A chemistry professor at the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his team have recently completed work on a new type of sensors, which can be used by grocers and supermarket managers to keep a closer eye on the state of produce they are selling.
The sensor the group created works by dete... |
30 April 2012
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Feeding the 5000 proves to be a successful initiative that feeds 5,000 people relying on several fresh products dismissed by the demanding food industry.
Once again, food waste expert Tristram Stuart works in partnership with several organization to make sure that hungry British people will benefit from a tasty, ... |
19 November 2011
05:33 GMT |
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Most people will not trade the bag of chips they have in their hand with an apple, even if they know that a fruit is far healthier, and this is because of the effect that unhealthy snacks have on their unconscious, concluded a new study carried out by Wageningen consumer researchers.
People get very easily attache... |
20 January 2011
02:53 GMT |
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Health care specialists recommend we eat at least five fruit and vegetables every day, and a new scientific study shows that this actually makes us look more attractive too.It seems that our appearance depends very much on what we eat, and getting our five a day makes us look better than if we had gone to a beauty sa... |
11 January 2011
09:40 GMT |
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An Oxford University scientist carried out a review which concluded that there is not any credible evidence that eating more fruits and vegetables, reduces the risks of developing cancer, even if they are important elements of a healthy diet.Professor Tim Key of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at Oxford University analy... |
1 December 2010
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It would appear that consuming a variety of vegetables and fruit has been proven to have a beneficial effect in protecting the body against the development of squamous cell lung cancer. The announcement was made in a new press release by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). It would appear that the co... |
31 August 2010
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A new research published on bmj.com yesterday, found that eating more green leafy vegetables can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.Still study leader Patrice Carter, at the University of Leicester, and his colleagues say that further research is needed to fully understand the potential benefits of green l... |
20 August 2010
05:29 GMT |
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Doctors have been going on about how fruit are good for children for many decades. They constantly tell parents to give more fruit to their children, and to encourage a taste for them in the young ones. But kids are notoriously difficult to persuade to eat fruit and vegetables alike, and so many scientists have been ... |
5 May 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Florida (UF) are currently testing a new type of laser technology that could replace in the future the tiny, sticky labels that are currently placed on products ranging from fruits to vegetables. The “tattoos” that will be placed on t... |
31 August 2009
09:44 GMT |
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Genetic engineers at the University of California in Riverside (UCR) have recently unveiled a new type of fruit, which they call DaisySL Mandarin. The citrus variety is now, according to the team, ready to be commercially produced, and features a rich, sweet and distinctive flavor, as well as a smooth and thin rind, ... |
5 August 2009
15:31 GMT |
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At a conference held on July 11th, scientists argued that some of the chemicals that could be found abundantly in fruits, vegetables, and foods derived from both might play an important therapeutic role in averting the onset of Alzheimer's disease. This class of chemicals, known as flavonoids, has been prelimina... |
20 July 2009
04:57 GMT |
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Nutritionists unanimously agree that having some quick snacks at work, or when short on time and yet very hungry is, by far, less dangerous for one's figure than consciously starving to death, while trying to keep the unwanted pounds away. Hunger would only be prolonged until you get home, to the goodies stacked... |
17 December 2008
08:56 GMT |
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It's common knowledge among doctors that people eating many fruits and vegetables are at a much lower risk of developing cancer than those who don't. But the reason why this happens remained a mystery until recently, when researchers at the Institute for Food Research came up with an answer. The team of sci... |
13 October 2008
05:54 GMT |
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First thing's first. If you have already seen a pic of this game, then you think this is a game with worms. Well, it's not. And if you went further and thought that this could be a game like those "Worms" you're even more wrong. This game has nothing to do with worms of any kind.So these creatures that... |
31 August 2007
03:05 GMT |
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