(Natural News) Guizotia abyssinica, locally known as ramtil or niger seed, is an annual plant that’s native to Ethiopia but is also widely used in India. This branched herb has an erect, stout stem and seeds that are said to be a rich source of edible oil. This edible oil possesses a high nutritional index and […]

(Natural News) Conservationists working at the London Zoo are busy cultivating Pete, a maidenhair fern that will hopefully be able to take photos that can help scientists monitor remote areas of rainforests all over the world. The current trial is hoping to develop a way to use plants that can generate enough electricity to power equipment used […]

(Natural News) Researchers from China and Hong Kong studied the effects of quercetin on visceral pain and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) availability in post-inflammatory irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) rats. Their findings were published in the Journal of Medicinal Food. Intestinal enterochromaffin (EC) cell hyperplasia and 5-HT availability play key roles in the pathogenesis of abdominal hypersensitivity caused by IBS. […]

(Natural News) Freitag, a fashion company based in Zurich, Switzerland, is creating clothes that are 100 percent compostable – down to the last thread. After two to five months of use, they will begin decomposing, leaving nothing behind, contributing to the fight against clothing waste. Founded by brothers Markus Freitag and Daniel Freitag in 1993, […]

(Natural News) Many plants from the genus Croton are known as ornamental indoor plants. They belong to the spurge (Euphorbiaceae) family, one of the largest plant families consisting of about 7,500 different species. Codiaeum variegatum (garden croton), an ornamental shrub native to the South Pacific, is the most famous species of Croton and is grown for its different-colored leaves. […]

(Natural News) For most of us, a trip to the beach would normally involve lounging around on the sand and wading in the cool waters. For marine biologist Jeremiah Sullivan, a trip to the beach involves something far more extreme: thrusting his arm inside a shark’s gaping, teeth-lined mouth. Sullivan rose to prominence in the […]

(Natural News) A new study seems to show that around three percent of the Dutch population have developed antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic. Health officials are looking at the study as an indicator of the percentage of people living in the Netherlands, and countries with similar rates of infection, may have already had the disease […]

(Natural News) Scientists have discovered a new species of shark lurking off the Gulf of Mexico. However, this isn’t a terrifyingly large shark that can eat humans whole. This shark is small and can glow in the dark. The new shark, known as the American pocket shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis), is only the second species of […]

(Natural News) Spanish researchers evaluated the antimicrobial activity of red wine and polyphenol-rich enological extracts against periodontal pathogens, such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Fusobacterium nucleatum, as well as total bacteria growing in an in vitro oral biofilm static model. Their findings were published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Previous studies show that […]

(Natural News) In this study, researchers from China, Saudi Arabia and South Africa screened microbial species that live in harsh environments for secondary metabolites with anti-cancer activities. Their findings were published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Microbes that thrive in the brine pools of the Red Sea and in brine pool-seawater interfaces are exposed to […]