Thyme and oregano possess an anti-cancer compound that suppresses tumor development, but adding more to your tomato sauce isn't enough to gain significant benefit. The key to unlocking the power of these plants is in amplifying ...
Biochemistry
Dec 20, 2021
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A new study suggests that the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park is beginning to bring back a key part of the diet of grizzly bears that has been missing for much of the past century – berries that help bears ...
Ecology
Jul 29, 2013
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In the future, wastewater treatment plants can have a broader function by being converted into biorefineries.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 18, 2018
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Previously unexploited organic waste can be converted into biofuel, with technology developed by researchers from the EU BIOGO project.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 29, 2018
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A new farming system developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin aims to solve one of the biggest problems in modern agriculture: the overuse of fertilizers to improve crop yields and the resulting chemical ...
Biotechnology
Jun 20, 2023
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In a warehouse to the northeast of Cambridge are shelves upon shelves of trays teeming with maggots, munching their way through a meal of rotting fruit and vegetables. This may sound stomach-churning, but these insects could ...
Other
Jul 31, 2018
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Despite their important ecological role as decomposers, termites are often overlooked in research. Evolutionary biologists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have constructed a new ...
Evolution
Oct 17, 2019
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Nature conceals a phenomenal number of molecules as varied as they are imperceptible. The plant kingdom is particularly chemically complex.
Other
May 10, 2022
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has successfully produced coffee cells in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture. The innovation can help to make the production of coffee more sustainable. The first batches produced ...
Biotechnology
Sep 16, 2021
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A team from the University of Illinois has developed a model that treats photosynthesis as a dynamic process rather than an activity that either is or is not happening. This allowed the group to examine the impacts of the ...
Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2021
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