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SCIENCE / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 1:14pm neoform

pressesc.com -- Fungi possess a previously undiscovered talent with profound implications: the ability to use radioactivity as an energy source for making food and spurring their growth, according research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Nov 21, 2006 @ 2:47pm mrmdc

Reuters -- Scientists have found a way to use the cotton plant, long a source of fiber for clothing but inedible by humans, to feed potentially half a billion people a year... Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu May 8, 2008 @ 8:25am neoform

BBC News -- People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests. The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) found that salad, fruit and bread were most commonly wasted and 60% of all dumped food was untouche.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu May 1, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Former UN head Kofi Annan has called for a "green revolution" to solve the food crisis threatening Africa. "A genuinely African green revolution could lead to a doubling or tripling of food production," he told the BBC. Africa needs direct, immediat.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Gordon Brown has pledged to examine the impact of biofuels on world food prices, at a meeting with aid agencies, scientists, supermarkets and farmers. The prime minister said Britain had to be "selective" in supporting biofuels and change its approach.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Apr 16, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

BBC News -- The global agriculture system will have to change radically if the world is to avoid future environmental and social problems, a report has warned. The study, commissioned by the UN and World Bank, concluded that while recent advances had increased foo.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Feb 19, 2008 @ 8:28am neoform

BBC News -- Obesity needs to be tackled in the same way as climate change, a top nutritional scientist has said. The chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce wants world leaders to agree a global pact to ensure that everyone is fed healthy food. Professo.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Jan 31, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

BBC News -- Mothers who fear their babies suffer from food allergies are largely wrong, research has found. More than 800 babies were monitored for three years, and more than a third of their parents, mainly mothers, said their child had a food intolerance. But.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- The US government has given the green light to the production and marketing of foods derived from cloned animals. After six years of study, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that meat and milk from cloned pigs, cattle and goats and their off.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Dec 18, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- The soaring cost of food is threatening millions of people in poor countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. Food prices have risen an unprecedented 40% in the last year and many nations may be unable to cope, th.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Dec 10, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Animals may age faster depending on how much competition there is for food in their early life, according to a study. The Edinburgh and Cambridge university research reveals that animals born when competition for food is intense tend to age more quickl.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

MSNBC -- Perhaps it was one of those eureka moments, when the scientists realized they had discovered a new dinosaur with mouth parts designed to vacuum up food. The 110 million-year-old plant eater, discovered in the Sahara Desert, was to be unveiled Thursday.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon Oct 29, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Organic produce is better for you than ordinary food, a major European Union-funded study says. The �12m four-year project, led by Newcastle University, found a general trend showing organic food contained more antioxidants and less fatty acids. B.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Thu Oct 25, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Food flown into the UK will be stripped of its organic status unless it meets new stricter ethical standards, the Soil Association has warned. The association, which certifies 70% of the UK's �1.9bn organic food sector, says firms must show trade bri.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Oct 24, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- Our genes and not just our upbringing may play a key role in our food likes and dislikes, UK researchers believe. Experts from Kings College London compared the eating habits of thousands of pairs of twins. Identical twins were far more likely to sh.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jul 10, 2007 @ 4:26pm neoform

BBC News -- The US could approve cloned animals for use as food in two to three years, according to experts. But cloned meat is unlikely to appear on supermarket shelves in Britain or elsewhere in Europe anytime soon. Currently, most cloning is carried out for.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jul 6, 2007 @ 9:19am neoform

BBC News -- Organic fruit and vegetables may be better for you than conventionally grown crops, US research suggests. A ten-year study comparing organic tomatoes with standard produce found almost double the level of flavonoids - a type of antioxidant. Flavonoi.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 5:49pm neoform

BBC News -- Food flown into the UK may be stripped of organic status in a move being considered by the Soil Association. The organisation, which certifies which foods are organic, says it is looking at a number of proposals because of concern about greenhouse gas.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Nov 10, 2006 @ 2:42pm neoform

Physorg -- The world's oceans are becoming more acidic, which poses a threat to sea life and Earth's fragile food chain, a climate expert said Thursday... Read More