Food/Food Science

Scholars program will offer research opportunities and paid summer internships to undergrads The University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Food Science has been awarded a five-year, $482,549 grant to fund an experiential learning…

Researchers find genetic variation shapes individual perception of fatty foodsCredit: Monell Chemical Senses Center Most people would agree that the pleasure of some foods stems in part from its fat content. New research, led…

Individual differences in brain response to alcohol could indicate propensity for alcohol abuseCredit: Hernandez and Moorman, eNeuro 2020 The brain's response to alcohol varies based on individual preferences, according to new…

New sensor technology improves poultry welfareCredit: Amy Murillo/UCR Blood-feeding livestock mites can be detected with wearable sensor technology nicknamed "Fitbits for chickens." To help farmers detect mite infestations, a…

Scientists study the 24-hour pattern of magnesium intake in a rice plant to see if the photosynthetic efficiency of the plant can be improvedCredit: 2020 Nature Plants The fundamental process that arguably forms the backbone of…

A new study warns that the last remaining habitat for several endangered bird species in Europe could reduce by up to 50 per cent in the next century as farmers convert land to more profitable crops and meet increased demand for products…

ITHACA, N.Y. - The costs of implementing food safety practices to prevent foodborne illnesses have been viewed as a threat to the financial well-being of small farms, which must pay a higher percentage of their annual sales than larger…

Study may help explain how genes and other factors influence an individual's response to restricting caloriesCredit: Alice C. Gray Changes in a few small molecules involved in a cell's metabolism seem to indicate whether a…

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals how plants create the load-bearing structures that let them grow - much like how building crews frame a house. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the new…

Credit: West Virginia University As demand increases for sustainable and environmentally friendly energy and products, the Mid-Atlantic region with its abundance of forests and abandoned mine land is poised to grow its…

Credit: Molly Higgins, Penn State People who seek novel and powerful sensations and are more prone to taking risks -- and who perceive bitter tastes more intensely -- are more likely to prefer bitter, pale-ale-style beers and drink…

What The Study Did: This study combined the results of 13 studies with nearly 50,000 participants to look at the association of major food sources of fructose-containing sugars, such as sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup, with the risk…

Wits researchers find that aardvarks feeding in the daytime during droughts might be starvingCredit: Nora Weyer/Wits University Aardvarks occur across most of sub-Saharan Africa, but very few people have seen one, because…

The protein could help develop drought-resistant plant varieties and products that reduce losses related to climate change.Credit: GCCRC Researchers affiliated with the Genomics for Climate Change Research Center (GCCRC), hosted by…

The seafood industry requires large amounts of water for food processing. Before used water is discharged, some organic matter, including protein, is typically removed. This sludge is usually landfilled or converted into biogas, which…

Rutgers-led research highlights lesser-known options with fewer trade-offsCredit: Pamela McElwee/Rutgers University-New Brunswick How can some of world's biggest problems - climate change, food security and land degradation - be…

Credit: Surinder Chopra/Penn State Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, according to a team of researchers who said…

Grapevine is infected by more than 90 viruses, with new viral species discovered yearly as a result of the newer technology introduced by High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Within the last decade, HTS is used for virome identification (the…

A proposal to rethink agriculture in the climate calculationsCredit: Per Frankelius The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, and is thus…

New license agreement commercializes innovative, safe technologyCredit: UCR UC Riverside scientists have found the first substance capable of controlling Citrus Greening Disease, which has devastated citrus farms in Florida and…