(Natural News) Tesla is building a giant, 100-megawatt (MW) energy storage facility in Texas. The facility is being built in Angleton, Texas, outside of Houston and will plug into the state’s power grid. The project, which is operating under a Tesla subsidiary called Gambit Energy Storage LLC, has yet to be officially announced as of the time […]

(Natural News) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains difficult to treat due to its resistance to antibiotics. With this in mind, Chinese researchers looked into oriental penthorum (Penthorum chinense Pursh), a plant used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, to see whether it could be used to fight MRSA. More commonly known in China as guan huang cao, oriental penthorum is traditionally used by the […]

(Natural News) Potatoes represent an important food security and cash crop in Kenya, but the scarcity of quality seeds is a persistent problem that hinders improvements in the country’s potato production. To try to address this issue, researchers evaluated whether five Kenyan potato varieties could be grown through aeroponics. The key to the study, conducted […]

(Natural News) Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a major public health problem that affects anywhere between nine to 23 percent of the world’s population. Now, South Korean researchers are looking into probiotics as a possible treatment for IBS. IBS is a common disturbance of the bowel characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort alongside abdominal distention. It […]

(Natural News) Surgical pain experienced by post-operative patients affect the quality of their sleep, even as they recover in intensive care. With this in mind, Turkish researchers turned to aromatherapy massage to see if it could positively affect the sleep quality of post-operative patients. Aromatherapy and massage therapy are two of the most common complementary and alternative […]

(Natural News) Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Around 25 percent of all cancer deaths each year is due to lung cancer, more than that from colon, breast and prostate cancers combined. With this in mind, researchers from the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Shanghai Research Institute of Traditional […]

(Natural News) Centella asiatica, more commonly known as Indian pennywort, has long been used as a medicinal herb in Ayurvedic medicine. This medicinal plant and its extracts are known for their wound healing properties. With that in mind, researchers conducted a study to see if a hydrogel formulation developed from C. asiatica extract could accelerate […]

(Natural News) The progressive loss of muscle mass with advancing age is a major health issue facing older adults worldwide. With this in mind, researchers from the University of Alabama (UA) looked at whether amino acid supplementation can help ameliorate this muscle loss. Even among healthy adults, skeletal muscle mass decreases by as much as two […]

(Natural News) Xiaoyaosan (XYS) has long been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to treat conditions that are linked to anxiety and depression. With this in mind, a group of Chinese researchers conducted a study to explore the science behind XYS’s antidepressant effects. Traditional Chinese healers have long used XYS to treat what is called liver qi stagnation in TCM. Common […]

(Natural News) Spanish researchers believe that a Mediterranean diet enriched with coconut oil can help improve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. AD is one of the most common types of dementia, accounting for around 60 to 70 percent of cases. This percentage increases dramatically with age. The disease is a progressive and irreversible brain disorder that […]