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ASU genetics research sheds light on evolution of the human diet
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Diet - and how it has shaped our genome - occupies much of an evolutionary scientist's time. Anne Stone, associate professor of anthropology in Arizona State University's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, will ...
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Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ...
Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well
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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.
Ancient Humans Left Evidence from the Party that Ended 4,000 Years Ago
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Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have ...
SEX4, starch and phosphorylation
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Jun 26, 2008 |
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Some of the new molecular mechanisms and regulatory components in starch metabolism have been identified by Dr. Samuel Zeeman and his colleagues. Dr. Zeeman, of the Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, ...
Spuds that like you -- in your summer salad
Jun 25, 2007 |
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It has long been known that eating potatoes is good for bowel health, but new research suggests that they may also have a beneficial effect on the whole immune system. Especially if eaten cold or in a potato salad, Anne Pichon ...
Corn's roots dig deeper into South America
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Mar 24, 2008 |
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Corn has long been known as the primary food crop in prehistoric North and Central America. Now it appears it may have been an important part of the South American diet for much longer than previously thought, according to ...
Wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol and more co-products
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - ...
Researchers find the earliest evidence of domesticated maize
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Mar 23, 2009 |
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Maize was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 8700 years according to biological evidence uncovered by researchers in the Mexico's Central Balsas River Valley. This is the earliest dated evidence ...
Natural plant materials to regulate starch digestion
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Researchers in Switzerland are reporting discovery of natural plant materials that may regulate starch digestion — slowing down the body's conversion of potatoes, rice, and other carbohydrate-rich foods into sugar. The findings ...
New approach to fighting obesity and diabetes
Sep 11, 2007 |
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World-first equipment, made exclusively for UQ scientists, will determine how to produce food which is better for us, but still tastes good.
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