DNA From Old Insects: No Need To Destroy The Specimen
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ScienceDaily — Ancient DNA can now be retrieved from various insect remains without destruction of the specimens. Together with eight other authors, Philip Francis Thomsen and Eske Willerslev, from the Centre for Ancient Genetics and Environments, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, use a previously …
How Probiotics Can Prevent Disease
ScienceDaily — Using probiotics successfully against a number of animal diseases has helped scientists from University College Cork, Ireland to understand some of the ways in which they work, which could lead to them using probiotics to prevent and even to treat human diseases. Presenting …
Probiotik Bantu Kurangi Gejala IBS
DUA pertiga sistem kekebalan tubuh berada dalam saluran cerna. Asupan ”bakteri baik” membantu menjaga pencernaan senantiasa sehat.Suplemen multivitamin sejatinya ”mirip” dengan obat. Sebabnya, orang dianjurkan minum multivitamin hanya jika asupan nutrisi dari makanan sehari- hari tidak mencukupi,atau saat sakit sehingga memerlukan asupan vitamin lebih banyak. …
The trouble with sea cucumbers
Rome – For many in the western world, they’re a summer oddity — strange blobs we sometimes see bobbing about on the seafloor beneath us during a day at the beach. But across Asia, sea cucumbers have long been a staple in peoples’ diets, mainly …
Climate change talks should include farmers
Rome – FAO has urged policy makers to include agriculture in negotiations for a new climate change treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto protocol. “Agricultural land is able to store and sequester carbon. Farmers that live off the land, particularly in poor countries, should therefore …
Study shows bioenergy benefits for rural poor
Rome – Bioenergy, when produced on a small-scale in local communities, can play a significant role in rural development in poor countries, according to a new report jointly published by FAO and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The study, “Small Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: …
Teaching Autistic Teens To Make Friends
ScienceDaily — During the first week of class, the teens’ eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12, though, these same kids were talkative, responsive and engaged. That’s the result of a special class designed at UCLA …
Impact Of Floods On Soils
ScienceDaily — A recent study conducted in the Midwestern United States examined the effects of harsh wet conditions on both cultivated and uncultivated soils, vastly advancing the knowledge of water’s effects on aggregation. Soil aggregation is an important soil attribute that is related to the …
