Sugar-poor diets wreak havoc on bumblebee queens' health
Without enough sugar in their diets, bumblebee queens can experience difficulty reproducing and shorter lifespans.
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Scientists track gene activity when honey bees do and don't eat honey
Many beekeepers feed their honey bees sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup when times are lean inside the hive. This practice has come under scrutiny, however, in response to colony collapse disorder, the massive—and as ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2014
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Speedy Train Technology Finds New Food Safety Niche
Magnetic levitation technology is the darling of mass transit: High-speed trains floating above magnetic tracks can sweep passengers along smoothly at 300 miles per hour. Now, researchers have discovered an entirely new application ...
Other
Jul 30, 2010
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Chilling methods could change meat tenderness
In a recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Science, meat scientists report that a method called blast chilling could affect pork tenderness. Researchers at the USDA-ARS, Roman L. Hruska US Meat Animal Research Center ...
Other
Aug 31, 2012
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Cows chomping on fresh grass and red clover silage produce omega milk
Fat is an important ingredient that has a material impact on the nutritional value, texture, taste, shelf-life and producer price of milk. However, milk products are a significant source of saturated fatty acids in the Western ...
Other
Nov 20, 2013
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Chemical tracers reveal oxygen-dependent switch in cellular pathway to fat
Using tracer compounds, scientists have been able to track the cellular production of NADPH, a key coenzyme for making fat, through a pathway that has never been measured directly before.
Biochemistry
Apr 14, 2016
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Matrix stiffness is an essential tool in stem cell differentiation, bioengineers report
Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have proven that when it comes to guiding stem cells into a specific cell type, the stiffness of the extracellular matrix used to culture them really does matter. When ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2014
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Scientists use cavefish to learn more about metabolism and the evolutionary basis of being a couch potato
Stay-at-home orders issued at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic ushered the hoarding of food and surges in digital entertainment subscriptions, restaurant take-out and delivery services—a perfect storm for a collective ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2023
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Researchers film beautiful flower formations inside artificial cell membranes
Every day all over the world, researchers work with artificial cell membranes. Despite the fact that they are so widely used, they still hold secrets. Now University of Southern Denmark researchers reveal how beautiful flower ...
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2016
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Ready for debut: Fruit-juice-infused chocolate with 50 percent less fat
Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even more salubrious if manufacturers embraced new technology for making "fruit-juice-infused chocolate," a scientist said here today. ...
Other
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