New Tomato Ideal for Urban Gardens and Even Outer Space Created Through Genetic Editing
Genetic editing is moving tomato crops from the field to the city skyline, or even outer space. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to optimize tomatoes…
Genetic editing is moving tomato crops from the field to the city skyline, or even outer space. Researchers used CRISPR gene editing to optimize tomatoes…
Study explores scale of human mobility through analysis of animal bones. People transported animals over huge distances for mass gatherings at one of Ireland’s most…
Scientists from the international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London) have for the first time put an economic figure on the herbicidal resistance of…
It’s not just oranges that grow in Florida. Carambola, or star fruit as most in the United States call it, is gaining popularity. One researcher…
Found as an ingredient in many processed and packaged foods, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil. Now, researchers reporting in the journal…
Ready-to-eat salads, also known as fresh-cut or bagged salads, have steadily gained popularity since their introduction in Europe in the early 1980s. This popularity is…
Unlike wine, which generally improves with time, beer does not age well. Usually within a year of bottling, the beverage starts to develop an unpleasant…
Farmers across the Midwest are in a race to finish harvesting their corn, soybean, and other staples of the Thanksgiving dinner table before the first…
Scientists have found a type of transmissible cancer in shellfish that has spread across the Atlantic Ocean and even into the Pacific. The new study…
Poultry industry will be encouraged by study that finds the root of wooden breast syndrome. University of Delaware researchers have discovered that lipoprotein lipase, an…
As families gather together this holiday season, the lucky ones will avoid impassioned discussions about religion and politics. But another argument is almost inevitable: white…
New strategy for encapsulating nutrients makes it easier to fortify foods with iron and vitamin A. About 2 billion people around the world suffer from…
To make better-tasting desserts, this ultrasonic spinning rheometry method includes velocity profiling of complex liquids in food products in order to more accurately capture dynamics…
Study Finds 27 Percent Drop in Child Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries More than half of child deaths worldwide stem from preventable causes, such…
In the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa, conditions can be difficult for crops. Plants need to have short growing seasons, survive on poor soils,…
An international team of researchers has taken a comprehensive look at the genomes of all seven species of watermelon, creating a resource that could help…
The gut microbiome undergoes rapid and dramatic changes in species composition and gene expression when the host switches between eating cooked or raw vegetables, according…
UC Riverside-led team’s discovery keeps plants plump and offers hope for crops despite drought. A University of California Riverside-led team has created a chemical to…