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<title>NEWS - New EU horizons for food research</title>
<description><![CDATA[The EU commission has outlined the six societal challenges for Research and Innovation to be tackled in the future EU Framework Research Programme HORIZONS 2020  The first two pillars will encompass the foodvaluechain expected to improve health healthy food sustainable food production and waste and environmental issues]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Superbroccoli fights cancer and heart disease</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new variety of superbroccoli that fights cancer and heart disease is going on sale in the UK  It looks and tastes like normal broccoli but has been developed by scientists through crossbreeding strands of wild broccoli found to contain higher than normal levels of the chemical glucoraphanin  The new broccoli has three to four times the amount of glucoraphanin normally found in the vegetable  a chemical thought to reduce inflammation and inhibit cell division in some early stage cancers]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Waste can be microwaved for biofuel applications</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the British Science Festival in Bradford Professor James Clark of the University of York has revealed how highlyfocused microwaves can be used to extract useful chemical compounds from organic waste a move that would go a significant way to solving the huge issue of global waste]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Electric wine tasting</title>
<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona UAB have developed an electronic tongue which can identify different types of cava wines with a combination of sensor systems and advanced mathematical procedures The device automatically produces classifications similar to those of a sommelier and can be useful in detecting defects during the elaboration of these wines]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>NEWS - Recycling old onions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists from the Autonomous University of Madrid have been investigating the beneficial properties of old onions European onion waste adds up to 500000 tonnes per year which causes serious environmental problems The team from Madrid believe that many parts of discarded onions are actually beneficial to health and could be recycled and used more effectively decreasing the amount of waste output]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Biomime  learning from nature</title>
<description><![CDATA[Could the fledgling field of biomimetics provide the knowhow for the next generation of hightech materials Vincent Bulone Professor of Plant Glycobiology and Director of the Biomime centre at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm says when it comes to developing innovative products Mother Nature is an inspirational teacher]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Better quality crops from tomato and potato research</title>
<description><![CDATA[By studying potatoes and tomatoes the EUSOL project set out fi ve years ago to discover just what can improve the quality of our food today for the consumer producer and processors  and biodiversity has been the key Dr Ren Klein Lankhorst tells Projects more about this important work]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Improving nutrition for the developing world</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recdent studies have shown that the antioxidant properties of carotenoids vitamins found in many foods boost humas defences against many diseases Raising carotenoid levels in staple crops like maize and rice will thus have a real impact on health in the developing world as Paul Christou of the BIOFORCE project explains ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - The science behind sustainable healthy soil</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organic Carbon content is a vital parameter of soil quality yet the prevailing climate in arid and semiarid areas is not conducive to its sustained accumulation Dr Gil Eshel of the RECSOILCARBON project explains how his initiative into agricultural management can improve carbon sequestration]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>PROJECTS - Optimising the European Biorefinery processes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The use of biomass for fuel chemicals materials and a range of products will make it a major contributor to European sustainable development But first Europe has to nurture an infrastructure of cooperation to create effective biorefinery processes explains Franck Dumeignil]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>FEATURES - Autumn conkers to be rescued by smart phone app</title>
<description><![CDATA[Research teams and the Universities of Bristol and Hull have devised a mobile phone app allowing people to upload photos of horse chestnut leaves with or without the indication of alien moths pinpointing their location and helping to build up a nationwide picture of the widespread problem  The presence of these moths is threatening the future of one of the UKs bestloved trees]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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