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What does science say about the ingredients in functional drinks?

What does science say about the ingredients in functional drinks?

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Drinks touted as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration are becoming increasingly popular around the world April 15, 2024, 6:22 am ET • 4 minutes of reading Functional drinks – or drinks advertised as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration – are becoming increasingly popular around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped …

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What does science say about the ingredients in functional drinks?

What does science say about the ingredients in functional drinks?

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Functional drinks — or drinks advertised as offering mental or physical benefits beyond hydration — are becoming increasingly popular around the world. Hundreds of companies have jumped into the market, hoping to get some buzz with trendy and sometimes unfamiliar ingredients. Here are some of the latest discoveries in functional drinks and what scientists have …

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NASA Unveils Probe Aimed at Jupiter’s Potentially Life-Sustaining Moon – Science & Technology

NASA Unveils Probe Aimed at Jupiter’s Potentially Life-Sustaining Moon – Science & Technology

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S space scientists on Thursday unveiled the interplanetary probe that NASA plans to send to one of Jupiter’s icy moons as part of humanity’s hunt for extraterrestrial life. The Clipper spacecraft is due to lift off in October and head for Europa, one of dozens of moons orbiting the Solar System’s largest planet and the …

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Scientists discover the first nitrogen-fixing organelle

Scientists discover the first nitrogen-fixing organelle

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A light microscope image shows the marine haptophytic alga Braarudosphaera bigelowii with a black arrow pointing to the nitroplast organelle. Credit: Tyler Cole Modern biology textbooks claim that only bacteria can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form usable by life. Plants that fix nitrogen, such as legumes, do so by …

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public transport companies must adapt to the increase in telecommuting

public transport companies must adapt to the increase in telecommuting

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The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly increased the share of employees who work full or part-time from home — and the effects continue as many employers cut back on costs. Pajama workers found that this minimized travel and clothing costs and was more comfortable. Yet while telecommuting could cut hundreds of millions of tons of carbon …

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VSO’s Jukebox Quartet Explores ‘The Sound of Science’ | Performing Arts | Seven days

VSO’s Jukebox Quartet Explores ‘The Sound of Science’ | Performing Arts | Seven days

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click to enlarge Courtesy of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra John Dunlop and Brooke Quiggins Saulnier of the Jukebox Quartet at Beta Technologies Scientists can measure the rate at which glaciers are melting by making underwater audio recordings of them moving and calving, then reducing those sounds to predictive formulas. But what if, in addition to …

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Scientists solve a long-standing mystery surrounding the Moon’s “crooked” geology

Scientists solve a long-standing mystery surrounding the Moon’s “crooked” geology

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Schematic illustration with a gravity gradient map (blue hexagon pattern) of the near side of the moon and a cross section showing two ilmenite-bearing cumulate downflows from a lunar mantle rollover. Credit: Adrienne Brocke/University of Arizona and Audrey Lasbordes About 4.5 billion years ago, a small planet crashed into the young Earth, spewing molten rock …

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Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

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This story is part of CNBC’s quarterly Cities of Success series, which explores cities that have become business hubs with an entrepreneurial spirit that has attracted capital, companies and employees. The Denver-Boulder region is quickly emerging as a major hub for the life sciences industry, attracting companies that are developing cutting-edge medical treatments and technologies. …

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Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

Record funding boosts Denver-Boulder’s life sciences market

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The Denver-Boulder region is becoming a major hub for the life sciences industry due to the growth of venture capital and government funding, a collaborative research environment and a booming market for laboratory space. The pool of skilled life sciences workers is growing much faster in the Denver-Boulder area than the national average. “Boulder has …

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eDNA methods provide insight into coral reef health in real time

eDNA methods provide insight into coral reef health in real time

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A coral affected by Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease on St. John’s Coral Reefs, USVI. This coral disease event began in 2020 on St. John’s Reef, and WHOI researchers identified microbial community and nutrient changes in the overlying seawater that were associated with this major disturbance. Credit: Cynthia Becker, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The human …

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