Excess nutrients from farm fields cause widespread water pollution across the U.S. Bioreactors – essentially, ditches filled with wood chips – are emerging as a way to reduce nutrient pollution.
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Potatoes are more nutrient-dense than many other staple foods in South Africa including maize meal, rice, bread and pasta.
Arguing about the pros and cons of fat in our diet takes the focus away from the real nutritional demon: processed foods.
Where once scientists used to be solitary creatures, today science is a highly collaborative affair, and the latest research in ecology is no exception.
Africa’s soil crisis calls for quick and creative action. This includes deepening farmers’ knowledge about soil microbes.
If the antioxidants that occur naturally in food are good for us, that must mean antioxidant supplements are also good for us, right? Not quite.
National dietary guidelines have become an easy target for those looking for a scapegoat for bad diets in rich countries. And a BMJ article about draft US guidelines adds further fuel for the fire.
Successive plans to curb the sediments, nutrients and pesticides flowing into the waters around the Great Barrier Reef have fallen short, leaving the corals that call the reef home highly vulnerable.
Turmeric is said to be the latest “blockbuster nutrient”, helpful for “everything from heart disease to Alzheimers, asthma to arthritis.” But is there any scientific evidence behind this claim, or is it…
State of the Future 2012, a quick introduction What is the “state of the future”? How successfully are we tackling global challenges threatening our collective future? These questions are asked annually…
Research has revealed, in unprecedented detail, how parasites use different nutrients needed for growth, showing unique drug…
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Honorary Associate Professor, University of Leicester
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor (Food Science & Human Nutrition), Singapore Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Programme Lead Nutrition and Health, Edge Hill University
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Assistant Professor in Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Global Environmental Studies, Chancellor's Fellow and Director, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, Coventry University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Science Course Co-ordinator, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Sustainability Governance, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Researcher, Agricultural Research Council - Animal Production, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Ph.D. Candidate in Marketing, University of Georgia