Are probiotic foods beneficial for the health?

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

3 years ago
fermented, probiotic, food, health

Advertisements would certainly uphold such a benefit, but there are doubts about their veracity, according to a new assessment by Nutrimedia, a project of the Science Communication Observatory and the...

FoodTech: new trends in food technology and health

by GENESIS Biomed

4 years ago
technology, food, FoodTech, health, Precision Nutrition, BeYou, Foodini, IrsiCaixa, Cook2Health, EIT Health, EIT Food, coaching

GENESIS Biomed is actively working in food innovation projects focused on improving human’s health

More soil-borne plant pathogens in a warmer world

by Universidad Pablo de Olavide, de Sevilla

4 years ago
global warming, soil, food, ecosystem

A study published in the prestigious journal Nature Climate Change and led by researchers from the Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning at Pablo de Olavide University (UPO) provides no...

Yellow-legged gull adapts its annual lifecycle to human activities to get food

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
food, sources, humans, yellow-legged

The yellow-legged gull has a high ability to adapt to human activities and benefit from these as a food resource during all year. This is stated in a scientific article published in the journal Ecolog...

European scientists ask the EU Parliament and EU Commission reconsider genome editing for sustainable agriculture and food production

by Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas CBGP

5 years ago
food, sustainable agriculture, genome

One year ago today, the ECJ unfortunately took a very tough stand on genome editing with its strict legal decision. The European scientific community, representing 126 plant research institutes across...

Smart bio-based packages to improve food conservation and environmental preservation

by IK4-TEKNIKER

6 years ago
BIOSMART, IK4-TEKNIKER, environmental, conservation, food, vida útil, shelf-life, packaging

The aim of the BIOSMART initiative coordinated by IK4-TEKNIKER is to design and develop a new generation of packaging to extend food shelf-life.

Healthy diets make cities more sustainable

by European Commission - Joint Research Centre

8 years ago
environment, water, efficiency, food, Mediterranean

The water used to produce food available in urban areas generally doesn’t make it into city sustainability estimates, which only take into account direct water use and parameters such as waste colle...

Soil quality key for future food security, better data is vital

by European Commission - Joint Research Centre

8 years ago
food, security, soil

Future food security depends on a variety of factors - but better soil data could substantially help improve projections of future crop yields, a new study shows. To project how much food can be produ...