Food/Food Science

Mars greenhouse design provides food and exercise for astronautsCredit: Image courtesy of: Thayer School of Engineering HANOVER, N.H. - April 25, 2019 - A team from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering that designed a greenhouse for…

Marine life more sensitive to warming, less able to escape from heat, Rutgers-led study findsCredit: Malin Pinsky/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Global warming has caused twice as many ocean-dwelling species as land-dwelling species…

Scientists believe new control strategies for Fusarium head blight could be developed by targeting how the fungus 'tastes' wheat plants Exploring how a hazardous fungal pathogen 'tastes' its surroundings within a wheat plant to coordinate…

Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (April 2019)-- The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is notable for having a wide host range, with the ability to infect more than 300 plants. X. fastidiosa has a long history of…

Raising nutrition standards for the federal WIC assistance program for new mothers and their children helped reduce obesity risks for children who'd been served by the program since birth Sweeping changes designed to make a major federal…

Credit: University of Guelph A University of Guelph study is the first to uncover the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees' ability to groom and rid themselves of deadly mites. The research comes as Health Canada places new…

Scientists invent a magnetic refrigerator, which is 30-40% more efficient than usCredit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS A fundamentally new refrigerator has been developed by researchers from the National University of Science and…

ANN ARBOR--Meal kit services, which deliver a box of pre-portioned ingredients and a chef-selected recipe to your door, are hugely popular but get a bad environmental rap due to perceived packaging waste. But a new study from University…

NTU Singapore scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of natural oil in seeds by up to 15% in laboratory conditionsCredit: NTU Singapore Nanyang…

Credit: K. D. Swisher Grimm and S. F. Garczynski St. Paul, MN (April 2019)--Named after the dark stripes that form inside potatoes after they are cut and fried, zebra chip disease is a potentially devastating affliction that can result…