Putting bugs on the menu, safely
The thought of eating insects is stomach turning for many, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research is shedding light ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
Oregon State receives grant to spur aquaculture investment in Oregon
Credit: Tiffany Woods CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University has received a nearly $700,000 grant from the National Oceanic and ...
Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic
Credit: Credit: Jonathan Windham The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of "big eight" foods that causes 90% ...
Building a corn cob–cell by cell, gene by gene
Credit: Xiaosa Xu/Jackson lab, CSHL, 2020 Corn hasn't always been the sweet, juicy delight that we know today. And, without ...
Intercontinental study sheds light on the microbial life of sourdough
Credit: Lauren Nichols In a study of 500 sourdough starters spanning four continents, scientists have garnered new insights into the ...
Development of rapid method for extraction of natural blue chromophore from cyanobacteria
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: Phycocyanobilin (PCB) is a natural blue chromophore found in ...
Dramatic increase in microplastics in seagrass soil since the 1970s
Credit: Photo: Miguel Ángel Mateo, Diego Moreno Large-scale production of vegetables and fruit in Spain with intensive plastic consumption in ...
Nuclear war could trigger big El Niño and decrease seafood
Unprecedented warming in equatorial Pacific Ocean could last up to seven yearsCredit: Joshua Coupe A nuclear war could trigger an ...
Grant aims to accelerate sustainable shellfish aquaculture
Credit: Virginia Tech Oysters, mussels, and scallops are the shellfish that are a vital component of coastal economies that are ...
Making protein ‘superfood’ from marine algae
Progress in processing single-cell organisms from the seaCredit: Flinders University Marine microalgae-based cellular agriculture is a promising new way to ...
Novel effector biology research provides insights into devastating citrus greening disease
Credit: Kelley J. Clark, Zhiqian Pang, Jessica Trinh, Nian Wang, and Wenbo Ma Citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing ...
Stealing the spotlight in the field and kitchen
Credit: Travis Parker January 20, 2021 - Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the ...
Canadian researchers create new form of cultivated meat
Layered sheets of cells stack up to slabs of lab-made meatCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Jan. 19, 2021 -- McMaster ...
Decoding breast milk to make better baby formula (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2020 -- What makes breast milk so good for babies? In this ...
UN disaster aid is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests
Credit: Photo: Bernhard Folz A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in ...
New heat method kills pathogens with minimal damage to plants
Credit: William W. Turechek, Ole Myhrene, Janet Slovin, and Natalia A. Peres In the strawberry nursery industry, a nursery's reputation ...
Rethinking spin chemistry from a quantum perspective
Osaka City University breaks from convention with a true quantum algorithm that can calculate energy differences between the electronic ground ...
New study compiles four years of corn loss data from 26 states and Ontario, Canada
Credit: Brandon Kleinke Plant pathologists working at universities across 26 corn-producing states in the United States and in Ontario, Canada, ...
Dairy product purchasing differs in households with and without children
Households with children reported purchasing larger quantities of and higher-fat fluid milk compared to households without children, according to research ...
The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed
Credit: Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute Recently, the innovation project watermelon and melon cultivation and physiology team of Zhengzhou Fruit Research ...
