Food & Nutrition Articles

New bag keeps food fresh longer

By Sid Perkins / May 28, 2013
Carolyn Jons, 15 , developed a new type of plastic bag to help keep food fresh longer. Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

Invention harnesses oxygen-trapping power of iron

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Tomatoes’ tasteless green gene

By Roberta Kwok / July 13, 2012
Modern tomatoes (all-over light green fruits at right) lack the correct version of a gene that helps them make flavorful molecules. In its correct form, the gene results in a tastier tomato with a dark green patch at the top (fruits at left). Credit: Courtesy of Hakan Aktas.

Choosing tomatoes for color reduces fruit’s flavor, study finds

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Meat from scratch

By Stephen Ornes / April 12, 2012
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Scientists are working to produce meat without killing animals

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Fats encourage overeating

By Stephen Ornes / July 27, 2011
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Scientists find that fats push an “eat more” button in rats

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New source for healthy fats

By Stephen Ornes / April 26, 2011
Soy beans (left), extracted from their pods (right), are squeezed to release heart-healthy cooking oil.Credit: Scott Bauer/USDA

Scientists found a way to produce fish oil without harming a single fish

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Fat weighs heavy on the brain

By Stephen Ornes / April 13, 2011
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New study shows obesity interferes with memory, thinking and reasoning

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Tomatoes that trick taste buds

By Stephen Ornes / September 20, 2010

Eating these lab-grown treats can make sour foods taste really sweet

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A pepper part that burns fat

By Stephen Ornes / May 19, 2010

Study finds that dihydrocapsiate may give a diet extra power.

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The mercury in that tuna

By Stephen Ornes / May 11, 2010

Pinning down how much of the poison is in the fish we buy.

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Got Milk? How?

By Emily Sohn / January 19, 2010

Scientists are tracking down the first people who squeezed this nutritious liquid out of animals thousands of years ago

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