Food
Scripps oceanography researchers discover arctic blooms occurring earlier
Warming temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic may be behind a progressively earlier bloom of a crucial annual marine event, and the shift could hold consequences for the entire food chain and carbon cycling in the region.
Scientists at Scr…
High vitamin-D bread could help solve widespread insufficiency problem
With most people unable to get enough vitamin D from sunlight or foods, scientists are suggesting that a new vitamin D-fortified food — bread made with high-vitamin D yeast — could fill that gap. Their study, confirming that the approach works…
A billion tons of biomass a viable goal, but at high price, new research shows
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study from the University of Illinois concludes that very high biomass prices would be needed in order to meet the ambitious goal of replacing 30 percent of petroleum consumption in the U.S. with biofuels by 2030.
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P Summit calls for a ‘new alchemy’ around phosphorus and food
The problem with phosphorus, a critical element in fertilizers and food, is, as comedian Rodney Dangerfield would say, that it “can’t get no respect.”
Increasingly scarce, yet commonly overused in agricultural fields, polluting streams and lakes,…
Study: Consumers value safer food more than current analyses suggest
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Government regulators could more realistically assess the value of improving food safety if they considered the fact that consumers typically want to avoid getting sick — even if it means they have to pay a little extra for safe…
