Multimillion Funding For Programmes Aimed To Combat The Climate Change

Climate-KIC to unveil multimillion Euro investment in four climate change innovation programmes at European Business Summit. More than €100 million funding for long-term programmes aimed at fighting the climate change challenge.


Climate-KIC, the European Union’s main climate innovation ini...
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Sea Salt May Be Natural But It Is Not Healthy

The newer offerings of salt, Pink Himalayan, Breton Gray and Hawaiian Alea, may be exotic, cost more and frequent the shelves of high-end stores, but they are just as bad for you as common table salt.
“Typically people opt for natural vs. processed to avoid preservatives such as sodium, but in ...
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Nondigestible Fiber Lowers Cholesterol And Body Fat

In the new research scientists from the South Dakota State University agreed that nondigestible wheat fiber lowers cholesterol and prevent the development of heart disease.


The saying, “we are what we eat,” has never been more true. Nutritionists increasingly emphasize that the nutrients in the...
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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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