News tagged with black grapes

Benefit of grapes may be more than skin deep

Can a grape-enriched diet prevent the downhill sequence of heart failure after years of high blood pressure?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Orangutans sit still for heart ultrasound at zoo

(AP) -- The 9-year-old patient sits still, munching on popcorn and sipping grape juice while he gets an ultrasound of his heart.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48, but elsewhere

(AP) -- Snow has been missing in action for much of the U.S. the last couple months. But it's not just snow. It's practically the season that's gone AWOL.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Balloon-based experiment to measure gamma rays 6,500 light years distant

Beginning Sunday, September 18, 2011 at NASA's launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, space scientists from the University of New Hampshire will attempt to send a balloon up to 130,000 feet with a one-ton ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Behind Apple's products is longtime designer Ive

Steve Jobs has been Apple's most recognizable personality, but much of its cachet comes from its clean, inviting designs. For that, Apple can credit its head designer, Jonathan Ive.

Technology / Business

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Space shuttle veterans were a different breed of astronaut

As a teenager in Costa Rica, Franklin Chang-Diaz had an improbable goal: becoming an American astronaut. Ultimately, he would fly a record seven shuttle missions and today wants to fly to Mars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Asian 'megapest' is chomping up US orchards

A stink bug from Asia is chomping up US vegetable fields, orchards and vineyards, causing experts to scramble through an arsenal of weapons to try and halt this stealthy, smelly predator.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stink bug spread worries growers across nation

(AP) -- An insect with a voracious appetite, no domestic natural predators and a taste for everything from apples to lima beans has caused millions of dollars in crop damage and may just be getting started.

Biology / Ecology

created May 20, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UF researcher's work takes Florida a step closer to disease-resistant grapes

Dennis Gray may not be able to control Florida’s humidity, but he wants to help popular grape varieties shrug off fungal diseases that thrive in muggy weather, and open up new markets for the state’s growers and ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black aspergilli species responsible for infecting corn identified

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Athens, Georgia, have reported for the first time that several species of Aspergillus niger, or black aspergilli, are capable of infecting corn and peanuts as endophytes. The re ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Fossilized giant penguin feathers reveal color, feather structure of ancient birds (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) --A team of researchers have discovered fossilized feathers from a giant penguin that lived near the Equator more than 36 million years ago. These feathery fossils reveal color patterns in an ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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