Does Corn Help Growing Bigger Weeds?

Scientists from the South Dakota State University have documented, using sophisticated genetic-mapping techniques, how corn and weeds influence one another.
 
Research on weed-crop interactions shows that velvetleaf grows bigger and taller among corn than by itself.

The axiom, “growing l...
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Healthful Grilling Advice From The Home Food Safety Program

Just in time for grilling season, the Home Food Safety program – a collaboration between the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and ConAgra Foods – offers healthful grilling advice.
“Grilling with family and friends is a great opportunity to make the most of the summer months, and the latest gr...
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Does Diets Rich in Resveratrol Help You Leave Longer?

Diets rich in antioxidant resveratrol fail to reduce deaths, heart disease or cancer. But don’t put down the Chianti yet: As-yet-unknown compounds in such foods may still be conferring health benefits, researchers say.


A study of Italians who consume a diet rich in resveratrol — the compound fo...
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European Consumers Worried About Food Contamination From Packaging

Independent survey reveals growing concern amongst European consumers linked to the potential food safety risks of chemical compounds leaching into food from packaging. The survey conducted with 8,000 consumers shows that Europeans are more worried about health and food safety than...
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Nitrogen Pollution Could Be Decrease By 50 Percent

Nitrogen is an irreplaceable nutrient and helps agriculture to feed a growing world population, but it is unfortunately also a dangerous pollutant. Scientists ran extensive computer simulations to explore the effects of different mitigation measures that could decrease the pollution by 50...
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Nanostructures To Assist In The Process To Decontaminate Water

Researchers from the Public University of Navarre have developed nanostructures that help eliminating organic contaminants in water. The nanostructures are coated in titanium oxide to which nitrogen has been added. This allows sunlight, rather than ultraviolet radiation, to trigger the process...
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Artificial Magnetic Bacteria 'Turn' Food Into Natural Drugs

Scientists have developed artificial magnetic bacteria that could be added to foodstuffs and could, after ingestion, help diagnose diseases of the digestive system like stomach cancer.


Scientists from the University of Granada have successfully created magnetic bacteria that could be added to...
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Growing Corn In Caves And Mines

Researchers from the Purdue University show that lowering temperatures for two hours each day reduces the height of corn without affecting its seed yield. Using this technique could help to grow crops in controlled-environment facilities in caves and former mines.


Lowering temperatures for two...
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Biotechnologists To Find A Tool Against Chili Wilt

Researchers from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ) analyzed defense mechanisms against wilt, which affects most species of peppers due to fungal colonization, and which may cause a loss of up to 60 percent of the crop.


Researchers at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ) in...
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New Technology Helps Clean Wastewater From Slaughterhouses

A new technology developed by Mexican scientists will help cleaning of up to 96 percent of pollutants from the wastewater with high organic content, such as the one discarded on slaughterhouses.


The wastewater with high organic content, such as the one discarded on slaughterhouses, can be...
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Researchers Hijack Bacteria's Natural Defences To Trap And Reveal Pathogens

Researchers have hijacked some of the metabolic machinery which bacteria use to control their environment. The findings could offer an easier way of detecting pathogenic bacteria outside of a laboratory and could be particularly important for the developing world.


The breakthrough, published...
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Glutathione To Preserve The Aroma Of Young Wines

In a new study researchers showed that aroma of young wines during their storage can be preserved using inactive yeast preparations rich in glutathione.


Researchers at UPM in collaboration with CSIC have proved that the usage of inactive yeast preparations rich in glutathione can preserve the...
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Nanoestructuras Que Facilitan El Proceso De Eliminación De Contaminantes Orgánicos Del Agua

Proceso de disolución de partículas orgánicas mediante nanoparticulas

Una investigadora de la Universidad Pública de Navarra ha desarrollado un tipo de nanoestructuras que facilitan el proceso de descontaminación del agua. Las nanoestructuras están recubiertas por óxido de titanio al que se h...
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Bubbleberries: Berries Which Taste Of Gum

Bubbleberries are the strawberries with the strongest flavour and aroma in the world. This special variety strawberry is cultivated on small scale only. The Bubbleberries have been named after the taste of sweet bubblegum.


British supermarket Waitrose is marketing “bubbleberries”...
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Citrus Greening Disease Attacks Roots Long Before The Leaves

Researchers in their new study show that citrus greening disease attacks roots long before the leaves. The study may help growers in better care for trees.


Although citrus greening enters trees through their leaves, University of Florida researchers have discovered that the deadly disease...
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Bee Biodiversity Boosts Crop Yields

A new study shows that crops visited by more diverse bee species can produce more seeds. Research from North Carolina State University analysed blueberries crops in their study.


Research from North Carolina State University shows that blueberries produce more seeds and larger berries if they...
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Adding Grapes To Diet May Improve Overall Mobility

Scientists suggest that grape consumption may offer benefits for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and improve joint flexibility and overall mobility.


New research presented last week at the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, California, suggests that regular grape consumption may...
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EFSA Publishes Guidance To Measure Soil Degradation Rates

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) prepared guidance for evaluating laboratory and field dissipation studies to obtain degradation rate parameters of active substances of plant protection products and transformation products of these active substances in soil.


EFSA was asked by the European...
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Scientists Explore Life On Cheese

Scientists collected samples from cheese wheels at different curing stages from very young to well-aged. The scientists ran detailed genetic analyses on the rinds to identify the strains of bacteria and yeast living on them.
 
Scientists collect cheese rind samples with a sharp knife....
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RASFF Food Alerts, Week 19

Here is the summary of food alerts issued by Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) last week.
On 09/05/2014, inadequate thermal processing was detected in plum bread & butter pudding from the United Kingdom. The product was distributed to United Kingdom, Ireland. RASFF reference No.:...
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