The ability of Drosophila busckii to thrive in a toxic food niche is an important advantage that allows it to occupy habitats ...

Research has long established that UV light kills microbes. It’s now a matter of figuring out how to incorporate it ...

David Rudell, a research plant physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Wenatchee, gave the crowd a few best ...

The ability to tolerate toxic substances can help animals find new food sources and thrive in certain ecological niches. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have now ...

While the unprotected fruits visibly started to decay within 13 days, the researchers observed that the film-coated oranges were far more pristine and displayed far smaller changes in weight ...

“It’s really not good to put material that’s gonna decay into the landfill because what happens is it breaks down in there in ...

If one piece of fruit is going bad, though, consider moving it away so that it doesn't speed up decay for the others. Store ethylene-sensitive fruits and veggies away from ethylene producers These ...