Dose of vitamin C helps gold nanowires grow
A boost of vitamin C helped Rice University scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires.
Nanomaterials
Feb 19, 2019
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Researchers locate the body's largest cell receptor
A giant toadstool that swallows up vitamins and nutrients in the intestines and kidneys: This is how one receptor that absorbs B12 vitamins in the small intestine looks. For the first time, researchers from Aarhus University, ...
Biochemistry
Jan 4, 2019
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Researchers discover a new gear in life's clock: Vitamin D
New research from Portland State University finds vitamin D, or a lack thereof can trigger or suspend embryonic development in a species of fish. The study also provides evidence suggesting the vitamin is critical to the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 19, 2018
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Researchers find bacterioplankton rely on environmental vitamin B1 rather than making their own
New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Copenhagen finds that more bacterioplankton utilize vitamin B1 or B1 precursors from their environment than synthesize their own. The researchers also ...
Environment
Oct 17, 2018
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Kiwifruit duplicated its vitamin C genes twice, 50 million and 20 million years ago
Today's kiwifruit, a member of the Chinese gooseberry family, contains about as much vitamin C as an orange. This extra boost in vitamin C production is the result of the kiwifruit's ancestors' spontaneously duplicating their ...
Biotechnology
Sep 20, 2018
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Artificial anti-oxidant may be the next go-to supplement
Naturally-derived anti-oxidants have become the 'it' health ingredient to look for in food. But researchers from UBC Okanagan and the University of Bologna have discovered that TEMPO—a well-known artificial anti-oxidant—is ...
Materials Science
Sep 11, 2018
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Researchers find vitamin D receptor is target for disruption by environmental chemicals
New research from North Carolina State University sheds light on the ways in which environmental chemicals can affect vitamin D receptors (VDR). The work shows that compounds identified as possible VDR disruptors in the Tox21 ...
Biotechnology
Jul 2, 2018
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Bacteria ensure square meal for bloodsucking ticks
How do ticks live solely on blood? A study presented in Current Biology (May 31, 2018) has elucidated the crucial role played by symbiotic bacteria that synthesize B vitamins. These nutrients are scarcely found in the blood ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2018
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Increasing CO2 levels reduce rice's nutritional value
Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide are associated with reductions in protein and multiple key nutrients in rice, according to a new field study by an international team of scientists.
Earth Sciences
May 23, 2018
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Scientists make vitamin B12 breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Kent have made a significant discovery about how the vitamin content of some plants can be improved to make vegetarian and vegan diets more complete.
Biochemistry
May 17, 2018
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