Conventional methods of agriculture and cattle-breeding cannot feed the world population. They are not sustainable, pollute the environment, are responsible for reducing biodiversity and have a damaging effect ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

A new research project helps agro-food sector small and medium size enterprises, such as bakeries and breweries, improve their environmental sustainability

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 08, 2013 not rated yet 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

You get into your car and ask it to get you home in time for the start of the big game, stopping off at your favorite Chinese restaurant on the way to grab some takeout.

Technology - Engineering

May 03, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

Using the same devious mechanism that enables some bacteria to shrug off powerful antibiotics, scientists have developed solar-powered nanofilters that remove antibiotics from the water in lakes and rivers ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

May 01, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to Penn State researchers.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 01, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 7 |

There has been much talk about sustainability, but little attention has been paid to its nutritional aspects. University of Illinois animal sciences researcher Kelly Swanson, in cooperation with scientists at natural pet ...

Biology - Other

Apr 22, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 2

(Phys.org) —When we imagine drama playing out between predators and prey, most of us picture stealthy lions and restless gazelle, or a sharp-taloned hawk latched on to an unlucky squirrel. But Ben Baiser, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 02, 2013 4.5 / 5 (4) 3 |

Sea hares are not the favourite food choice of many marine inhabitants, and it's easy to see why when you find out about the chemical weapons they employ when provoked – namely, two unpalatable secretions, ink and opaline, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

A computer recognition system that is 99% accurate can identify different fruits and vegetables, even the particular strain of apples or plums, for instance. Research to be published in the International Jo ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Mar 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

(AP)—Cisco Systems plans to establish two network training centers in Myanmar, as global technology companies begin to move into one of the least-connected places on Earth.

Technology - Business

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Around the world, at least a billion people are hungry or need better diets. To feed a global population projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, we will need to increase food production by as much as 70 percent, most analysts ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 15, 2013 2.3 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org)—Nanotechnology is such a new innovation that no one is really sure what will come of it. Predictions range from the ability to reproduce things like diamonds and food, to the world being devoured ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Feb 13, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

East Midlands food businesses that make, distribute and sell chilled, ready-to-eat products are to be given help and advice to help them keep their products safe from a dangerous food-poisoning bacteria.

Chemistry - Other

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

Engulfed by a raging torrent of water last week, the town of Chokwe in southern Mozambique was all but destroyed for the second time in 13 years, but it emerged with a hugely lower death toll.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 02, 2013 4.4 / 5 (5) 0