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Front-of-package product names and ingredient lists of infant and toddler food can be hard to navigate
Disconnects between the front labels and ingredient lists of packaging containing fruits and vegetables make it more difficult for parents...
Plant science startup receives NSF funding to advance in-home greenhouse technologies
Credit: Scott Massey/Heliponix WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-affiliated startup that designs, distributes and supports direct-to-consumer, in-home greenhouses has...
Happy childhood? That’s no guarantee for good mental health
Credit: Photo by Jude Beck on Unsplash It's well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental...
Shuffling bubbles reveal how liquid foams evolve
Distinct 'relaxation' identified in foamsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied the dynamics of...
Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease
Treatment causes deadly bacterium to leak and dieCredit: Hailing Jin/UCR New research affirms a unique peptide found in an Australian...
Improving our understanding of cells
NIH grant supports research on tiny 'cargos' our cells releaseCredit: Photo by Timothy Chaya Scientists have known for decades that...
Arctic stew: Understanding how high-latitude lakes respond to and affect climate change
Credit: Paul Sibley To arrive at Nunavut, turn left at the Dakotas and head north. You can't miss it--the vast...
Fungi in the gut prime immunity against infection
Credit: Image courtesy of the Iliev lab. Common fungi, often present in the gut, teach the immune system how to...
Kessler Foundation awarded three grants for spinal cord injury research studies
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation ensures ongoing support for studies delayed by effects of pandemic. Funding provided for research addressing environmental...
New study shows pandemic’s toll on jobs, businesses, and food security in poorer countries
A new study by an international team of economists published Feb.5 in Science Advances finds COVID-19 and its economic shock...
New microscopy concept enters into force
The first demonstration of an approach that inverts the standard paradigm of scanning probe microscopy raises the prospect of force...
US counties with more social capital have fewer COVID-19 infections and deaths
Credit: Christian Felix (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) US counties with more social capital have fewer COVID-19 infections and deaths - perhaps...
UTIA researchers work to improve eastern grasslands
NIFA grant should improve productivity, sustainability and resiliency of grassland agroecosystemsCredit: Photo by Rebekah Norman, UT Extension agent and county...
Fingerprint for the formation of nitrous oxide emissions
Scientists succeeded in studying emissions of the greenhouse gas N2O under the influence of environmental impacts in an unprecedented level...
Today’s stem cell special: Small intestine on a plate!
Credit: Tokyo Tech Enterocytes, which line the epithelium of the small intestine, are the sites of absorption and metabolism of...
New way to power up nanomaterials for electronic applications
Credit: Jingjing Xue and Rui Wang/UCLA Samueli School of Engineering UCLA materials scientists and colleagues have discovered that perovskites, a...
W.M. Keck Foundation awards CSU $1 million to study rare sugars fundamental to biology
Credit: John Eisele/CSU Photography A multidisciplinary team including an analytical chemist, an ecosystem scientist and two microbiologists at Colorado State...
Pandemic increases substance abuse, mental health issues for those struggling with obesity
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Feb. 5, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic is having a detrimental impact on...
Machine learning generates realistic genomes for imaginary humans
Credit: Burak Yelmen Machines, thanks to novel algorithms and advances in computer technology, can now learn complex models and even...
Drop the stress
How protein condensation slows down gene activity and ensures the survival of stressed cellsCredit: © MPI of Immunbiology and Epigenetic,...
