keeps Healthy Properties When Used for Cooking

February 28, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Consuming extra virgin olive oil has proved to have protecting effects for the health, especially due to its antioxidant content. However, there are not many studies on whether it...

Celiac Disease Might Be Cured by Restoring Immune Tolerance to Gliadin

February 28, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — Celiac disease affects 0.3-2.4% of people in most countries world-wide, and approx. 2% in Finland. Celiac patients suffer from a variety of symptoms, typically intestinal complaints,...

Scientists Discover New Clue Behind Age-Related Diseases and Food Spoilage

February 27, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a surprising discovery that could help explain our risk for developing...

Chemists Learn How to Detect Phenols in Smoked Food Samples Using Vitamin B4

February 27, 2020
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St Petersburg, Russia — Today, phenols are used to produce medicines, paints, and inexpensive furniture made of chipboard or MDF panels and also to process food. Some of them are capable of imparting...

Eliminating Viruses in Our Food with Cranberries and Citrus Fruit

February 21, 2020
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Laval, Canada — Fresh produce is a major vehicle for noroviruses, a group of viruses that are the most common cause of gastroenteritis in developed countries. However, the viruses are quite resistant...

Green Tea Extract Combined with Exercise Reduces Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

February 17, 2020
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State College, PA — The combination of green tea extract and exercise reduced the severity of obesity-related fatty liver disease by 75% in mice fed a high-fat diet, according to Penn State researchers,...

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