Harvard Studies Show Improvements in U.S. Diet Lower Premature Deaths
Two newly published studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shed light on critical dietary issues facing Americans. The first study showed…
Two newly published studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shed light on critical dietary issues facing Americans. The first study showed…
Two new studies from Harvard University reveal how changing environmental conditions around the globe could negatively impact the health of millions of people by altering…
Chemists at MIT have developed an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gases emitted by rotting meat, allowing consumers to determine whether the meat in…
A newly published study from University of Cambridge shows that food production is a main driver of biodiversity loss and a large contributor to climate…
A new study from scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health is the first to empirically evaluate the healthfulness of whole-grain foods based on…
The US FDA has finally approved the first genetically engineered animals for human consumption. The fast-growing salmon has been assessed as safe by the FDA….
Some new diagnostic tests for foodborne pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter and Escherichia coli hinder the ability of public health officials to detect outbreaks. The problem…
In Boulder, Colorado, local cattle have developed immunity against the poisonous larkspur flowers that grow amongst the more edible grasses, making decisions to sell cattle…
A Japanese company has developed a kind of cellophane, named Aura Pack, that helps keep fruits and vegetables fresh. The freshness-preserving effect is achieved by…
Scientifically unfounded assertions about transgenic foods and animals are widely circulating in the American zeitgeist. Claims that transgenic foods are responsible for the rise of…
The World Health Organization recommends five servings of fruits and vegetable every day to keep the human body healthy, but how much is needed to…
There is more and more scientific criticism over a study that claims that genetically modified maize causes severe diseases in rats, and this controversy shows…
A newly published study in Science of the Total Environment is the first to evaluate the impact of food losses and its relationship to resources…
A new study from Stanford researchers examined whether organic foods are safer or healthier than conventional alternatives, finding little significant difference in health benefits between…
Using a simple approach, a team of scientists at Stanford University demonstrated that low oxygen levels deep inside the developing flowers are all that is…
A study by scientists at Cornell’s Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs suggests that the presence of certain foods in school cafeterias may…
For anyone that has suffered through the agonizing task of squeezing out those last few drops from the condiment jar, your troubles may soon be…
New technology that measures a biomarker by simply bouncing blue laser light off the skin provides fast, painless and highly accurate results. Based on resonance…