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Scientists are exploring how a powerful plant compound in common vegetables may help prevent gray hair by protecting pigment-producing cells.

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have reported on the structure and light energy transfer efficiency of a protein ...

Phytochemicals make plant-based eating nutritious and may lower the risk of disease. Find a simple definition followed by a ...

A UCLA art historian is exploring what the color blue can tell us about the hidden history of Indigenous peoples.

Addyston's longtime plastics chemical plant will soon close. Its impact will live on in the ground, air and water.

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising ...

A recent study has unveiled the roles of two transcription factors, LvBBX24 and LvbZIP44, in regulating anthocyanin ...

Have you ever seen a blue lobster? They’re so rare most of us probably have not. It’s also unlikely any of us ever will. In ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed a surprising biochemical connection between plant immune responses and human neurological health. Researchers have discovered that the metabolic pathways regulating ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye No. 3 Jan. 15, and food manufacturers are scrambling for safer alternatives. Ohio State researcher Monica Giusti has spent years studying natural ...