News tagged with tea plant
Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students
Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided by scientific experts, three New York City high school students using tabletop DNA technologies found several herbal brews and a few brands of tea contain ingredients ...
Jul 21, 2011 |
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White tea could keep you healthy and looking young
Next time you’re making a cuppa, new research shows it might be wise to opt for a white tea if you want to reduce your risk of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or even just age-associated wrinkles. Researchers ...
Aug 11, 2009 |
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White tea -- the solution to the obesity epidemic?
Possible anti-obesity effects of white tea have been demonstrated in a series of experiments on human fat cells (adipocytes). Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism have shown ...
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Treating poultry diseases without antibiotics
Identifying antimicrobial proteins in chickens that kill pathogens is one method being used by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists to find alternatives to the use of antibiotics to control infectious ...
May 30, 2012 |
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Beetle-fungus disease threatens crops and landscape trees in Southern California
(Phys.org) -- A plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has identified a fungus that has been linked to the branch dieback and general decline of several backyard avocado and landscape ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Licorice root found to contain anti-diabetic substance
It provides the raw material for liquorice candy, calms the stomach and alleviates diseases of the airways: liquorice root. Chosen as the "Medicinal plant 2012", the root has been treasured in traditional healing since ancient ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Deep sequencing reveals undeclared, potentially toxic ingredients within 15 samples of traditional Chinese medicines
Researchers at Murdoch University have used new DNA sequencing technology to reveal the animal and plant composition of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Some of the TCM samples tested contained potentially ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2
Copper -- the stuff of pennies and tea kettles -- is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy. When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Sales-tax collection likely in Amazon's future
When word emerged that Amazon.com Inc. was hunting for new warehouse sites, leaders in this business-friendly Southern state rolled out a welcome mat of tax breaks to lure the Internet retailer.
Apr 08, 2012 |
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That caffeine in your drink -- is it really 'natural?'
That caffeine in your tea, energy drink or other beverage — is it really natural? Scientists are reporting successful use for the first time of a simpler and faster method for answering that question. ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Everest climber highlights flood threat in Himalayas
(AP) -- Before Apa became a legendary Sherpa mountaineer, he was a humble Himalayan potato farmer who worked his fields in the Everest foothills until, without warning, raging floodwaters swallowed his farm.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Climate change threatens S.Africa's rooibos tea
Farm workers swing their sickles through red branches, bundling them up before laying them out in the sunshine to dry.
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Australia’s sheep are naturally itching for tea tree’s good oil
Scientists at UQ's Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) have discovered that one of Australia's best known folk remedies might help to alleviate the sheep industry's biggest headache.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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