A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, another company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 14, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandates to ensure that healthy fresh fruits and vegetables do not carry ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Fire blight is a serious threat to fruit trees. Now a quick test has been developed at the Vienna University of Technology, which can indicate the danger early - with the help of bees.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

It is not obvious when examining a wrapped lettuce or a microwavable bowl of Chinese soup. But plastic food packaging is made of multiple layers designed to act as a barrier for oxygen or bacteria. "Each ...

Chemistry - Other

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

The number of dead pigs found in a river which runs through Shanghai has reached nearly 15,000, officials and reports said Tuesday, as a newspaper claimed the government was concealing the true tally.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 19, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0

A research team at the University of Guelph has developed a new line of transgenic "Enviropigs." The new line of pigs is called the Cassie line, and it is known for passing genes on more reliably. The results of this project ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Every summer since 1979, Kim Hubert has fished for sockeye salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay. It's a family business in tiny Togiak that has, from time to time, also employed his wife and three children.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

It has been almost 20 years since the first genetically modified foods showed up in produce aisles throughout the United States and the rest of the world, but controversy continues to surround the products and their regulation.

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 18, 2013 2.9 / 5 (9) 5

A website dedicated to all aspects of food safety for the fresh produce industries of Australian and New Zealand launches today.

Other Sciences - Other

Jan 17, 2013 not rated yet 0

A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.

Chemistry - Other

Jan 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 16

(AP)—A U.S. judge sided on Tuesday with environmental groups that challenged the planting of genetically-modified crops on National Wildlife Refuges in the South.

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 23, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 1

Ecolab, the cleaning, food safety and pest-control services company, is buying the specialty chemical company Champion Technologies in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $2.2 billion.

Technology - Business

Oct 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Russia has temporarily suspended importing genetically-modified corn made by the US biotech giant Monsanto after a controversial study linked it to cancer in rats.

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 26, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The French scientist who linked Monsanto genetically-modified corn to cancer in rats on Thursday refused to let the EU's food safety watchdog, EFSA, verify his results. ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 20, 2012 3.9 / 5 (7) 15

(Phys.org)—California's temporary workers are twice as likely as other employees in the Golden State to live in poverty, receive food stamps and be on Medicaid, according to a new report from UC Berkeley's ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Aug 29, 2012 not rated yet 0