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Want to optimize your caffeine level? Army researchers made an app for that

Want to optimize your caffeine level? Army researchers made an app for that It's 9 a. m. and you're facing a dilemma: should I have a second cup of coffee? Caffeine spurs the central nervous system, making a person feel more awake, alert, and prepared to withstand the barrage of work meetings.
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  • Study: Farming crops with rocks to reduce CO2 and improve global food security

    Study: Farming crops with rocks to reduce CO2 and improve global food security Farming crops with crushed rocks could help to improve global food security and reduce the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere, a new study has found.

  • Food fraud in China leads to opportunities for EU products

    Food fraud in China leads to opportunities for EU products The perceived safety and quality of food imported from Europe into China provides commercial opportunities for European food producers, research has found.

  • Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise

    Rice becomes less nutritious as CO2 levels rise Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will reduce the nutritional value of rice, according to an international research team that analyzed rice samples from field experiments started by a University of Tokyo professor.

  • Study: Clean plates much more common when we eat at home

    Study: Clean plates much more common when we eat at home When people eat at home, there's typically not much left on their plates - and that means there's likely less going to landfills, according to new research from The Ohio State University.

  • Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease

    Drinking baking soda could be an inexpensive, safe way to combat autoimmune disease A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.

  • Research supports calls for food industry to reduce food product portion sizes

    Research supports calls for food industry to reduce food product portion sizes New research, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, highlights the benefits of the food industry changing food product portion sizes in order to make healthier eating more normal.

  • Study: Teens likely to crave junk food after watching TV ads

    Study: Teens likely to crave junk food after watching TV ads Teenagers who watch more than three hours of commercial TV a day are more likely to eat hundreds of extra junk food snacks, according to a report by Cancer Research UK.

  • Study finds high rates of type 1 diabetes near food swamps

    Study finds high rates of type 1 diabetes near food swamps Hotspots of type 1 diabetes in New York City are found in food swamps, areas with a higher proportion of fast food restaurants, for children and adults with type 1 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of the Endocrine Society.

  • Deep learning predicts drug-drug and drug-food interactions

    Deep learning predicts drug-drug and drug-food interactions A Korean research team from KAIST developed a computational framework, DeepDDI, that accurately predicts and generates 86 types of drug-drug and drug-food interactions as outputs of human-readable sentences, which allows in-depth understanding of the drug-drug and drug-food interactions.

  • Study: People waste nearly a pound of food daily

    Study: People waste nearly a pound of food daily Americans waste nearly a pound of food per person each day, but the exact amount of food we trash differs by how healthy your diet is, a new University of Vermont co-authored national study finds.

  • Study: Food scientists are developing a low-cost tool for detecting bacteria in food, water

    Study: Food scientists are developing a low-cost tool for detecting bacteria in food, water Food scientist Lili He and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that they have developed a new, rapid and low-cost method for detecting bacteria in water or a food sample.

  • Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into food

    Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into food Human waste may one day be a valuable resource for astronauts on deep-space missions. Now, a Penn State research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimizing pathogen growth.

  • Study: Resistance to antifungal drugs could lead to disease and global food shortages

    Study: Resistance to antifungal drugs could lead to disease and global food shortages Growing levels of resistance to antifungal treatments could lead to increased disease outbreaks and affect food security around the world.

  • Throwing out food: Attitudes to food waste in Russia

    Throwing out food: Attitudes to food waste in Russia Rational behavior is not the only thing that keeps Russians from throwing away food; many food-handling practices have been shaped by socio-cultural factors, including the gastronomic trauma suffered in times of famine and scarcity.
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