Fiber may help protect your gut from overgrowth of harmful bugs, as per new study
One type of co-excluder bacteria, called Faecalibacterium, stood out as particularly important. It produces chemicals called ...
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Protecting monarch butterflies
Captive-raising monarchs in cages also puts the butterflies at risk. The OE parasite can reach very high levels in indoor ...
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Insect Habitat is Key to Their Survival – And Ours
The 60th anniversary of the federal Highway Beautification Act, the crowning achievement of Lady Bird Johnson, will be ...
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World's rarest insect returns after a century of absence
The Lord Howe Island stick insect, rediscovered after a century, is reviving thanks to the conservation and elimination of ...
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Growing safer spuds: Removing toxins from potatoes
Potato plants naturally produce chemicals that protect them from insects. The chemicals, called steroidal glycoalkaloids, or SGAs, are found in high quantities in the green parts of potato peels ...
Researchers test genetically edited citrus tree that controls insects responsible for greening
Scientists at the University of Florida are testing a new type of citrus tree that can fight off the tiny insects responsible ...
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Fibre may help protect your gut from overgrowth of harmful bugs – new study
By better understanding how microbes interact and communicate in our gut, we can develop more precise, non-antibiotic therapies to protect against infections in the future.