News tagged with sugar content

The buzz around beer

Ever wondered why flies are attracted to beer? Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have, and offer an explanation. They report that flies sense glycerol, a sweet-tasting compound that ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New technology converts seaweed to renewable fuels and chemicals

A team of scientists from Bio Architecture Lab (BAL), has developed breakthrough technology that expands the feedstocks for advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals production to include seaweed (macroalgae). The team engineered ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Nutritious new low-sugar juice targeted for diabetics, individuals with high blood sugar

Scientists in China are reporting development of a low-calorie, low-sugar vegetable juice custom-designed for millions of individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions that involve abnormally high ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chemicals and biofuel from wood biomass

(PhysOrg.com) -- A method developed at Aalto University in Finland makes it possible to use microbes to produce butanol suitable for biofuel and other industrial chemicals from wood biomass. Butanol is particularly ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Melon research sweetened with DNA sequence

People smell them, thump them and eyeball their shape. But ultimately, it's sweetness and a sense of healthy eating that lands a melon in a shopper's cart.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texas AgriLife Research scientists making better melons

With the extended statewide dry spell, researchers at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde and elsewhere have been focusing their attention on improving varieties of more drought-tolerant crops, particularly ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0