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Your coffee may be more than a half million years old
Publicado em 18 abril 2024
The recent sequencing of coffee DNA has led to a number of discoveries, rendering future innovations to protect coffee production possible.
There are 120 different species of coffee, but one of them, Arabica, accounts for 60% of the world’s coffee production, its flavor being the most appreciated. Yet its production is threatened by climate change and disease, jeopardizing a sector on which 125 million people depend for their livelihoods, according to the International Coffee [...]
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Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old
Publicado em 17 abril 2024That coffee you slurped this morning? It’s 600,000 years old. Using genes from coffee plants around the world, researchers built a family tree for the world’s most popular type of coffee, known to scientists as Coffea arabica and to coffee lovers simply as “arabica.” The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two [...]ver notícia -
Too Many 'Bad' Carbs, Too Much Meat: Diet Choices Are Driving Rise in Type 2 Diabetes
Publicado em 18 abril 2023TUESDAY, April 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Most cases of type 2 diabetes can be linked to making poor food choices, a new study finds. Researchers from Tufts University in Boston linked poor diet to 14 million cases of type 2 diabetes — about 70% of new diagnoses globally — in 2018. The biggest impact came from insufficient intake of whole grains, too much refined rice and wheat, and overconsumption of processed meat. “Our study suggests poor carbohydrate quality is [...]ver notícia -
High Prevalence of Thoracic Spine Pain ID'd Among Adolescents
Publicado em 17 abril 2023MONDAY, April 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The prevalence of thoracic spine pain (TSP) is high among adolescents, and predictors include female sex, mental health problems, and duration of electronic device use, according to a study recently published in Healthcare. Alberto De Vitta, Ph.D., from the Centro Universitário das Faculdades Integradas de Ourinhos in Brazil, and colleagues examined the incidence of TSP and ongoing TSP and identified its predictors among high school students [...]ver notícia -
Even Mild COVID Might Change Your Brain
Publicado em 21 fevereiro 2023TUESDAY, Feb. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- People who are experiencing anxiety and depression months after a mild case of COVID-19 may have changes affecting the structure and function of their brains, Brazilian researchers report. “There is still much to learn about long COVID, which includes a wide range of health problems, including anxiety and depression, months after infection,” said Dr. Clarissa Yasuda of the University of Campinas in São Paulo. “Our [...]ver notícia -
Jolting discovery: Powerful new electric eel found
Publicado em 11 setembro 2019WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. The researchers collected 107 eels in four countries and found differences in their DNA, along with minor physical variations. One species had the ability to generate 860 volts of electricity, more than the 650 volts discharged by the only previously identified type of electric eel. While 250 species of fish in South [...]ver notícia