Food/Food Science

Credit: Natalia Bateman, CoETP Scientists have found how to relieve a bottleneck in the process by which plants transform sunlight into food, which may lead to an increase in crop production. They discovered that producing more of a…

Credit: Marissa Ledger New research published today in the journal Parasitology shows how the prehistoric inhabitants of a settlement in the freshwater marshes of eastern England were infected by intestinal worms caught from foraging for…

A group of researchers from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen have figured out how to use deep learning to speed up the analysis of gas chromatographic dataCredit: Morten Vormsborg Christiansen Gas…

In enriched rearing method structures are added to rearing tanks to increase habitat complexity and resemblance to natural conditionsCredit: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) Cooperative study conducted by University of Jyväskylä…

Gluten-free diets have been trendy for several years now, with adherents claiming that avoiding grains that contain the substance helps with weight loss or improves general health. However, for people with celiac disease, avoiding gluten…

Credit: APS PRESS Fungicides are the primary tools used to manage plant diseases, but they are regularly rendered useless by pathogens' ability to develop resistance. The development of resistance to fungicides is arguably the…

Is your farm implementing sustainable practices? Could your farm be even more environmentally friendly? Are your management practices energy efficient? Field to Market, a multistakeholder alliance for sustainable agriculture, offers…

Consuming flavonoid-rich items such as apples and tea protects against cancer and heart disease, particularly for smokers and heavy drinkers, according to new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU). Researchers from ECU's School of…

The greater frequency of droughts, combined with underlying economic, social, and environmental risks means that dry spells have an increasingly destructive impact on vulnerable populations, and particularly on children in the…

Credit: CIAT / Neil Palmer Artificial intelligence-powered tools are rapidly becoming more accessible, including for people in the more remote corners of the globe. This is good news for smallholder farmers, who can use handheld…