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Automation of established method for isolating volatile food ingredients

A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB) has succeeded in automating an established method for the gentle, artifact-avoiding isolation of volatile food ingredients.

29 Jul 2022

Exposure to SNAP work requirements associated with increase in mental health care use

Being exposed to work requirements in order to receive nutrition benefits from the U.S. government significantly increased mental health care use for depression and anxiety, a new Northwestern University study has found.

28 Jul 2022

New research provides data-driven recommendations for safe diving

New research in biomechanics measures the impact of head-first, hand-first and feet-first diving and the likelihood of injury at different diving heights, providing data-driven recommendations for safe diving and a model for measuring the impact of different shapes as they plunge into water.

28 Jul 2022

Phage therapeutics can be used to fight multidrug-resistant pathogens

Scientists with the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were among those providing the biochemical tools needed to help save a man's life through a unique emergency intervention in 2016.

27 Jul 2022

Green tea extract consumption can reduce blood sugar levels and improve gut health

New research in people with a cluster of heart disease risk factors has shown that consuming green tea extract for four weeks can reduce blood sugar levels and improve gut health by lowering inflammation and decreasing "leaky gut."

26 Jul 2022

Using CRISPR to Lift the Lid on Probiotics

In this interview, we speak to Echo Pan, a Ph.D. student from North Carolina State University about her latest research that used CRISPR to uncover more on probiotics.

26 Jul 2022

Exposure to extreme heat linked with malnutrition among children in low-income countries

Exposure to extreme heat increases both chronic and acute malnutrition among infants and young children in low-income countries – threatening to reverse decades of progress, Cornell research finds.

25 Jul 2022

MolGen showcases its lab automation solutions at AACC in Chicago

MolGen B.V. of Veenendaal (NL), a global solutions provider of hardware, reagents, consumables, software and service for human and animal diagnostics, the agriculture and biotech industries, participates in the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Fair (AACC) in Chicago on July 24th - 28th, 2022.

From AgriGenX 25 Jul 2022

Using genome editing to expand the possibilities of entomological research

Genome sequencing, where scientists use laboratory methods to determine a specific organism's genetic makeup, is becoming a common practice in insect research.

22 Jul 2022

Tomatoes may be safe to eat, even when grown in lead-contaminated soils, study shows

Urban agriculture is booming, but there's often a hidden danger lurking in city soils: lead. A recent University of Illinois study showed universally elevated lead levels in soils across Chicago, an urban ag hotspot.

21 Jul 2022

Girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap

Young women and girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap, according to new research from the Universities of East Anglia (UEA), Birmingham and Brunel.

21 Jul 2022

Study finds significant evidence for inaccurate and misleading labeling of CBD content

In a new study, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers tested more than 100 topical cannabidiol (CBD) products available online and at retail stores, and found significant evidence of inaccurate and misleading labeling of CBD content.

20 Jul 2022

New way to test vaccines may be as rigorous and stringent as exposure to field strains of malaria

Malaria is the deadliest mosquito-borne parasitic infection of humans. In 2021, after a century of research, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the world's first malaria vaccine.

20 Jul 2022

New study calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply

Increased demand for water will be the No. 1 threat to food security in the next 20 years, followed closely by heat waves, droughts, income inequality and political instability, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led study which calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply.

15 Jul 2022

Agriculture News and Research

Automation of established method for isolating volatile food ingredients

Exposure to SNAP work requirements associated with increase in mental health care use

New research provides data-driven recommendations for safe diving

Phage therapeutics can be used to fight multidrug-resistant pathogens

Green tea extract consumption can reduce blood sugar levels and improve gut health

Using CRISPR to Lift the Lid on Probiotics

Exposure to extreme heat linked with malnutrition among children in low-income countries

MolGen showcases its lab automation solutions at AACC in Chicago

Using genome editing to expand the possibilities of entomological research

Tomatoes may be safe to eat, even when grown in lead-contaminated soils, study shows

Girls' time spent in unpaid household work contributes to the gender pay gap

Study finds significant evidence for inaccurate and misleading labeling of CBD content

New way to test vaccines may be as rigorous and stringent as exposure to field strains of malaria

New study calls for increased collaboration to build a more resilient global food supply

COVID-19 pandemic pushes back years of progress made in fighting antimicrobial resistance

Carbohydrates and polyphenols in prunes act as prebiotics to help reverse bone loss in mice

Study reveals sex-based differences in the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in the US

The search for scarce formula is worse for rural families on WIC

The Life Sciences; Where are we now, and where are we going?

The co-created challenges and opportunities of climate change and COVID-19 interactions

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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