Purdue creates new low-cost system to detect bacteria
...ri dish containing bacterial colonies growing in a nutrient medium. "Unlike conventional methods, we don't have to do any biochemical staining, DNA analysis or other types of manipulation," said Bartek Rajwa, a staff scientist at the Bindley Bioscience Center in Purdue's Discovery Park, the university's hub...Super blackcurrants with boosted vitamin C
...dying the factors that determine the levels of the nutrient in the fruit. Working out how to boost the vitamin...nts would help to promote consumption of the vital nutrient and also improve juice quality. The scientists, based at the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI...Highlights from the August 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...y consumed was determined along with their average nutrient intakes. Compared with participants consuming a high-energy-dense diet, those with a low-energy-dense diet consumed fewer calories but ate more food, by weight, from most food groups. Those eating the low-energy-dense diet included more foods that ...UNC study shows ingredient commonly found in shampoos may inhibit brain development
... appears to block the body's ability to absorb the nutrient choline, which Zeisel has previously reported is e...an requires extra choline so that she can pass the nutrient on to the fetus. "You need choline to build a baby," Zeisel said. More than 100,000 tons of DEA ar...Engineer designs system to put wastewater to work
...riments used closed systems with a single batch of nutrient solution, but because this system is continuously fed from a fresh supply of wastewater, Angenent's UMFC has more applications for industry since wastewater is continually outputted during industrial production. The organic matter in the wastewater...Study illuminates birth defects caused by copper deficiency
... curvature of the spine), Gitlin said. Copper--a nutrient found in foods including lobster, peanuts, and cho...tal data had suggested that copper is an essential nutrient for normal development, the researchers said. Children with Menkes disease harbor a mutant version o...A humble aquarium fish may be the key to new therapies for birth defects
...ish that disrupts the distribution of the critical nutrient copper within the fish cells and causes defects that are remarkably similar to those observed in children suffering from Menkes kinky hair disease, which, in its most severe form, causes degeneration and death within two to three years after birth. ...Invasive species alter habitat to their benefit
...es, and changes occur in natural processes such as nutrient cycling, wildfire frequency and the movement of wa...each marsh with lots of hybrid cattails had higher nutrient levels and heavier mats of dead cattail stems than areas with only native wetland plants. The plants...Bacteria can help predict ocean change
...nthly measurements of water temperature, salinity, nutrient content, plant matter and other variables. The researchers found they could predict the makeup of the bacterial population by the conditions in the water more than four times in five. A majority of bacterial species came and went predictably, Fuh...Researcher hits bulls-eye for antibiotic target
... bacteria unable to react to and survive a lack of nutrient supply; the other possibility would be to design a... starving even when in the presence of a plentiful nutrient supply, Sanders said. Such a signal exists in almost all living things because most organisms stru...Dartmouth research points to protein S14 in treating breast cancer
...nd its role in communicating information about the nutrient and energy supply to genes required for fat metabolism in breast cancer cells," says Kinlaw, who is also affiliated with the Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. "With this knowledge has also come the understanding that ...Biological pest control becomes an economic reality
...ests and its knowledge of technologies for coating nutrient and other liquids. New encapsulation technology Project partners used new encapsulation technology to prepare an artificial liquid diet in the form of coated droplets, developing an effective diet for two major predatory bugs; Orius, which atta...First 'encyclopedia' of nuclear receptors reveals organisms' focus on sex, food
...and physiology in two main areas, reproduction and nutrient metabolism. Receptor networks also have key role...nto two main clusters to regulate reproduction and nutrient metabolism. Dr. Mangelsdorf said groups of receptors likely interact to control many processes, such...UCLA/LSU study details nutritional value of salad
... relationship between normal salad consumption and nutrient levels in the bloodstream, and also the first to e...ble consumption is a wise strategy for composing a nutrient rich diet," she added. "In fact, our findings suggest that eating just one serving of salad or raw v...A new clinical report from the AAP recommends dairy for children with lactose intolerance
... reinforces that they do not provide an equivalent nutrient package to dairy foods like milk, cheese and yogur...n sensitive to lactose and also help improve their nutrient intake." As confirmed by this report, patients who think they may be sensitive to lactose should ta...Vitamin D may cut pancreatic cancer risk by nearly half
...cal survey to examine the relationship between the nutrient and cancer of the pancreas. The study, led by Halcyon Skinner, Ph.D., of Northwestern, appears in the September issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. The study examined data from two large, long-term health surveys and found that ta...Better sludge through metagenomics
...t plants employ specialized bacteria to remove the nutrient phosphorus, in an effort to protect lakes and rive...tivated sludge bulking and foaming, and biological nutrient removal. "The findings and tools described in this landmark paper will allow the resolution of man...UCR-led research team receives $5 million grant to study interaction of ecology and evolution
...her organisms in the community; and the changes in nutrient availability. Reznick and his colleagues will use these results to develop mathematical models to evaluate the feedback between the evolution of guppies and Hart's killifish and the remainder of the ecosystem. NSF's FIBR program supports integrativ...Have traits, will travel: Some butterflies travel farther, reproduce faster
...uses for food. Total protein is the most important nutrient for egg maturation, he said. Adds to previous study Previous studies had found other physiological differences between these more robust butterflies and their status quo sisters and brothers. They found that individuals that established new popul......y, fertilizers were tested and certified for their nutrient content, but little attention was paid to the possibility of heavy metal contaminants introduced by the mineral sources used to prepare the fertilizer. However, in response to incidents of heavy metal contamination of cropland, several states have e...