Food/Food Science

Rutgers study finds raising multiple species in the same area could benefit shellfish aquacultureCredit: Michael Acquafredda/Rutgers University Eastern oysters and three species of clams can be farmed together and flourish, potentially…

By treating meat as a network of flexible polymers surrounded by flowing moisture, computer models can accurately predict how much it will shrink when cooked. Meat is no ordinary solid. Made up of complex networks of moisture-saturated…

Gut microbiome shifts may explain how early dietary factors bring later health risks Infants who were started on solid foods at or before three months of age showed changes in the levels of gut bacteria and bacterial byproducts, called…

New research to enhance chicken-raising practicesCredit: Photo courtesy the USDA ARS, image k10003-7 by S. Ausmus. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Smile, chickens. You're soon to be on candid camera. Hao Gan, a biosystems engineer with the…

Credit: Ivan Shishkin; Tretyakov Gallery While Russia seems to have successfully tackled its historic problem: food shortage - with the agri-food sector becoming one of the most steadily developing of the national economy - the…

Credit: University of Exeter Pathogenic fungi pose a huge and growing threat to global food security. Currently, we protect our crops against fungal disease by spraying them with anti-fungal chemistries, also known as fungicides.…

Credit: Beverly J. Agtuca, Sylwia A. Stopka, Thalita R. Tuleski, Fernanda P. do Amaral, Sterling Evans, Yang Liu, Dong Xu, Rose Adele Monteiro, David W. Koppenaal, Ljiljana Paša-Toli?, Christopher R. Anderton,... Crop yields have…

Flavorings containing benzaldehyde can develop benzene under the influence of lightCredit: Gisela Olias / Leibniz-LSB In 2013, the German Stiftung Warentest found harmful benzene in drinks with cherry flavor. But how did the substance get…

"We are living through an explosion in the availability of microbiome data," according to JP Dundore-Arias, assistant professor of plant pathology at California State University, Monterey Bay. "In agricultural systems, the proliferation…

Credit: Courtesy of Lin Zeng, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering In recent years, the attention of scientists and environmentalists has turned toward how population growth and urban expansion are driving habitat loss and an…

Melinjo seed extract activates the physiologically beneficial substance adiponectin which improves obesity and diabetesCredit: Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Shuto In Southeast Asia, the fruit, flowers, and leaves of Indonesia's "Melinjo"…

Who in the Middle Ages cooked their dinner in copper pots? And where did they do it? Such information can be revealed by chemical analyzes of human bones. Clay pots? Wooden spoons? Copper pots? Silver forks? What materials has man used for…

Citrus greening, also called Huanglongbing (HLB), is devastating the citrus industry. Florida alone has experienced a 50 to 75 percent reduction in citrus production. There are no resistant varieties of citrus available and limited…

To control flowering and fruit ripening, plants release the gaseous hormone ethylene. Environmental conditions, including drought, salinity and pathogens, can also cause levels of the hormone to fluctuate. Therefore, monitoring ethylene's…

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of analysis often tends to overlook vital factors, such as biodiversity, soil quality, pesticide impacts…

Growing fruit and vegetables in just 10 per cent of a city's gardens and other urban green spaces could provide 15 per cent of the local population with their 'five a day', according to new research. In a study published in Nature…

Plants, just like humans, have circadian clocks that allow them to tell the time. In humans this cellular clockwork influences when we wake and sleep. Plants are so dependent on daylight that circadian clocks are even more influential,…

Explore the latest on nutrition science, policy and research Is there science behind popular diets? How do our food choices affect the planet? How can we ensure children get the nutrition they need to thrive, from the womb through…

India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A war between India and Pakistan using less than 1 percent of nuclear weapons worldwide could lead to the worst global…

Even a limited nuclear war could have dangerous effects far beyond the region that is fatally hit. It would result in global cooling that substantially reduces agricultural production in the world's main breadbasket regions, from the US,…