Nutrition Study Reshapes Strategies For Athletes
...uld eat smalleramounts of the same types of foods: fresh fruits and vegetables, breads,grains, pasta, cereal, small amounts of low-fat milk and meat, and somefoods that make life interesting."...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
... has run aground, and we intend to refloat it with fresh thinking and new directions," said Daniel C. Esty, the center's director, who has joint faculty appointments in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies F&ES and the School of Law. About 250 people have been involved in preliminary me...Changing Continental Runoff Patterns Could Change Ocean Circulation
...can change ocean circulation patterns is that the fresh water running out of continental rivers decreases .... "In a future, warmer Earth, human alterations to fresh water runoff and surface salinity might have the same effect."...Ozone 'Chat Room' Provides Real-Time Air-Quality Research
...inated by cutting down on travel and meetings, and fresh research is posted frequently. This way, people are able to observe and comment on the work as it is being presented, and everyone benefits." The interaction of the air quality workgroup is made possible by CAPITA, the world's largest private libra...Report Notes Difficulties In Eliminating E. Coli O157:H7 From Food Supply
...sand ionizing radiation for meat (if approved) and fresh fruits and vegetables. Ionizing radiation is a pr...s. Though approved for usewith poultry, pork, and fresh produce in the United States to control variouspathogens, this technology is extremely underutilized...Competitive Inhibition May Enhance Safety Of Minimally Processed Fruits And Vegetables
...o shows great potential forenhancing the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables. However, Breidt and Fleming noted that the use of protective cultures shouldonly supplement good manufacturing practices, not substitute for the properhandling and packaging of produce. A current application of competitive in...Many Dog Foods About Equal In Nutritional Value, Researchers Say
...ners can look beyondthe debate over food made with fresh meat, animal by-products or plant material. Pet nutritionists say that small-intestine digestibility and nutritivevalue are essentially equal, so the choice becomes what the master desires. With pet-food manufacturers marketing hundreds of food vari...IFT Report Describes Challenges Of Food Industry Stepping Up To The P(a)lates Of Consumers
...shelf life, [such as] complete heat-and-eat meals, fresh pasta,and [pre-washed or deli-style] salads." However, contrary to past conventional wisdom, scientists now know thatseveral pathogens, such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria species, andcertain strains of Clostridium botulinum, can grow......lace it withsodium, which is then rinsed away with fresh water to leave the ion-exchange material ready toagain attract calcium. In the process, the relatively innocuous calcium and salt-wate r byproductsare washed down the sewer system. Waste byproducts from industrial ion exchange processes, on the other...Scientists Sift Through Trash In Search Of Perfect Landfill
...y, Ham's research team loaded up mesh sacks fullof fresh all-American garbage, from soiled diapers to lima beans, and loweredthem 10 feet into three landfills across the country. Then they dug them upagain - after one year, after 2.5 years and after six years - and sorted throughthe mass, dried it, weighed...Transplanted Neurons Restore Function In Rats After Stroke
...ansplantation, they proved equally as effective as fresh cells ineasing the symptoms of stroke in rats. Furthermore, the tumor-derived cells didnot revert to abnormal tissue growth after transplantation into the brains ofrats. "This suggests that human neuronal cell transplantation may be a usefula...IFT/NCFST Symposium To Address Safety Of Fresh Produce
..., to examinefood safety challenges associated with fresh fruits and vegetables. The symposium, "Fre...w of outbreaksof foodborne illness associated with fresh fruits and vegetables, internationaltrade dimensions of fresh produce safety, industry initiatives t...3,500 Earth And Space Scientists To Report Latest Findings At Boston Meeting
...Some of the information to be presented will be so fresh that it has notyet been collected. This is true of the Mars Global Surveyor, for example, asatellite that has only recently begun its observations of that planet. Thelatest data will be presented in a public lecture, "Mars: Search for evidence ofpast...Press Events At Spring Meeting
...ference on the latest newsfrom Mars, some of it so fresh that it has not yet been collected as of thiswriting. Dr. Arden Albee, MGS Project Scientist at the California Institute ofTechnology, will discuss the first findings of the Science Phasing Orbit portionof MGS. Every 11 hours, during close approach t...Vitamin C May Reduce Angina, Heart Attack Risks
...te levels of thevitamin. A diet rich in fruits and fresh vegetables would be even better for thispurpose, he said, because it would provide generous levels of vitamin C andmany other health benefits as well. But there is no known health risk forpeople who wish to use 500 milligram daily vitamin C supplemen...USGS Scientists Find New Invasive Fish Species In Florida
...e family Synbranchidae, a group of fishes found in fresh and brackish waters in Central and South America, Africa, and from India east to Australia. These fish are not true eels, in part because they do not migrate to the ocean to spawn. The species introduced to Florida has been tentatively identified a...Montana And Other Scientists Report On Life In The Ice
...ings. "Up to now people haven't looked in fresh water ice," Fritsen said."They've looked in sea ice, and now scientists are talking about drilling intoglaciers." Priscu said the paper also says something about global climate change,which he studies in other projects. "If this com...Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
...for Fire Extinguishing Foam)treats 1000 gallons of fresh or sea water, however, in contrast to 30 to 60gallons per 1000 for conventional foams. The agent also helps water cling tonewly extinguished material, reducing the risk of spontaneous re-ignition.Pyrocool FEF has extinguished fires both in the United...News Backgrounder: Duke Primate Center Successfully Fosters Mysterious Aye-Ayes
...o other plugs, they inserted the plugs coated with fresh glue. "We found that the aye-ayes immediately went for the plugs that weren'tfixed in place, even though they were so tight that you couldn't see them. Werealized they didn't even need a cavity to detect, just a crack." Now that he ha......nt of PNG. The project, funded by AusAID, is a fresh triumph for Australia's "six-legged ambassadors" - tiny benign insects now saving crops, family livelihoods, industries and ecosystems around the Asia Pacific region. Water hyacinth infestations clogging up the Sepik River wetlands were causin...