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A little lupin improves the bread of life

12 June 2011

In flour it reduces heart disease risk say Melbourne and WA researchers You can lower your risk of heart disease significantly, just by using flour containing 40 per cent lupin beans in the place of conventional wholemeal flour, according to research by Victoria University dietitian Dr Regina Belski and colleagues from the University of Western [...]

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How lobsters create their colours

26 July 2009

A team of Queensland researchers have discovered that lobsters, prawns and other crustaceans have evolved a unique way of making colours: making the complex patterns appreciated by biologists and connoisseurs of seafood. Their work will help with conservation, aquaculture and may even lead to a new food colourant. And all the colours come from just [...]

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Does my asinina look big in these genes?

15 July 2008

The world’s fastest growing abalone—the tropical donkey’s ear abalone, Haliotis asinina—can be bred to grow rapidly and reliably for aquaculture, Queensland biologists have found.

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Soy milk shouldn’t put you off peanuts

17 June 2008

Drinking soy milk or soy-based formula does not trigger peanut allergy in children, researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute have found. Their work challenges the results of an influential previous study.

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Tuna research in 350-tonne waterbed

16 August 2007

 Bluefin tuna use three times as much oxygen as other fish their size, making them more difficult to culture. That’s just part of the valuable information uncovered by University of Adelaide PhD student, Quinn Fitzgibbon and his colleagues in a study where they monitored live tuna swimming inside a 350-tonne “waterbed”.

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Patterson’s curse may be a saving grace for salmon

10 August 2006

Fish make omega-3 from noxious weed Australian scientists have found that fish fed oil extracted from one of Australia’s most damaging noxious weeds, Patterson’s curse, produce health-giving omega-3 oils for human consumption.

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More to droplets than meets the eye

8 August 2006

Salads, shampoos and mining to benefit from theoretical research into droplets How much effort does it take to understand the behaviour of oil droplets? A multi-disciplinary team of six researchers from the University of Melbourne has spent the best part of two years, and used $300,000 of equipment to crack the problem.

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Fish oil helps attention deficit in children

16 August 2005

Researchers in Adelaide have found that a commercially available dietary supplement can improve the attention and behaviour of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The parents of children who spent 15 weeks on a course of capsules containing a combination of fish oil and primrose oil with a high ratio of omega-3 fatty acid [...]

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Hitchhiking pests uncovered

31 August 2004

A test for  toxic algae could help save our coastal waters from attack by invading pests Coastal waters around the world are threatened by invaders lurking in the ballast water of cargo ships. A new global agreement will require ships to meet strict regulations to ensure they do not harbour any unwanted invaders. New technologies [...]

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New genes mean cleaner, greener, better quality crops

23 August 2004

Two plant genes have been identified that could lead to new crop varieties resistant to fungal diseases, meaning increased productivity for farmers and improved quality and cheaper costs for consumers. These two genes can help plants boost their own immunity to disease, resulting in less need for chemical sprays, improved produce quality and increased shelf [...]

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Happy cows choose what to eat

22 August 2002

Cows produce more milk if they are given a choice of food, according to a study released today in Melbourne. “Presentation and choice of food affects how much we eat. It’s the same for cows,” says University of Melbourne researcher, Danni Marotti.

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Illness traced to waxy fish

23 August 2001

Laboratory detective work has helped to identify the real culprit in causing illness from eating fish in southern and eastern Australia. Oil analysis of suspect fillets by Ben Mooney and colleagues of CSIRO Marine Research found the presumed culprit, rudderfish, innocent of all charges.

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Breastfeeding is not a letdown!

2 August 2001

More mums can breast feed successfully First images of the breast in action Mothers can be concerned that they do not have a letdown when breastfeeding, so their babies cannot get enough milk.  For the first time, Donna Ramsey from The University of Western Australia has used ultrasound to capture moving images of letdown in [...]

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Cunning crustaceans beat ozone hole

4 May 2000

Tasmanian researchers have found that krill, the small ocean crustaceans important for feeding the rest of the ocean’s animals, are able to protect themselves from the harmful ultra-violet light in the sun’s rays through a combination of diet and exercise.

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A “Gut” Feeling of How Your Intestine Works

10 May 1999

“Busting the ‘gut’ puzzle” Ever wondered why you don’t spew more often? Your intestine, controlled by its own “brain”, the Enteric Nervous System, silently, without your conscious knowledge, performs this miraculous feat, controlling food movement and digestion, every day of your life.

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