Yellow Food Dye Makes for Transparent Skin
Mice got transparent skin from exposure to yellow food dye, opening up more questions in physics and medicine.
Tag: food
Eating Peanuts for Peanut Allergy Protection: A New Study
Can you prevent a peanut allergy? Scientists found that introducing peanuts into the diet during infancy protected from allergic reactions well into adolescence.
Gene Alteration of Mushrooms for Better Plant-Based Meat
Bioengineers produce a plant-based protein with a fraction of the environmental impact of meat by altering mushroom proteins.
Kiwifruit in Diet Is Linked to Improved Mood
Eating kiwifruit could improve mental health for people with low vitamin C, with real fruit showing more benefits than a vitamin supplement.
Five A+ Back-to-School Citizen Science Projects
Fall means back to school—check out these five citizen science projects on a variety of topics to bring the classroom to your living room!
Food Waste: The Psychology of Ugly Produce
Food waste is a big problem in the United States, where each household discards an average of one third of the food people buy.
The Surprising Environmental Impact of Pet Food
What is the environmental paw print of pet food? Larger than you may think! It takes an area twice the size of the UK to produce dry food for cats and dogs.
What You Do Impacts Your Eating Habits
Our eating habits are affected by the type of activities we engage in and the amount of attention they require, according to recent studies.
Honeybees Are Attracted to Fungicides and Herbicides
Scientists found that honeybees are attracted to fungicides and herbicides. Honeybees have a deadly attraction to the chemicals in Roundup.…
New Ways to Reduce Antibiotics in Food Animals by 2030
Overuse of antibiotics in animal farming is leading us to a post-antibiotic era. With these three measures, we can limit their use and the spread of resistance.