The part of rice we don’t eat may be highly nutritious
Rice bran, the outer covering of the rice grain, has high nutritional value and is a rich source of proteins,...
Herbs, spices on vegetables may increase their appeal to men, young adults
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Adults who don't routinely eat vegetables for lunch may be more...
New mechanism behind Parkinson’s disease revealed
Credit: RCSB Protein Data Bank Parkinson's disease is a debilitating neurological illness that affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It...
Census shows which mammals survive in forests surrounded by sugarcane plantations
Credit: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil...
Identify and manage raspberry, blackberry pests with new industry reference
Credit: Courtesy of The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (June 2017)-- Raspberries and blackberries are favorites among consumers--but unfortunately...
ERC Starting Grant for allergy research in the gut
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The European Research Council (ERC) will be funding the ALLERGUT...
Gene therapy could ‘turn off’ severe allergies
A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as asthma could be made possible by immunology research at...
Dairy products a good dietary source of some types of vitamin K
BOSTON (June 2, 2017)--Vitamin K, with its multiple forms, is among the lesser known nutrients. Now, new research from scientists...
Understanding a river’s ‘thermal landscape’ may be the key to saving it
River temperatures have long been an area of study, but until recently, the field has been hampered by technological constraints....
Hotter than a hundred thousand suns
Credit: Hauke Sandmeyer (Bielefeld University) FRANKFURT. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregio Collaborative Research Centre (CRC/TR)...
Sydney Harbor emissions equivalent to 200 cars on the roads
Credit: University of Sydney lead researcher Edwina Tanner The Sydney Harbour is renowned as a beautiful landmark straddling our thriving...
Eco-label in exchange for less chemicals on rice fields
Money isn't always everything: Taiwanese rice farmers are willing to produce in a more environ-mentally friendly fashion if this would...
Recommendations to optimize continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes clinical research
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 2, 2017 -- The advantages of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)...
Olive oil nutrient linked to processes that prevent cancer in brain
A compound found in olive oil may help to prevent cancer developing in the brain, a study shows. Research into...
Tumor induction from a distance
Credit: Graphics: Ralf Baumeister Current view is that cancer development is initiated from cells that acquire initial DNA mutations. These...
US National Academy of Medicine to establish its first intl. health policy fellowship
WASHINGTON - The U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that it will establish the National Academy of Medicine...
Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients
Psoriasis is an incurable chronic disease with a hereditary component, in which the body's immune system attacks parts of the...
NIH scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how...
Study of kids with autism identifies hospitalization risk factors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Children or teens with autism spectrum disorders often come to hospitals when behavioral episodes overwhelm the support...
ACP decries withdrawal from climate agreement
Washington (June 1, 2017)--The United States withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement will greatly undermine the global effort to prevent...
