Enlarge / Pumpkin pie isn’t complete without a dollop of whipped cream. Danish scientists have concocted a fat-free analogue from bacteria. Getty Images The human love affair with whipped cream dates back to at least the 16th century, and it’s a staple of all of our favorite holiday desserts. Is this slice of Thanksgiving pumpkin …
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An artist’s concept of active volcanoes on Venus, depicting a subduction zone where the foreground crust plunges into the planet’s interior at the topographic trench. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Peter Rubin NASA researchers, which was published earlier this year in The Planetary Science Journal. These “large igneous provinces” in Earth’s history, which caused several mass extinctions on our …
Genetic background has an effect on the metabolism of essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. Supplementing the diet with camelina oil rich in alpha-linolenic acid, or with sunflower oil rich in linoleic acid modifies the concentrations of the metabolites of these …
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