2023 December

Barley is a staple crop with several applications, acting as a source of food, livestock feed, and an ingredient for malt brewing. Originally disseminated from China and the Korean Peninsula about 2,000 ...

A major report for the United Nations has put forward solutions to halve nitrogen pollution from agriculture and the food system in Europe, including reducing meat and dairy consumption, fertilizer use ...

Wild North American grapes are now less of a mystery after an international team of researchers led by the University of California, Davis, decoded and cataloged the genetic diversity of nine species ...

As AI systems "learn" to detect emotions, an expert says their unreliable methods and limitations are cause for concern.

Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in the gray chert dotting the surrounding fields. The site was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult to identify, including the fruit of an extinct species

Biotech firms are using climate goals opportunistically in an attempt to force through the deregulation of genetically modified crops.

As more people want ingredients 'free-from' existing staples, Victoria Atkinson looks at the science behind substitutes for gluten, eggs and gelatine

Lebensmittel, die als „vegan“ gekennzeichnet sind, werden von omnivoren Menschen oft gemieden, weil sie eine Abwehrreaktion auslösen.

While many consider asparagus an elevated veggie, there are false facts about asparagus you thought were true. See which fake facts are actually all wrong.

Surprisingly, psychology has a lot to do with how we taste our food. Here's why the color of your mug makes a difference in how your coffee tastes.

When Jose Soriano was a child, the hills near the village of Sarrion in Spain's remote and sparsely populated eastern province of Teruel were mostly uncultivated, covered in brush and rocks.

Der LUCA ist der Urahn allen Lebens auf der Erde. Nun wurde ermittelt, wann die Einzeller entstanden sind.

Nutella may star in some of the world's trendiest desserts, but earlier forms of this chocolate-hazelnut spread go back an impressively long number of years.

Put that tub of icecream down.

Whoa.

Scientists suggest that fermented foods may have provided the nourishment needed by the brains of our ancestors to grow larger. Learn more about it in this article.

Highly caffeinated drinks have become a cultural staple. But following a death allegedly related to Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade, has our collective obsession with energy drinks become unsafe?

Analysis of 3D images reveals the organ’s bumps and grooves are as personal as fingerprints

Tea became one of the British Empire's most prized resources in the 18th Century. But it may have also had an unintended effect on the British population – reducing mortality rates.

A neuromorphic supercomputer called DeepSouth will be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, which is on par with the estimated number of operations in the human brain

Speeding up scientific progress by sharing organic chemistry techniques, lab safety resources and computational procedures

Do wild varieties of overlooked grains, fruits, and vegetables hold the key to developing more resilient agriculture?

Steamed green tea has a long history and unique aroma, but little is known about its key aroma components. In this study, 173 volatiles in steamed gre…

Scientists bring lab-grown coffee closer to your cup.

Die Laborwelt ist schnelllebig. Sie entwickelt sich jeden Tag weiter mit optimierten Prozessen und neuen Verfahren. Zum Glück gibt es heutzutage flexible und passgenaue Lösungsansätze für das stet ...

England has a great many food traditions, but few times of the year are as full of good eats as Christmas. Here's how Brits eat through the holiday season.

Nonalcoholic beer may sound like an oxymoron, but newer techniques are producing tasty, high-quality options in this growing beverage category.

You're probably used to drinking hot chocolate, but hot chocolate is not for drinking in Spain and instead serves a completely different purpose.

Shhhh.

A comprehensive review has discovered that diets like the Mediterranean diet could be good for reducing Alzheimer's risk. Read to learn more.