Spectroscopy technique remotely detects abiotic stress in living plants
In Mississippi, researchers from Mississippi State University, Texas A&M University and Baylor University used a novel Raman spectroscopy technique to non-invasively detect, at the...
Data shows healthy diet and lifestyle lead to lower cancer risk
In France, a recent data analysis of four nutritional scores showed that a diet that encourages both healthy eating and physical activity and discourages...
Cranberry and strawberry polyphenols improve insulin sensitivity for pre-diabetics
In Canada, researchers with the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods at Laval University found that GlucoPhenol, a proprietary blend of cranberry and Orléans strawberry...
How to feed 10 billion people in 2050
In Sweden, according to a new study, a global shift towards healthy and more plant-based diets, halving food loss and waste, and improving farming...
More leaf wax makes wheat more drought-tolerant
In Texas, researchers found that plants will generate a thicker layer of leaf wax to survive longer stretches of drought. Sarah Feakins, a scientist...
Common to humans, plants and animals, TOR protein is a cell growth regulator
In Germany, researchers studying the TOR protein discovered this protein also functions as a growth regulator in plants, just as TOR is known to...
Consuming coffee may reduce your risk of death
In the United Kingdom, a report from the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee titled 'Coffee, caffeine, mortality and life expectancy' highlights the potential...
Rutgers scientists develop catalysts to convert carbon dioxide into carbon building blocks
In New Jersey, Rutgers scientists developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide into plastics, fabrics, resins and other products. The electrocatalysts are the first...
Four universities win $50,000 each in the first national I-FAST competition
In Washington D.C., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation presented the winners of the...
New study supports earlier findings that omega-6 fatty acids alleviate inflammation
In Finland, the higher the serum linoleic acid level, the lower the C-reactive protein, according to a new study from the University of Eastern...