News tagged with food storage

New web tool to improve accuracy of global land cover maps

An interactive web tool has been developed to improve the accuracy and extent of global land use and forest cover information. The new 'Geo-Wiki' uses Google Earth and information provided by a global network of volunteers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gray jays' winter survival depends on food storage, study shows

A new University of Guelph study shows that gray jays hoping to survive and reproduce through Canada's harsh winters need to be able to store food in the right kinds of trees.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The grass is always greener

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent study of grasslands shows that species variety more important to ecosystem services than previously thought.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Keeping beer fresh longer

Researchers are reporting discovery of a scientific basis for extending the shelf life of beer so that it stays fresh and tastes good longer. For the first time, they identified the main substances that cause the bitter, ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Can home cooking be hazardous to your health?

(AP) -- Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection? New researcher suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heat forms potentially harmful substance in high-fructose corn syrup

Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears ...

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Wine in a box? Think 'good' not 'gauche'

In a surprise discovery that may help boxed wine shake off its image as a gauche alternative to bottles, scientists in Canada are reporting that multilayer aseptic cartons (a.k.a. ‘boxes’) may help reduce ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2