Tag: Micronutrients
Thanksgiving sides are delicious and can be nutritious − here’s the...
Julie Pollock, University of Richmond
While people usually think first about the turkey or the ham during holiday meals,...
Zinc is a metal essential to life – scientists have discovered...
Andy Weiss, Vanderbilt University and Caitlin Murdoch, Vanderbilt University
All living things, including people, need zinc in their diets....
The 2021 World Food Prize recognizes that fish are key for...
Ben Belton, Michigan State University
Fish and other aquatic foods are integral to diets for more than 1 billion...
Invasive tawny crazy ants have an intense craving for calcium –...
Ryan Reihart, University of Dayton
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In a recent study, my colleagues and I...
Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food – and by changing...
Barbara Demmig-Adams, University of Colorado Boulder
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
What’s the big idea?
Current industrialized food systems were optimized...
Hidden hunger affects nearly 2 billion worldwide – are solutions in...
Morten Wendelbo, American University
Incredible strides have been made to eradicate hunger around the world since World War II. New technology, foreign aid, and a...
Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the...
Kristie Ebi, University of Washington
Rice is the primary food source for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
