How excessive salt consumption is linked to cognitive disorders and high blood pressure
Dementia is defined as the loss of cognitive functioning—including thinking, remembering, and reasoning—and is very prevalent in Japan. Currently, the ...
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High efficiency, salt resistance and high strength desalination achieved with new Janus sponge-like hydrogel solar evaporator
In the face of increasing global scarcity of freshwater resources, desalination is considered one of the most effective ways to ...
To more effectively sequester biomass and carbon, just add salt
Reducing global greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding a climate disaster, but current carbon removal methods are proving to ...
Study reveals new insights into body salt handling
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A new study led by Marshall University researchers focuses on a novel mechanism of the body’s regulation of ...
Most of world’s salt marshes likely to be underwater by 2100, study concludes
By Emily Greenhalgh Credit: Rhys Probyn By Emily Greenhalgh WOODS HOLE, MASS. -- Cape Cod’s salt marshes are as iconic ...
How salt can taste sweet: the myriad mechanisms of taste perception
Humans perceive five basic taste sensations: sweet, umami, bitter, salty, and sour. Specific foods trigger taste recognition of these sensations ...
Can moderate dietary salt restriction help patients with hypertension?
Results from a clinical trial published in the Journal of Internal Medicine reveal several health benefits of moderate salt restriction ...
Salt could play key role in energy transition
A common ingredient – salt – could have a big role to play in the energy transition to lower carbon ...
Simulations and experiments reveal unprecedented detail about water’s motion in salt water
In salt water solutions, water molecules rapidly move around salt ions at a scale of more than a trillion times ...
Flameproofing lithium-ion batteries with salt
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries power phones, laptops, other personal electronics and electric cars, and are even used to store energy generated ...
Shaking less salt on your food at the table could reduce heart disease risk
Adding additional salt to foods at a lower frequency is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease, heart failure ...
Now we know how plants steer clear of salt
Credit: Wenna Zheng To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline ...
Virginia Tech team awarded NSF grant to assess how salt in freshwater streams impacts aquatic ecosystems
Headwater streams, which comprise 70 percent of all watersheds, are becoming more and more contaminated by salt. The seemingly innocuous ...
Great Salt Lake on path to hyper-salinity, mirroring Iranian lake, new research shows
Starved for freshwater, the Great Salt Lake is getting saltier. The lake is losing sources of freshwater input to agriculture, ...
Why does salt change the taste of everything? (video)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2022 — If your coffee is too bitter, add a pinch of salt. If your salad isn’t ...
Simple process extracts valuable magnesium salt from seawater
By Beth Mundy Credit: Composite image by Cortland Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory By Beth Mundy Since ancient times, ...
New study explains mechanisms of salt transport and could help treat cystic fibrosis
In a recently published research article, Pablo Artigas, Ph.D., from the Center for Membrane Protein Research at the Texas Tech ...
To grow food on Mars, researchers find that alfalfa plants can fertilize the natural soil and marine cyanobacteria can desalinate the high salt water
To grow food on Mars, researchers find that alfalfa plants can fertilize the natural soil and marine cyanobacteria can desalinate ...
1 g cut in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke/heart disease in China
A modest cut of just 1 g in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of heart ...
1 g cut in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of stroke/heart disease in China
A modest cut of just 1 g in daily salt intake could ward off nearly 9 million cases of heart ...
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Schrödinger’s cat makes better qubits
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The problems with coal ash start smaller than anyone thought
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‘Revolutionary’ research discovers new cause of cancer coming from inside us
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Nearly 70% of private label avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils
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Taurine may be a key to longer and healthier life
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Researchers find an immune system ‘trip wire’ that detects COVID-19