News tagged with hot peppers
Research Team Finds Evidence Cacao Ritually Used in Chaco Canyon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Inhabitants of Chaco Canyon apparently drank chocolate from cylinders like these about a thousand years ago. That’s the finding in a paper published this week by PNAS, a publication of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Peppers may increase energy expenditure in people trying to lose weight
Imagine your delight while enjoying your favorite Mexican food - perhaps a fully loaded bean burrito topped with an ample supply of thinly sliced jalepeno peppers. What happens when you bite into a few more peppers than you ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Salsa and guacamole increasingly important causes of foodborne disease
Nearly 1 out of every 25 restaurant-associated foodborne outbreaks with identified food sources between 1998 and 2008 can be traced back to contaminated salsa or guacamole, more than double the rate during the previous decade, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Does hotter mean healthier?
Phytophthora blight, caused by Phytophthora capsici, is a major plant disease that affects many crop species worldwide, including chile peppers in New Mexico. Farmers' observations suggested that Phytophthora capsici c ...
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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U of M licenses unique plant protection product
Adapting a chemical used to deliver medicines through the skin, University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) scientist Tom Levar has developed a way to protect plants from browsing by deer and mice by delivering a natural hot pepper ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Warner music videos returning to YouTube
YouTube on Tuesday announced a deal to bring Warner Music Group songs back to the world's most popular online video sharing service.
Sep 29, 2009 |
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