A new study by researchers at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, found that 60% of pregnant women had suboptimal iodine status, highlighting a need for increased nutritional awareness to ...

Some 60 per cent of pregnant women in Ireland show signs of iodine deficiency, a new study from University College Cork has found. Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone production, which ...

Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Yellowbrick have launched a free online animation course, This is Animation." ...

Resistant starch is a type of carbohydrate that is not digested in the small intestine and supports gut health like fiber. Here’s how to eat more of it.

Starch-based plastics, which are derived from treated starch from plants, may not be as safe or environmentally benign as previously assumed. Composed mainly of starch and typically blended with ...

High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind carbon dioxide. Researchers have now found a new method to control starch ...

Microscopic fragments from starch-based plastics (similar to those shown here) caused negative health impacts in mice, including changes to organ tissues, metabolic functions and gut microbiota ...

Scientists present a promising material for addressing iodine pollution and recovering iodine resources from seawater.

Though iodine consumption is falling overall, most Americans are still getting enough through their diet, experts say. But doctors worry that’s not the case for women and children, who are most ...

Adding iodine to salt Public health experts realized they couldn't solve the problem by feeding everyone seaweed and seafood, but they learned that iodine can essentially be sprayed on table salt.

Virtually eliminating iodine deficiency was one of the great public health success stories of the 20th century, but today, people are getting less iodine because of changes in diet and food ...