http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. We don't always turn out like our parents. Sometimes we become even better. How this happens is the subject of a new research project at the University of Gothenburg. http://www.physorg.com/news179498500.html Biology Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:00:01 EST news179498500 One hundred years ago, Kikunae Ikeda discovered the flavour-giving properties of glutamate, a non essential amino acid traditionally used to enhance the taste of many fermented or ripe foods, such as ripe tomatoes or cheese. New research now reveals that the tongue has a receptor that is exclusively activated by glutamate. http://www.physorg.com/news174301682.html Medicine & Health Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:17:25 EST news174301682 (PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of nanotubes, we often think of solar panels and physical science. However, it appears that nanotubes can also provide valuable help to plants as a fertilizer. Just add carbon nanotubes, say researchers at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, and you can get plants that grow faster and bigger than their counterparts. http://www.physorg.com/news174066714.html Nanotechnology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:52:18 EST news174066714 The goal of DNA barcoding is to find a simple, cheap, and rapid DNA assay that can be converted to a readily accessible technical skill that bypasses the need to rely on highly trained taxonomic specialists for identifications of the world's biota. This is driven by a desire to open taxonomic identifications to all user groups and by the short supply of taxonomists that do not even exist in many groups. http://www.physorg.com/news165146706.html Biology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:05:30 EST news165146706 Michigan State University plant scientists have identified two new genes and two new enzymes in tomato plants; those findings led them to discover that the plants were making monoterpenes, compounds that help give tomato leaves their distinctive smell, in a way that flies in the face of accepted thought. http://www.physorg.com/news162553798.html Biology Tue, 26 May 2009 10:51:23 EST news162553798 Eating a raw tomato may not be the best way to release all its healthy antioxidants into the body. http://www.physorg.com/news159722132.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:18:38 EST news159722132 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute (FPI) have investigated public perceptions of the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the United States in over a decade. http://www.physorg.com/news152464793.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:20:52 EST news152464793 (PhysOrg.com) -- Fred Forsburg's tomatoes are perfect -- tough to do in a certified organic operation where no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides are used. The Livonia farmer's secret: growing tomatoes in high tunnels. http://www.physorg.com/news147458953.html Biology Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:49:13 EST news147458953 Researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Great Britain, in collaboration with other European centres participating to the FLORA project, have obtained genetically modified tomatoes rich in anthocyanins, a category of antioxidants belonging to the class of flavonoids. These tomatoes, added to the diet of cancer-prone mice, showed a significant protective effect by extending the mice lifespan. The research has been published in the 26 October issue of Nature Biotechnology. http://www.physorg.com/news144249759.html Biology Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:22:39 EST news144249759