University of Illinois scientist helping processors keep E. coli out of meat
... leaner cuts of meat. Processors are now using the needles that tenderize steaks and chops to inject solution.... Picture a continuous end-line process in which needles inject cuts of meat with flavor boosters and shelf-life extenders. A basin catches fluid that goes t...Fires fuel mercury emissions, University of Michigan study finds
... take up more mercury from the atmosphere on their needles than do broad-leafed trees, leading to more mercury accumulation in the soil prior to the fire. Based on their analysis and estimates of the area of forest and shrub land burned annually in the United States, Biswas, Blum and coworkers calculated t...Fungal factories may save hemlock forests
...r infestation, feeding on the sap at base of their needles and cutting off their nutrients. While the adelgid, originally from Japan and China, appears to have no successful predators in North America, some native fungilike the one Costa and Grassano have growing on branches in their laboratorykill the pes...Newly discovered West Coast arrhythmias cause
...into a mild El Nino and we are sitting on pins and needles to see what happens." Unprecedented Dead Zones The supercharged upwelling in 2006 also created thick, green-brown waters off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. When these phytoplankton and zooplankton blooms sank to the sea floor and decayed, t...Loss of hemlocks will affect water dynamics in southern Appalachian forests
...olly adelgids attach themselves to the base of the needles of the eastern hemlock, feeding on carbon fixed by the trees, slowing growth and causing the needles to drop. Needle loss causes the crown of the tree to thin and dieback in branches; in a surprisingly...