News articles tagged with 'fruit'
Seedless cherimoya, the next banana?
— 15 Mar 2011 19:44 | BiologyMark Twain called it 'the most delicious fruit known to man.' But the cherimoya, or custard apple, and its close relations the sugar apple and soursop, also have lots of big, awkward…
String blossom thinner proves effective across stages of bloom development
— 4 Mar 2011 15:12 | BiologyBlossom or fruitlet thinning is a labour-intensive part of commercial peach and nectarine production. The use of mechanical string blossom thinners has been shown to reduce labour requirements…
Planning and visualisation lead to better food habits
— 26 Feb 2011 17:45 | HealthIf you want to improve the way you eat, the best way to do so is to both make an action plan and visualise yourself carrying it out, according to McGill researchers…
Biologists use GPS to 'map' bats teeth to explore evolutionary adaptations to diet
— 18 Feb 2011 17:20 | BiologyUsing a method based on geographic positioning systems that allowed them to characterise the topography of the bats' molars in a way similar to how geographers characterise mountain…
Invasive plants can create positive ecological change
— 11 Feb 2011 17:09 | EnvironmentA team of scientists has discovered that human-introduced, invasive species of plants can have positive ecological effects. Tomas Carlo, an assistant professor of biology at Penn State…
Chocolate is a 'super fruit'
— 7 Feb 2011 14:55 | ChemistryIt is widely known that fruit contains antioxidants which may be beneficial to health. New research published in the open access journal Chemistry Central Journal demonstrates that…
OSU helps decode strawberry genome in bid to improve fruit
— 3 Jan 2011 19:38 | BiologyResearchers at Oregon State University have helped sequence the genome of a wild strawberry, laying the groundwork for genetic improvements to related fruits like apples, peaches and…
Sticking to dietary recommendations would save 33,000 lives a year in the UK
— 16 Dec 2010 17:01 | HealthIf everyone in the UK ate their 'five a day,' and cut their dietary salt and unhealthy fat intake to recommended levels, 33,000 deaths could be prevented or delayed every year, reveals…
Mothers' diets have biggest influence on children eating healthy
— 15 Dec 2010 18:05 | HealthAs health professionals search for ways to combat the rise in obesity and promote healthy eating, new research reveals a mother's own eating habits - and whether she views her child…
Eating a variety of fruit cuts lung cancer risk
— 20 Nov 2010 10:40 | HealthEating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day is one of the means that experts most frequently recommend for preventing cancer. Now, the European EPIC study carried out by researchers…