Journal Reference: Lei Wang, Yawen Peng, Yali Xu, Junjie Zhang, Chunguang Liu, Xuejiao Tang, Yuan Lu, Hongwen Sun. Earthworms’ Degradable Bioplastic Diet of Polylactic Acid: Easy to Break Down and Slow to Excrete. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022; DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08066 Soil is becoming increasingly contaminated by fragments of plastic — especially microplastics less than 5 … Read more
Journal Reference: Wenbo Jiang, Qingrao Song, Jia Zhang, Yunyan Chen, Hongyan Jiang, Yujia Long, Ying Li, Tianshu Han, Hongru Sun, Wei Wei. The Association of Consumption Time for Food with Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality Among Diabetes Patients. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2022 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgac069 Mealtimes should be in line with the … Read more
47% of the feed for Dutch pigs consists of residual and by-products from the food industry. The animal thus contributes to the reduction of human food waste and converts these products into high-quality animal proteins. Due to the use of these residual products as well as the high efficiency of Dutch pig farmers, the CO2 … Read more
Winter is here for good. The frosty, white Christmas and a slightly less winter New Year’s Eve are behind us, and thus the time of summaries and New Year’s resolutions. Many of you have included healthy eating on your list. Today I am going to tell you about a product that should be part of … Read more
Journal Reference: Sara B. Weinstein, M. Denise Dearing. Harvest mice ( Reithrodontomys megalotis) consume monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus ). Ecology, 2021; DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3607 In a new study, University of Utah biologists found that mice at California monarch overwintering sites can also consume monarch butterflies. Working at one of the largest monarch aggregations outside of … Read more
Journal Reference: Sierra J Gillman, Erin A McKenney, Diana J R Lafferty. Human-provisioned foods reduce gut microbiome diversity in American black bears (Ursus americanus). Journal of Mammalogy, 2021; DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab154 “We know a ‘western’ diet can reduce microbial diversity in the guts of humans, mice and other species, which can have an adverse effect on … Read more