Iowa State corn/soy plastics to be made into hog feeders
...technology that can monitor and record the feeding habits of individual hogs. Molds for the high-tech feeders should be completed later this year and prototypes should be ready for testing in a hog building next spring. If all goes well, he said a product should be ready for commercialization by the end of ...USGS at The Wildlife Society: From sea-ice change to contaminants to predators and prey
...San Francisco Bay. To determine movements and food habits of black rails in relation to mercury and methylmercury exposure, scientists radio-tracked black rails at three independent tidal marsh sites in northern San Francisco Bay in spring and summer 2005 and 2006, and collected blood and feathers and inver...Better sludge through metagenomics
...sterious organism, enabling further studies of its habits and lifestyle. "The genome sequence will also enable biologists and engineers to understand why and how these organisms accumulate phosphorus, and it will lead to major advances in optimizing and controlling the EBPR wastewater treatment process," ...BG Group and Conservation International launch Conservation through Photography Alliance
...ing the general public to change their consumption habits and influence international leaders to take action to support conservation and sustainable development. "As an organisation that works closely with the Earth's natural resources, we are committed to making a positive contribution to the protection o...Ohio University researchers discover evolutionary oddity in flamingos
...the circulating water. "The flamingos' feeding habits have captured people's curiosity for ages, but that wasn't the original focus of our research," said Casey Holliday, who recently earned a doctorate in biological sciences from Ohio University and served as lead author on the study. "We were investig...Varied diet of early hominid casts doubt on extinction theory, says Colorado U study
...at it was driven to extinction by its picky eating habits as the African continent dried, says a new Univers... now shown Paranthropus was flexible in its eating habits over both short and long intervals, we probably need to look to other biological, cultural or social...Highlights from the December 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... to 23 about their food purchasing and preparation habits and the quality of their diets. The researchers found 31 percent of those surveyed who reported high involvement in meal preparation also consume five servings of fruits or vegetables daily, compared with three percent of those who reported very low ...Alcohol and health: Those 2 glasses a day that lengthen your life
...er a million of people, for which alcohol drinking habits were associated with all-cause mortality. The co...beverages and use to do it while having meals. Two habits different from Americans. In relation to women, the way they consume alcohol is roughly the same in ...Commercial marketing in schools may discourage healthy nutrition environment for students
...nts and educators to change teens unhealthy eating habits is to develop, implement and enforce policies to create advertising-free, nutrition-friendly school environments."...... that may prove lifesavers for the reef, but whose habits and abilities we as yet know nothing about....Re-examining long-held beliefs about food safety
Old habits die hard. In the case of food handling and food safety, this adage is true, as many long-held beliefs are no longer valid in the wake of new technologies and understanding of the microbiology of food safety, according to a new book from ASM Press. ...Some brain-damaged patients quit smoking with ease, researchers report in Science
... we only interfere with functions that disrupt bad habits like smoking but not something vital like eating," cautioned Bechara....UCF student's research with Disney giraffes may help conserve several species
...uires her to observe the giraffes and their eating habits for five weeks in the summer and five weeks in the winter for two years. During the last two weeks of each session, she collects samples for later analysis. Once the samples from the giraffes in captivity are processed, she wants to go to Africa t...Bats prey on nocturnally migrating songbirds
...or proving the case. But how to study the foraging habits of an elusive predator that chases its favourite p...d in total darkness? To elucidate the mysterious habits of giant noctule bats, an ambitious investigation led by young scientist Ana Popa-Lisseanu, under Pr...Grizzly bears feast on diverse diet
... new University of Alberta study that tracked food habits of the Alberta grizzly bear living in the foothills sheds some light on the animals varied diet and their activity pattern. Alberta bears have remarkably diverse diets, said Dr. Mark Boyce, biological sciences professor at the U of A and co-author ...Microfluidic chip helps solve cellular mating puzzle
...lved a long-standing mystery related to the mating habits of yeast cells. The findings, described in the Feb. 18 Advance Online Publication of the journal Nature, shed new light on the way cells send and receive signals from one another and from the environment through a process called signal transductio......amily tree always did or whether the bird's travel habits had some ecological correlates. Food scarcity was the number one issue that predicted a species' migratory behavior, the team found. Boyle said, "Food availability is the underlying process, not diet and habitat." One strategy for dealing season...Too much weight spells double trouble for couples trying to conceive
...s on weight, height, previous pregnancies, smoking habits and socioeconomic groups. After excluding all couples where the information was incomplete, where a disease might be affecting the womans weight and fertility, or where donated sperm was used, the researchers were left with data on 47,835 couples. ...20 of world's 162 grouper species threatened with extinction
...rotected areas (MPAs), and more sustainable eating habits for consumers of these fishes, said Sadovy, who organized the workshop. The workshop is part of a worldwide study of marine life called the Global Marine Species Assessment (GMSA) by IUCN, Conservation International and numerous other partners that...No pain, DOE Joint Genome Institute gains coveted ergonomics prize with 'Shake 'N Plate'
...t for DOE JGI. "Most injuries are due to incorrect habits in daily activities or not paying attention to the warning signs your body is sending. Ergo injuries do not suddenly occur. There are almost always precursors. So I am particularly encouraged by the vigilant efforts on the part of DOE JGI to have rec...