Agricultura y alimentación

This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years

01/10/2026 - People who followed the MIND diet more closely showed slower brain shrinkage and less grey matter loss over time, with the strongest differences equivalent to about 2.5 years of delayed brain aging....

Could quitting ultra-processed food boost your mental health?

01/10/2026 - People with depression who dramatically cut ultra-processed foods experienced notable improvements in their symptoms in a small preliminary study. Researchers suspect healthier eating may benefit the...

Our food system is vulnerable to El Niño, warns UK climate minister

28/09/2026 - Extreme weather could damage harvests worldwide, but the answer is more local food production, not stockpiling, Katie White said in an interview with New Scientist

Blood tests reveal why astronauts get constipated in space

28/09/2026 - Spaceflight may dramatically change the gut within weeks, causing bacteria to break down more protein as food moves more slowly through the intestines. The shift could help explain astronaut...

New soil test could reveal how soil microbes help feed plants

27/09/2026 - Scientists have streamlined a method for measuring DNA-bound phosphorus in soil, making it cheaper and easier while preserving its accuracy. The technique could reveal how soil microbes help recycle...

Copying others can help young orangutans build a broad diet

24/09/2026 - Orangutans spend more than eight years learning how to cope on their own, and now we have a clearer idea of how they work out which foods to incorporate into their diet

Topotecan Syndergizes with SP141 in the Management of Uveal Melanoma

24/09/2026 - Purpose: Uveal melanoma (UM) is a rare but aggressive intraocular malignancy originating in the uvea (choroid, iris, and ciliary body). Despite primary treatment, 50% of UM patients develop...

A widespread agricultural practice is an unexpected CO2 sink

23/09/2026

Agricultural liming is a carbon sink in the Mississippi River Basin

23/09/2026

New perspectives in assessing environmental risks for birds: a simple TKTD framework to link growth and reproduction energy budget to chemical stress

23/09/2026 - Assessing the risk of pesticides to birds requires models that can extrapolate laboratory data to realistic exposure scenarios. In this work, we propose a new modeling framework BIRDkiss (Bird -...

How turning electricity directly into food could help save the planet

22/09/2026 - Farming is one of the most destructive human activities. Columnist Michael Le Page is excited about developments in electro-ag, in which we can instead turn renewable electricity directly into food

Comparative Genomics Reveals Genetic Factors Associated with Intraspecific Pigmentation Differences in Cassava

22/09/2026 - Cassava produces starch-filled tubers which are a crucial food source for many people, especially in Africa. This plant species is famous for drought tolerance and resilience, but changing conditions...

Structural Plasticity and Ligand Promiscuity of CYP3A4 Revealed by Cryo-EM

21/09/2026 - Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) metabolizes roughly half of all marketed drugs, and its inhibition can cause clinically significant drug-drug interactions. The enzyme accommodates chemically diverse...

This deep-sea enzyme survives heat that destroys most proteins

19/09/2026 - A deep-sea microbe uses an exceptionally heat-resistant enzyme to turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia at temperatures that would destroy most proteins. Its unusual structure and a newly observed...

8 common food additives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease

20/09/2026 - Common preservatives hiding in processed foods may carry unexpected heart risks, with heavy consumption linked to substantially higher rates of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease....

Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) as a method to elucidate trends in marine planktonic symbioses

18/09/2026 - The Retaria are an abundant planktonic protist lineage that play a substantial role in biogeochemical cycling, primary production, and food web dynamics in open ocean ecosystems. Their impact is, in...

Investigating biotic, chemical, and physical drivers of periphyton and invertebrate biomass in boreal streams supporting juvenile Atlantic salmon

18/09/2026 - 1. Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are an anadromous fish with a broad distribution from eastern North America to western Europe, with ecological, economic, and cultural significance. Despite their...

Scientists find a natural gut compound that helps heal the intestine

17/09/2026 - A natural compound produced by gut bacteria after digesting foods such as pomegranates, walnuts, and berries may help repair and protect the intestinal lining. The discovery reveals a surprising...

This popular fermented food may help flush nanoplastics from the body

17/09/2026 - A kimchi-derived bacterium can bind to nanoplastics under gut-like conditions and may help carry them out of the body. In mice, the probiotic more than doubled the amount of nanoplastics detected in...

Irrigation’s climate benefit could equal 363 years of its own emissions

16/09/2026 - U.S. irrigation produces some greenhouse gas emissions, but new research suggests it prevents vastly more by allowing farmers to grow more food on less land. Without irrigation, replacing lost crop...

Scientists find a hidden health advantage in black and green rice

16/09/2026 - Scientists found that black and green Japanese rice contain unusual, potentially beneficial fats and may be digested more slowly than ordinary white rice. The combination could make these colorful...