Agricultural waste can become the clothes of the future From Chalmers University of Technology News - Written by Jenny Holmstrand and Ulrika Ernström Cellulose-based textile materials can make the clothing sector more sustainable. Currently, cellulose-based textiles...

Written by: Megan Winslow, Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFASYears ago, when purchasing a flat of pansies at a garden center, Chris Wilson noticed a label indicating the flowers had been treated with insecticides. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘But bees can’t read...

Johns Hopkins Medicine Study Finds Eating Lower-Sodium Diet Can Produce Clinically Meaningful Reduction in Blood Pressure for People with Type 2 Diabetes An estimated 38.1 million adults in the United States had diagnosed diabetes in 2021, according to the Centers for...

Written by: Brad Buck, Senior Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Feature Image: A virtual strawberry field, courtesy of Digital Twin technology. Credit: Dana Choi, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center. While strawberry production runs from November...

From the American Society for Nutrition Scientists Propose New Approach for Classifying Processed Foods Recent years have seen growing scrutiny and debate around processed foods, but researchers have struggled to pin down what aspects of food processing are most...

Written by: Meredith Bauer, Senior Public Relations Specialist, UF/IFAS Communications Highlights UF researchers call for a national “Food is Medicine” strategy to combat obesity, Type 2 diabetes, dementia and related health crises by integrating horticulture,...

Researchers uncover how the microbiome and certain diets can unintentionally sabotage cancer therapies by activating the body’s drug-clearing systems. A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a surprising link between diet, intestinal microbes and the efficacy of...