News tagged with food system
Arizona man is first to go home with a total artificial heart
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona man has left hospital with a completely artificial heart beating in his chest. Father of three Charles Okeke, 43, from Phoenix is the first person to leave hospital with a Total ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 28, 2010 |
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Free trade, loss of support systems crippling food production in Africa
Despite good intentions, the push to privatize government functions and insistence upon "free trade" that is too often unfair has caused declining food production, increased poverty and a hunger crisis for ...
Feb 15, 2010 |
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Food vs. fuel: Scientists say growing grain for food is more energy efficient
Using productive farmland to grow crops for food instead of fuel is more energy efficient, Michigan State University scientists concluded, after analyzing 17 years' worth of data to help settle the food versus fuel debate.
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Slime design mimics Tokyo's rail system
What could human engineers possibly learn from the lowly slime mold? Reliable, cost-efficient network construction, apparently: a recent experiment suggests that Physarum polycephalum, a gelatinous fungus ...
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Rio Summit: Scientists warn of 'emergency on global scale'
Leading scientists on Thursday called on the upcoming Rio Summit to grapple with environmental ills that they said pointed to "a humanitarian emergency on a global scale."
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles could pose threat to humans: scientists
They can make fabric resistant to stains, improve the taste of food and help drug research, but nanoparticles could also pose a danger to human health, experts warned Wednesday.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Feeding the world while protecting the planet
The problem is stark: One billion people on earth don't have enough food right now. It's estimated that by 2050 there will be more than nine billion people living on the planet.
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Compound boosts marijuana-like chemical in the body to relieve pain at injury site
American and Italian researchers have found that a novel drug allows anandamide - a marijuana-like chemical in the body - to effectively control pain at the site of an injury.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 20, 2010 |
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Global study of salmon shows: 'Sustainable' food isn't so sustainable
Popular thinking about how to improve food systems for the better often misses the point, according to the results of a three-year global study of salmon production systems. Rather than pushing for organic or land-based ...
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Multiple sclerosis drug has clinical benefits
A drug whose clinical benefit in treating multiple sclerosis was discovered at Rush University Medical Center was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on January 22 and is now available in the U.S.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Stop and smell the flowers -- the scent really can soothe stress
Feeling stressed? Then try savoring the scent of lemon, mango, lavender, or other fragrant plants. Scientists in Japan are reporting the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances alter gene ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Researchers welcome new multiple sclerosis drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug fampridine-SR for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have been evaluating the effects of the drug ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 23, 2010 |
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Company says prostate cancer vaccine shows promise
(AP) -- The maker of an experimental treatment for prostate cancer says the vaccine has met a key goal in a late-stage study.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Scientists find universal rules for food-web stability
The findings, published in this week's issue of Science, conclude that food-web stability is enhanced when many diverse predator-prey links connect high and intermediate trophic levels. The computations also reveal that s ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Asia faces food shortage by 2050 without water reform
A comprehensive new study of irrigation in Asia warns that, without major reforms and innovations in the way water is used for agriculture, many developing nations face the politically risky prospect of having ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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