(AP) -- Some sweetened tangerine juice. A little soy protein. A blender. Voila: A trendy, frothy dessert becomes a lesson in kitchen chemistry.

Medicine & Health - Health

Feb 20, 2011 not rated yet 1

Powdery mildew is a fungus that infects both crop and ornamental plants. Each year, powdery mildew and other plant pathogens cause immense crop loss. Despite decades of intense research, little is known of the plant molecules ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 12, 2010 not rated yet 0

Just seven months after University of Utah geneticists took part in a landmark study that sequenced for the first time the genome of an entire Utah family, U of U researchers have taken part in another historic study that is the f ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Oct 27, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0

Using molecular techniques, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and collaborating scientists have shown how the subversion of a single gene in wheat by two fungal foes triggers a kind of cellular suicide in the grain crop's ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 13, 2010 not rated yet 0

Potatoes offering elevated levels of phytonutrients thought to promote health could add a new dimension to the consumer diet. But the journey from farm to fork can be a perilous one fraught with sundry microorganisms ready ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jun 03, 2010 not rated yet 0

An international group of researchers has identified the genetic cause of an inherited condition that causes severe fetal abnormalities.

Medicine & Health - Genetics

May 30, 2010 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

Six new corn inbred lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have been found to be free of seed-borne diseases foreign to the United States, and seeds of these lines are now available in the United States for further ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 20, 2010 not rated yet 0

Potatoes come in all shapes, sizes and colors-including tubers with red, yellow, orange and purple flesh. This diversity also applies to phytonutrients, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Prosser, Wash., are ...

Biology - Other

May 19, 2010 not rated yet 0

One of Europe's gastronomic jewels, the fabled black Perigord truffle, has been genetically unravelled, a feat that could doom fakers who pass off inferior truffles as the real thing, scientists said on Sunday.

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 28, 2010 5 / 5 (5) 2

The scramble to find sufficient land for biofuel production has experts eyeing marginal croplands that have been placed in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Now a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 19, 2010 1 / 5 (1) 0

"Essex," a new lentil variety developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, has a lot to offer: high seed yields for growers, nitrogen-fixing bacteria for wheat crops, and a tasty source of protein for consumers ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 16, 2010 4 / 5 (1) 0

People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry released ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Dec 21, 2009 4.8 / 5 (11) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wageningen geneticists (The Netherlands) are developing a method to replicate the parents of a chosen plant. Known as 'reverse breeding', this will have a big impact for the breeding industry.

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 15, 2009 1 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are studying how watermelons grow from tiny flowers to plus-size, market-ready produce in only five weeks. Their findings have resulted in the ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 14, 2009 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of UNC medical experts say that Santa is tanned, rested and ready for the big ride he has coming up.

Medicine & Health - Other

Dec 09, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0