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Hind wings help butterflies make swift turns to evade predators, study finds
New tires allow race cars to take tight turns at high speeds. Hind wings give moths and butterflies similar advantages: They are not necessary for basic flight but help these creatures take tight turns to evade predators.   view more (2009-01-09)

Licorice extract provides new treatment option for canker sores
What common oral condition appears as shallow ulcers of different sizes, affects one in five Americans, can be caused by food allergies and hormonal changes, and also can cause severe mouth pain?   view more (2008-05-23)

Black tea soothes away stress
Daily cups of tea can help you recover more quickly from the stresses of everyday life, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers. New scientific evidence shows that black tea has an effect on stress hormone levels in the body.   view more (2006-10-05)

Brown Chemists Explain the Origin of Soil-Scented Geosmin
Brown University chemists have found the origins of an odor - the sweet smell of fresh dirt. In Nature Chemical Biology, the Brown team shows that the protein that makes geosmin - source of the good earth scent - has two similar but distinct halves, each playing a critical role in making this... view more (2007-09-17)

K-State professor's research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself
There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand.   view more (2008-09-04)

BEER AS A REMEDY FOR DYSBACTERIOSIS
A scientist from Novosibirsk, Vladimir Baibakov has developed a recipe of the so-called bifidobeer - the beer which contains bifidobacteria similarly to bifidokefir. But why should beer contain bifidobacteria? Is not it too much of a good thing? Not at all. It appears that bifidobacteria contained... view more (2002-08-09)

Seaweed could make junk food healthier
Junk food could be made healthier by adding an extract of an exotic type of seaweed, say British scientists.   view more (2005-09-27)

Novelty seekers have a ‘sweet tooth’
It has long been known that more adventurous and novelty-seeking animals also possess a `sweet tooth`. It now seems that humans may show the same characteristic.   view more (2002-02-27)

POLYMUN Scientific to present at the 4X4 pour entrepreneur
POLYMUN Scientific, together with 20 other companies, has been selected from 300 submissions to present its innovative pharmaceutical projects at the prestigious "Taste of Entrepreneurship: Financing and Research" symposium in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Nov. 19 and 20, 2002. POLYMUN will present... view more (2002-11-15)

New knowledge improves rice quality
A major international initiative is being launched to try to boost the income of the world's millions of poor rice farmers and at the same time provide consumers with more nutritious, better tasting food.   view more (2007-05-08)

Aloe vera coating may prolong freshness, safety of fruits and vegetables
Aloe vera gel is best known for its therapeutic effect on burned or irritated skin, but in the future you could be eating the gel as a healthful additive to your fruits and veggies.   view more (2005-09-22)

Parasites trigger healthy eating in caterpillars
Some parasites trigger their own destruction by altering their hosts' behavior, researchers at The University of Arizona and Wesleyan University report in Nature.   view more (2005-07-29)

Full-flavour dairy products without lactose
A Finnish innovation has resulted in a patent for the first method for removing lactose from food without affecting flavour.   view more (2005-03-04)

Turkeys with toys facing Christmas with a smile
"Turkeys can be aggressive birds and they do quite a bit of damage with their beaks," said animal behaviour researcher Michael Forbes. "By reducing this pecking we are improving the welfare of farmed birds, which should then increase consumer confidence in the way turkeys are reared." Over ten... view more (1999-12-06)

Some animals won't adapt to climate change
In a fascinating study appearing in the November issue of The American Naturalist, biologists investigated the response of small animals to climate change on a remote sub-Antarctic Island.   view more (2006-11-14)

STAYING ALIVE: THE BODY IN BALANCE
We all know about the five senses of taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing which tell us what is happening in the world around us, but what of those other more mysterious inner senses which are essential for survival ?   view more (1998-12-07)

In search of the perfect oyster
What is actually a "good" oyster? How can we evaluate and grade "quality"? And how can we produce the quality we wish?   view more (2004-10-07)

Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage
You don't need a wine expert to identify a '74 Pinot Noir from Burgundy - a handheld "electronic tongue" devised by European scientists will tell you the grape variety and vintage at the press of a button.   view more (2008-08-04)

Cattle fed distiller's grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef
The availability and use of wet distiller's grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers' meat purchases.   view more (2008-10-23)

Sowing a future for peas
New research from the John Innes Centre and the Central Science Laboratory could help breeders to develop pea varieties able to withstand drought stress and climate change.   view more (2008-09-17)

Rates of childhood malaria have trebled over past 25 years in southwest London
Rates of childhood malaria have trebled over the past 25 years, shows research in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.   view more (2002-05-20)

Chip pan fires responsible for one in four UK non-fatal fire injuries
One in two poor families could be at high risk of a house fire because they still deep fry food, especially chips, finds a study in Injury Prevention.   view more (2002-12-03)

Menthol receptor also important in detecting cold temperatures
The ion channel activated by menthol also detects a wide range of cold temperatures and relays the information to the brain, according to a study in Nature by Yale School of Medicine, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Wisconsin.   view more (2007-06-08)

DEFRA'S Science and Innovation Strategy published
The final version of 'Delivering the Evidence', Defra's Science and Innovation Strategy, was published today. The strategy - previously issued in draft form - comprehensively sets out the science activities the department proposes to carry out during the period 2003 to 2006. Defra's science... view more (2003-05-30)

Latest papers from Royal Society`s Proceedings B (Biological Sciences) and Proceedings A (Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences) Journals
Please find below the summaries of papers in Proceedings A and B that are due to be published this week on FirstCite, the Royal Society`s new rapid online publication service. Passwords for this site can be supplied to bona fide media on request. For more information, please contact Soccy Ponsford... view more (2002-08-12)
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