Building starch backbones for lab-grown meat using Lego pieces
Credit: Patrick Mansell A new technique to spin starch fibers using Lego pieces could have future applications for lab-grown "clean" ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
NSF grant supports development of robotic frost protection in orchards
Credit: Courtesy of Joseph Sommer A system that helps tree-fruit growers avoid frost damage to their crops by using unmanned ...
Rice cultivation: Balance of phosphorus and nitrogen determines growth and yield
In the future, a newly discovered mechanism in control of plant nutrition could help to achieve higher harvests in a ...
Plant seed research provides basis for sustainable alternatives to chemical fertilizers
Credit: Alessandro Bergna, Tomislav Cernava, Manuela Rändler, Rita Grosch, Christin Zachow, and Gabriele Berg St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Recent advances ...
How the ‘good feeling’ can influence the purchase of sustainable chocolate
Göttingen agricultural economists study the effect of the 'warm glow of giving'Credit: Jacqueline Macou via Pixabay More and more products ...
Back to nature: Palm oil plantations are being turned back into protected rainforest
This creates a corridor for Borneo's endangered wildlifeCredit: Robert Risch, Rhino and Forest Fund e.V. (RFF) The foundation for this ...
Butterfly numbers down by two thirds
High-intensity agriculture reduces number of butterfly species in adjacent areasCredit: Jan C. Habel / TUM Meadows adjacent to high-intensity agricultural ...
Novel sensor system improves reliability of high-temperature humidity measurements
Hannover MesseCredit: Photo credit: Oliver Dietze A new sensor system developed in Saarbrücken, Germany can not only carefully control drying ...
‘Chronoprints’ identify samples by how they change over space and time
Credit: American Chemical Society Modern analytical tools like mass spectrometers can identify many unknown substances, allowing scientists to easily tell ...
Better water testing, safer produce
Credit: Natalie Brassill, University of Arizona. March 20, 2019 - Salads were recently in the news--and off America's dinner tables--when ...
UMass Amherst food scientist receives Young Scientist Research Award
Guodong Zhang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is being honored with the 2019 Young ...
Fishing for fun, not food: Study takes stock of recreational fishing impacts
New management schemes needed to maintain stocks in fisheries worldwide The vast majority of people who fish in the world ...
Many pet owners keen to have vegan pets, University of Guelph study finds
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH A surprising number of pet owners, particularly those who are vegan, are interested in feeding their ...
Eating fish may help prevent asthma
A scientist from James Cook University in Australia says an innovative study has revealed new evidence that eating fish can ...
A nutty solution for improving brain health
Solutions for an ageing population Long-term, high nut consumption could be the key to better cognitive health in older people ...
Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens
Credit: Matthew Jones, Washington State University Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats ...
Excessive phosphate fertilizer use can reduce microbial functions critical to crop health
Credit: ©The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (March 2019)--Phosphorus is crucial for plant growth--with it, plants can acquire, transfer, ...
Scientists identify compounds in coffee which may inhibit prostate cancer
For the first time, scientists have identified compounds found in coffee which may inhibit the growth of prostate cancer. This ...
New peer-reviewed journal PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research announced
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 15, 2019 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the ...
Avocado seed extract shows promise as anti-inflammatory compound
Credit: Penn State An extract from the seeds of avocados exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in a laboratory study, according to Penn ...
