Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
11 to 20 of 895 stories
view headlines only
-
College Kids Who Don't Drink Milk Could Face Serious Consequences
March 14, 2013 — College-age kids who don't consume at least three servings of dairy daily are three times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those who do, said a new study. "That alarming finding means ... > full story -
Pig Brain Models Provide Insights Into Human Cognitive Development
March 14, 2013 — A mutual curiosity about patterns of growth and development in pig brains has brought two research groups together. Animal scientists have now developed a model of the pig brain that they plan to use ... > full story -
Goats' Milk With Antimicrobial Lysozyme Speeds Recovery from Diarrhea
March 13, 2013 — Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of lysozyme, a human antimicrobial protein, has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs and may one day be used to ... > full story -
Hiding Secret Messages in Email Jokes
March 12, 2013 — It is possible to hide secret messages in simple jokes, according to new ... > full story -
Heat-Stressed Cows Spend More Time Standing
March 12, 2013 — Animal scientists have found that cows stand for longer bouts of time on hot days. Standing allows cows to cool off, but standing also uses up more energy. If cows are encouraged to lie down, they ... > full story -
Exercise During Gestation Might Affect Future Fertility
March 12, 2013 — Researchers have found that exercising pregnant sows could affect ovarian development in their fetuses. Fetuses from exercised sows had greater cell proliferation in their ... > full story -
Agriculture and Food
Biology
Food and Agriculture
Genetics
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Biotechnology
Scientists Improve Transgenic 'Enviropigs'
March 7, 2013 — A new line of transgenic pigs can digest phosphorus more efficiently. Researchers say the new line is healthy and can pass the transgenic trait to new ... > full story -
Problems With Identifying Meat? The Answer Is to Check the Barcode
February 28, 2013 — Want to know what you are eating? DNA barcodes can be used to identify even very closely related species, finds a new article. Results from the study show that the labelling of game meat in South ... > full story -
The Lifetime Journeys of Manure-Based Microbes
February 22, 2013 — Studies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are shedding some light on the microbes that dwell in cattle manure -- what they are, where they thrive, where they struggle, and where they can end ... > full story -
Health Risks Were Not Consumers' First Concern Over Horse Meat Contamination
February 20, 2013 — Days after the initial announcement by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) on the 15th January that horse and pig DNA were found in beef burgers, researchers conducted an online consumer ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 138,617
more 
