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Research program focuses on risks that threaten entire future of humanity

What risks threaten the entire future of humanity within the next hundred years? And what should we do to protect against them? A group of researchers will take on these questions in the autumn as part of the research program Existential risk to humanity at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

4 Sep 2017

Researchers decipher how some Listeria strains survive high food hygiene standards

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that colonizes and reproduces on diverse food products including cheese or meat.

30 Aug 2017

Innovation in natural health supplementation

The market has changed quite a lot. When I first investigated the industry, and launched BetterYou the natural heath industry was the domain of the educated few. People did a lot of research before they walked into a health store; they knew the questions they wanted to ask and expected quite a good deal of information in return.

From BetterYou Ltd 1 Jun 2017

Simple change in eating habits would sharply reduce greenhouse gases, suggest researchers

A team of researchers from four American universities says the key to reducing harmful greenhouse gases (GHG) in the short term is more likely to be found on the dinner plate than at the gas pump.

23 May 2017

USDA announces grant to decrease impact of disasters

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced $462,000 in available funding to decrease the impact of disasters through cooperative extension programming.

11 Apr 2017

New studies highlight environmental issues that challenge planetary health

Increasing temperatures, water scarcity, availability of agricultural land, biodiversity loss and climate change threaten to reverse health gains seen over the last century.

6 Apr 2017

Scientists grow transgenic plants to double production of artemisinin for fighting against malaria

Since the ancient times, mankind has used plants to treat diseases. An example is the plant Artemisia annua, used for over 2,000 years in traditional Chinese medicine to treat intermittent fevers.

28 Mar 2017

USDA announces $11 million funding for research projects that mitigate antimicrobial resistance

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced $11 million in available funding for projects that mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a growing public health issue that affects more than 2 million people annually.

23 Mar 2017

Scientists evaluate rapid test that detects colistin resistance gene in bacterial isolates

Colistin is used as the "last-resort antibiotic" for dreaded multidrug-resistant pathogens, especially in hospitals. However, gut bacteria that have become insensitive to colistin now exist -- owing to the mobile resistance gene mcr-1. In early 2016, bacteria carrying this resistance gene were detected in Germany for the first time.

6 Feb 2017

Scientists uncover evidence of prehistoric milk production in southern Europe

A team of scientists and archaeologists have discovered widespread evidence of prehistoric milk production in southern Europe.

15 Nov 2016

Dietary choices may influence environmental impact

The impact of our dietary choices on the global phosphorus footprint shouldn't be neglected, recent research in Frontiers in Nutrition shows.

3 Nov 2016

Innovate 2016 to focus on Health and Lifesciences

Technology and innovation plays a big part in today’s healthcare, agricultural and food production industries. As the UK government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK has therefore prioritised Health and Lifesciences as one of its key investment areas.

9 Oct 2016

The UN General Assembly call for global action to tackle antimicrobial resistance

At a United Nations meeting held in New York, world leaders have warned against the very real and present threat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses to human and animal health, as well as sustainable food production and development.

22 Sep 2016

New odour-baited traps offer effective and safe solution to fight against malaria mosquito

The use of a newly-developed mosquito trap incorporating human odour has resulted in a 70% decline in the population of the most significant malaria mosquito on the Kenyan island of Rusinga.

10 Aug 2016

European scientists use new photonics technology to develop self-cleaning, antibacterial metal surfaces

Taking their ideas from defence mechanisms found in plants such as the Lotus leaf, the ‘High Throughput Laser Texturing of Self-Cleaning and Antibacterial Surfaces’, or ‘TresClean’ project, has made a breakthrough that will enable the production of self-cleaning sheet metal on an industrial scale for the first time.

5 Jul 2016

PNNL scientists play central role in National Microbiome Initiative

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are playing a central role as the nation devotes more than $500 million to understand communities of microorganisms and their role in climate science, food production and human health.

28 May 2016

CSU study offers new strategies to address complex challenges of global food production

Agriculture now produces more than enough calories to meet basic human dietary needs worldwide. Despite this seeming abundance, one out of eight people do not have access to sufficient food.

9 May 2016

Experts focus on scientific complexities of individual and population health at iCOMOS 2016

How do we balance the needs for individualized health care with the public health programs serving communities - especially in the context of environmental pollution and climate change? Given a fixed set of resources, maximizing the potential of both is challenging, indeed.

22 Apr 2016

Keynotes announced for ECCMID 2016

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) previews some of the keynote lectures at the 26th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID). The globe’s most prominent infection specialists will be gathering at its annual congress in Amsterdam from 9 – 12 April 2016.

8 Apr 2016

European Obesity Day to focus on growing obesity epidemic

The growing obesity epidemic, which is predicted to affect more than half of all European citizens by 2030, will be the focus of European Obesity Day to be held on 21 May.

25 Mar 2016