Spinach Turns Into a Carcinogen Factory We've all tossed leftover spinach into the microwave without a second thought. Seems ...

Most of us have been there. You stand in front of your microwave, watching that plate spin around, and wonder if yesterday's ...

Fruits and vegetables that are rich in nitrates protect the stomach from damage. This takes place through conversion of nitrates into nitrites by the bacteria in the oral cavity and subsequent ...

New Science paper reveals contribution of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria to the capture of carbon dioxide in the deep, unlit waters of the ocean Marine bacteria that live in the dark depths of the ocean ...

Li-dong Shen, Shuai Liu, Qun Zhu, Xiao-yu Li, Chen Cai, Dong-qing Cheng, Li-ping Lou, Xiang-yang Xu, Ping Zheng and Bao-lan Hu Nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-damo) process was ...

Nitrogen metabolism of gut bacteria can provide health benefits. Specifically, gut microbes metabolize dietary nitrates and nitrites and prevent the formation of cancer-causing compounds called ...

Scientists have long known that the blood pressure drops after exercise but the mechanism has not been fully elucidated. A new study shows that bacteria in the mouth, which produce nitrite, is key to ...

Beetroot juice, which is rich in nitrates, has been linked to changing the community of bacteria living in the mouth. Now, a new study has found that drinking this juice could reduce older adults’ ...