Sugars are attractive building blocks for functional materials because of their high water affinity and diverse biological ...

Tardigrades survive conditions that would destroy most other living things: freezing, dehydration and the vacuum of space.

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Sugars have long tempted chemists as building blocks for advanced materials. They are abundant, biologically familiar, and exceptionally good at binding water, which makes them attractive for ...

Salt is quietly strangling agriculture. As irrigation deposits sodium into farmland soils year after year, crops from wheat ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers review the bioactive properties of the non-reducing disaccharide trehalose and discuss its potential pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic ...

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Two bacterial strains that have plagued hospitals around the country may have been at least partly fueled by a sugar additive in our food products, scientists say. Trehalose, a sugar that is added to ...

A natural sugar called trehalose blocks glucose from the liver and activates a gene that boosts insulin sensitivity, which reduces the chance of developing diabetes, according to new research in mice.

Historically, trehalose found its way into our diets primarily through natural foods, but in the mid-1990s, a novel method of producing it emerged. Stevia, xylitol, monk fruit—when it comes to ...

As ophthalmologists and clinical scientists, we continually search for new approaches to the treatment of dry eye; we have learned that prescription therapeutics such as cyclosporine and lifitegrast, ...