Climate change is hurting children’s diets, global study finds
Rising temperatures contribute to child malnutrition and reduced diet qualityCredit: C. Shubert (CCAFS) A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
WVU receives grant to pilot drinking water testing program
Credit: West Virginia University Jason Hubbart, an educator and researcher at West Virginia University, is acutely aware of the importance ...
Pollinators not getting the ‘buzz’ they need in news coverage
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A dramatic decline in bees and other pollinating insects presents a ...
Framework sheds light on nitrogen loss of producing common food items
Credit: Shu Kee Lam January 13, 2021 - The element nitrogen is a double-edged sword. It is essential for growing ...
Healthcare Nutrition Council leads the way on medical food discussions
Announcement of publication of workshop proceedingsCredit: Healthcare Nutrition Council While most people are able to eat a normal diet, many ...
Cultivating plant growth in space
Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign When in space, astronauts typically eat dehydrated, nutrient-dense food, but when it comes to longer ...
NUS researchers concoct probiotic coffee and tea drinks
New fermented coffee and tea contain live probiotics which could improve gut health; these non-dairy and plant-based beverages are suitable ...
Scientists developing new solutions for honeybee colony collapse
Grant establishes network of bee researchers at four UC campusesCredit: Boris Baer/UCR The University of California, Riverside, is leading a ...
Producing milk from yeast that looks and tastes like cow’s milk
Credit: Tel Aviv University Might a new technological development of researchers from Tel Aviv University soon revolutionize the dairy products ...
Cattle grazing and soybean yields
Credit: Morgan Grabau By late fall, much of the Midwest is a pleasing landscape of dry, harvested corn fields. It ...
Understanding disease-induced microbial shifts may reveal new crop management strategies
Credit: Dr. Nichole Ginnan While humanity is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the citrus industry is trying to manage its own ...
Protecting the global food supply chain
New study examines making food supply more resilient to natural shocksCredit: Photo courtesy of Kyle Davis As the world grows ...
Bacteriophage has important role in agriculture and aquaculture
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publications New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2021--Crop plants and animals can be infected by bacterial ...
Two University of Tennessee leaders honored by Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
UTIA's Neal Schrick and Hongwei Xin recognized as FSLI FellowsCredit: Image provided by FSLI. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Two leaders from ...
The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?
Credit: Ralph Panstruga & Matthew Moscou People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight ...
Groups of bacteria can work together to better protect crops and improve their growth
Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh Harris, Reizo Quilat Roscios, and Elizabeth Anne Shank Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), ...
Discovery of chemical clue may lead to solving cacao’s black pod rot mystery
Clovamide presence in disease-resistant chocolate tree leaves may spur novel breeding programCredit: Ben Knollenberg/Penn State The finding of relatively high ...
Delicious and disease-free: scientists attempting new citrus varieties
$4.67 million helps put new fruits to the testCredit: Chandrika Ramadugu/UCR UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will ...
AIRCA agrees to cooperate on research in support of UN Food Systems Summit 2021
AIRCA has signed anMoU with the Scientific Group of the UN Secretary General's Food Systems Summit to cooperate on research ...
Chemical composition of wild potato relative contributes to its resistance to pathogen
Credit: Janak R. Joshi, Linxing Yao, Amy O. Charkowski, and Adam L. Heuberger Potato is the most consumed vegetable crop ...
