Articles Tagged “food”
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Oceanographers Examine Mercury Levels Of Pelagic Fish In Hawaii
In the open ocean, species of large predatory fish will swim and hunt for food at various depths, which leads to unique diets in these fish. Oceanographers and geologists in the School of Ocean and…
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Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Found In Fertilizer, Finds Study Of Swedish Sewage Sludge
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) have been found in sewage sludge, a by-product of waste-water treatment frequently used as a fertilizer. Researchers writing in the open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica point out the danger of…
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Chicken Meat: Organic Acids, Plant Extracts And Irradiation Combine To Beat The Bacteria
A mixture of some organic acids and some extracts from plants turns out to be enough to greatly reduce pathogenic bacteria on chicken breast meat. Add some irradiation to the mix and it makes a…
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BioLume to Develop and Commercialize Bioluminescent (Light-Producing) Proteins
BioLume announced it has been assigned or exclusively licensed the rights to more than forty (40) U.S. and foreign patents covering natural bioluminescent proteins and related substrates from Prolume, Ltd (Prolume). These patents include both…
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Hormone-driven Effects On Eating, Stress Mediated By Same Brain Region
A hormone system linked to reducing food consumption appears to do so by increasing stress-related behaviors, according to a new study. Mediated by a hormone receptor protein known as the corticotropin-releasing factor type 2 (CRF2)…