Brazil nuts are the rockstars of trail mixes: They’re easy to spot, staking their claim in an otherwise-crowded space. But these oversized nuts do more than just look cool—they can also do ...

A trace element found in brazil nuts, liver and kidneys, may help protect some women against breast cancer, research suggested yesterday. Selenium appears to interact with an enzyme in the body ...

Continue reading The diagnosis: Due to the patient's medical history, doctors at the hospital suspected that vaginal sex introduced allergy-triggering proteins from Brazil nuts into the woman's ...

The unnamed woman quickly recognised she was having an allergic reaction, having been diagnosed with a severe Brazil nut allergy two years earlier. She took 10 milligrams of cetirizine ...

Commercial supplies of Brazil nuts are still derived entirely from wild trees though there are concerns that they're being harvested too intensively. Brazil nuts can be eaten raw or used in cooking.

Brazil nuts are one of the most sustainable nuts. They're not grown on farms — they're collected in the rainforest after they drop naturally off wild trees. While the nuts support Indigenous ...

Scientists have for the first time captured the complex dynamics of particle movement in granular materials, helping to explain why mixed nuts often see the larger Brazil nuts gather at the top. The ...