News tagged with grains
Study says confusion reigns over whole-grain claims in school lunches
Jun 02, 2009 |
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While most nutrition experts agree that school lunches should include more whole-grain products, a new study from the University of Minnesota finds that food-service workers lack understanding and the resources to meet that ...
Golden rice an effective source of vitamin A
May 13, 2009 |
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The beta-carotene in so-called "Golden Rice" converts to vitamin A in humans, according to researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Tufts University in an article that appears in the current issue of the American Jo ...
Research suggests vegetable juice may help people with metabolic syndrome lose weight
Apr 19, 2009 |
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Drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily may help overweight people with metabolic syndrome achieve better weight loss results. A study, conducted at the Baylor College of Medicine and presented at ...
Ants can learn to forage on one-way trails
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Ant trails fascinate children and scientists alike. With so many ants traveling in both directions, meeting and contacting one another, carrying their loads and giving the impression that they have a sense of urgency and ...
Does prebiotic material exist in space?
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Spanish and French astrophysicists have identified a band in the infrared range that serves to track the presence of organic material rich in oxygen and nitrogen in the interstellar dust grains. Should any ...
Scientist uses sedimentary record to uncover planet's past
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The wind barreled across the ice at Daily Lake as Montana State University paleoecologist Cathy Whitlock and three students used all their strength to pull a metal pipe out of the mucky lake ...
Cassini Maps Global Pattern of Titan's Dunes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data ...
A dust factory around a dead star
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers, led by Loretta Dunne from the University of Nottingham, have found some very unusual stardust. In a paper to be published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical ...
Ultra-fine coatings on sediment grains influence nitrate and sulfate storage in soil
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Tiny sediment grains are covered with a very fine-grained, complex mixture of minerals in an open fabric that results in a large surface area in contact with water between the grains. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Omega-6 fatty acids: Make them a part of heart-healthy eating
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Omega-6 fatty acids - found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds - are a beneficial part of a heart-healthy eating plan, according to a science advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. ...
Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees.
Female plant 'communicates' rejection or acceptance of male
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Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Without eyes or ears, plants must rely on the interaction of molecules to determine appropriate mating partners and avoid inbreeding. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers have identified pollen ...
Cattle fed distiller's grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef
Oct 22, 2008 |
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The availability and use of wet distiller's grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers' ...
Scientists identify gene that may contribute to improved rice yield
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Sep 28, 2008 |
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A team of scientists, including Penn State Distinguished Professor of Biology Hong Ma, has identified a gene in rice that controls the size and weight of rice grains. The gene may prove to be useful for breeding ...
Physicists Find that Size Matters When Initiating an Object's Movement Through Grains
Sep 26, 2008 |
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A team of Penn State physicists has discovered that the size of grains, such as sand, above a buried object is important in determining the force required to begin raising the object. No one, until now, has ...
