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29.04.2021

A huge new database helps reveal tomato riddles and may facilitate the breeding of delicious, disease-resistant tomatoes

Joint Wellcome Trust – WHO Consultation on Transforming Nutrition Science for Better Health
26.12.2018

World-leading scientists meet to stimulate new, cutting-edge research to improve lifelong health outcomes

single-celled lining of the intestines under a microscope
14.08.2017

The lining of our intestines uses an approach known to business to quickly process food 

Beet-colored tomatoes
14.08.2017

Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops

Arabidopsis leaves with and without cholesterol
20.02.2017

The biochemical steps to making cholesterol in plants turn out to be surprisingly similar to those in animals 

The circadian clock regulates the mitochondria’s utilization of nutrients throughout the day
16.03.2016

Weizmann Institute scientists find that our cells' power plants run on timers 

The Coral Sweepstakes
04.11.2014

High-speed films of coral reveal how tiny hairs are used for housekeeping

eating right
03.12.2013

A unique experiment explores the connection between the food we eat and our gut microbiota