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Blue bananas: Ripening bananas glow an intense blue under black light
Oct 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ripe bananas are of course yellow. However, under black light, the yellow bananas are bright blue, as discovered by scientists at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and Columbia University ...
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Added sugar in raisin cereals increases acidity of dental plaque
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Elevated dental plaque acid is a risk factor that contributes to cavities in children. But eating bran flakes with raisins containing no added sugar does not promote more acid in dental plaque than bran flakes alone, according ...
Watermelon: Fruit on the Fast Track
Dec 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are studying how watermelons grow from tiny flowers to plus-size, market-ready produce in only five weeks. Their findings have resulted in the ...
Global warming could significantly impact US wine and corn production, scientists say
Dec 14, 2009 |
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When it comes to nature, timing is everything. Spring flowers depend on birds and insects for pollination. But if spring-like weather arrives earlier than usual, and flowers bloom and wither before the pollinators appear, ...
Researchers find long awaited key to creating drought resistant crops
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have determined precisely how the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) works at the molecular level to help plants respond to environmental stresses such as drought and cold. ...
Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.
GSU professor develops new method to help keep fruit, vegetables and flowers fresh
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Did you know that millions of tons of fruits and vegetables in the United States end up in the trash can before being eaten, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture? A Georgia State University professor has developed ...
New affordable nutrition index is first measurement tool to evaluate affordable nutrition
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A new food rating system that analyzes both nutrition and cost value of food may now make it easier for people to find budget-friendly, nutritious foods in today’s tough economy. The Affordable Nutrition Index (ANI), unveiled ...
Fruit fly pest identified in wine grapes
Oct 15, 2009 |
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A newly recognized pest in Oregon continues to concern fruit growers and researchers with the recent discovery of a Spotted Wing Drosophila fly in a sample of Willamette Valley wine grapes.
What spooks the stock market in October?
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- October ushers in the fourth quarter, falling leaves, football and in some, now infamous, years, financial meltdowns. Is the tenth month of the year more prone to stock market crashes than others? Economics ...
Novel Chemistry for Ethylene and Tin
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New work by chemists at UC Davis shows that ethylene, a gas that is important both as a hormone that controls fruit ripening and as a raw material in industrial chemistry, can bind reversibly to tin atoms. ...
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