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Medical Xpress / FDA 'healthy' label boosts sales of healthier snacks and commands price premium, study finds
"Healthy" food labels increased consumer selections of healthier snacks and consumers were willing to pay a premium for such labeled products, according to new research. In 2024, the FDA updated the definition of the term ...
Phys.org / High school journalism leading the way in financial literacy, even if business isn't part of curriculum
Journalism classes are usually not paired with business lessons. While there have been calls for increasing business knowledge in journalism, research from the University of Kansas has found that high school journalists are ...
Phys.org / Better-fed calves are more motivated to play, pioneering study shows
New research has revealed dairy calves that are fed less complete tasks faster and remember more in pursuit of milk, but miss out on play. Calves that were given more food were more inclined to play. The study, led by the ...
Phys.org / Adding water sources boosted reproducing males in wild asses, raising genetic diversity
Relatively simple habitat management can influence population genetics, providing conservation managers with the opportunity to support genetic resilience not only through breeding programs or translocations, but also by ...
Phys.org / Missing link in evolution of ancient fish found in 150-year-old museum specimen
A new species of coelacanth has been identified from a 150-year-old fossil housed at London's Natural History Museum. Former University of Portsmouth paleontology student Jack L. Norton located the coelacanth, which provides ...
Medical Xpress / How the internal liver clock orchestrates daily fat secretion
Every day, the liver packages fat and releases it into the bloodstream to fuel the body, supplying energy to the heart, muscles, and other organs during the active hours of the day. The liver does not release fat into the ...
Phys.org / Mars rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds in new experiment
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has uncovered a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.
Phys.org / Laser bursts flip nanoscale magnetic vortices at blistering speeds, opening a path to brain-like spintronics
Spintronics are devices that operate leveraging the spin, an intrinsic form of angular momentum, of electrons. The ability to switch magnetic states is central to the functioning of these devices, as it ultimately allows ...
Phys.org / The edge of the Milky Way's star-forming disk revealed
How far the Milky Way's disk extends has long been difficult to define—it doesn't end sharply, but fades away gradually at its outer edges. Now, for the first time, an international team of astronomers has identified the ...
Medical Xpress / New lipid biomarkers identified for mild cognitive impairment
As people live longer, age-related disorders, including many neurodegenerative diseases, are becoming increasingly common. Dementia currently affects about 55 million people worldwide, and in the absence of effective interventions, ...
Tech Xplore / Overlooked turbulence is battering giant turbines in ways current controls still fail to catch
A new method provides a more realistic description of loads on large-scale wind turbines than was previously possible. A team of researchers has developed a more accurate mathematical model of wind fluctuations across the ...
Phys.org / Water-based process could make compostable packaging practical at industrial speeds
About 30% of plastics consumed are made to last forever but are discarded after a single use. Researchers at Virginia Tech are working to change that with a new approach that could make environmentally responsible packaging ...