For those trying to live a healthy lifestyle, the choice between sugar and artificial sweeteners can be confusing.
High Doses of Saccharin Do Not Lead to Diabetes in Healthy Adults
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Soil Degradation Costs U.S. Corn Farmers A Half-Billion Dollars Every Year
One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, leading to more than a half-billion dollars in extra costs to U.S. farmers every year, finds new research from CU Boulder published last month in Earth’s Future.
Anthropogenic Heat Flux Increases the Frequency of Extreme Heat Events
Anthropogenic, or human-made, heat flux in the near-surface atmosphere has changed urban thermal environments.
Neuroscientists Identify Brain Circuit That Encodes Timing of Events
When we experience a new event, our brain records a memory of not only what happened, but also the context, including the time and location of the event.
Inspired by Kombucha Tea, Engineers Create “Living Materials”
Engineers at MIT and Imperial College London have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mixture of bacteria and yeast similar to the “kombucha mother” used to ferment tea.
Making Hydrogen Energy With the Common Nickel
To resolve the energy crisis and environmental issues, research to move away from fossil fuels and convert to eco-friendly and sustainable hydrogen energy is well underway around the world.
