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Agriculture Aug 30, 2023

Select microgreens in custom diet may help deliver desired nutrients

A diet including a carefully selected assortment of microgreens may help address an individual's nutritional deficiencies, according to a Penn State researcher who led an international team that evaluated the mineral content ...

Social Sciences Aug 17, 2023

The power of plants and how they are changing the way we eat and live

Plant-based eating and veganism have been around for decades, but more people are choosing plant-based diets than ever before. Plant-based eating means eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains and beans while eating less ...

Agriculture Aug 10, 2023

From butter to baths, seaweed's potential is being tapped in Europe

If the idea of adding fermented seaweed to meals at home isn't yet appealing, Ólavur Gregersen believes it soon will be.

Earth Sciences Aug 8, 2023

Significant shifts in inorganic carbon and ecosystem state in a temperate estuary

In the 1980s, the Elbe estuary had largely lost its function as an estuarine filter due to heavy metal pollution. After decades, the estuary was able to recover from this, as a team led by doctoral student Louise Rewrie from ...

Earth Sciences Aug 7, 2023

How algae conquered the world—and other epic stories hidden in the rocks of the Flinders Ranges

Earth was not always so hospitable. Evidence of how it came to be so beautiful and nurturing is locked in the rocks of South Australia's Flinders Ranges—a site now vying for World Heritage listing.

Materials Science Aug 3, 2023

Mussel-inspired membrane can boost sustainability and add value to industrial wastewater treatment

Engineers have developed a new kind of membrane that separates chemicals within wastewater so effectively that they can be reused, presenting a new opportunity for industries to improve sustainability, while extracting valuable ...

Plants & Animals Jul 31, 2023

Scientists solve 'enigma' of pygmy right whales' feeding habits

Researchers have shown from stable isotope ratios in the baleen of pygmy right whales that this species of baleen whales remains in waters off southern Australia year-round and feeds on Australian krill and copepods. Unlike ...

Earth Sciences Jul 28, 2023

Study looks at ways to protect native seaweed species in Kona

Climate change and increased groundwater pumping are likely to decrease the abundance of limu pālahalaha (Ulva sp.), a native and culturally important limu (native seaweed), and increase the habitat suitability of Hypnea ...

Plants & Animals Jul 27, 2023

Second species of ramp, or wild leek, documented in Pennsylvania

The presence of a second species of ramp, Allium burdickii—commonly known as narrow-leaved wild leek—has been documented in southwest Pennsylvania by a team of Penn State researchers in a new study. This plant species never ...

Earth Sciences Jul 27, 2023

Corals reveal 100-year warming history of the Pacific Ocean

Earth's oceans are a complex system of interconnected transport highways for heat, nutrients and the transfer of carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and sea. Meridional overturning circulation is the process by which these ...

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