ACS news service Weekly PressPac -- August 16, 2006
...gins of the "M-word," which can spell disaster for wine makers, scientists are focusing on two groups of b.... It refers to an extremely disagreeable flavor in wine that closely resembles the odor of a nest of mice. The flavor makes wine undrinkable, or means a low...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 9, 2006
...est results on a new nano electric generator - Red wine and white wine may be equally good for the heart - Strategies emerge for dealing with a neurotoxin and probable hum...Insect 'noses' the key to cybernose collaboration
... the first instance, the group is working with the wine industry. "The Cybernose will draw on how the br...around Australia, a Cybernose that will enable the wine industry to objectively measure aroma and flavour - a more reliable measure than chewing some grapes...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 2, 2006
...althier grapes, the effect did not carry over into wine produced with those grapes. Wine made from BTH-treated grapes had better color stability, but did not show higher levels of anthocyanin. ARTICLE #3 "From Field to Health: A Simple Way to Increase the Nutraceutical Content of Grape As Shown by NO D...Science captures the essence of fruit
...ess that helps bread rise or grape juice to become wine - this means that it should be possible for the natural tastes and aromas of fruit to be recreated. According to HortResearch Industrial Biotechnology scientist Dr Richard Newcomb, that's exciting news for the world's food, perfume and cosmetic pro...Study contradicts USA warning that an antidepressant can cause congenital abnormalities
... after exposure throughout pregnancy, a large port wine mark after exposure up to the seventh week, and spastic torticollis (painful spasms of the neck muscles) after exposure in the first twelve weeks. However, in the non-paroxetine group there was a similar rate of abnormalities, with 25 out of 557 babi...ICSI children are developing well at the age of eight
...ints to the right instead of the left), large port wine mark (naevus flammeus), groin hernia, squint and problems associated with the ureter (the tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder). Examples of minor malformations included ear abnormalities, mongoloid eyes and overriding toes. "We fo...Researchers find new clues to biochemistry of 'anti-aging'
...posed to resveratrol, a plant product found in red wine also known to extend life span," Denu says. "In addition, elevated levels of sirtuins somehow slow degeneration in nerve cells that have been damaged, and the enzymes affect aspects of metabolism responsible for controlling insulin secretion." Denu a...Another grape excuse to hit the bottle
...after a day's hard slog. 'The melatonin content in wine could help regulate the circadian rhythm [sleep-wake patterns], just like the melatonin produced by the pineal gland in mammals,' says researcher Iriti Marcello at the University of Milan. Until recently, melatonin was thought to be exclusively prod...World's tiniest test tubes get teensiest corks
...re open at one end it would be like trying to ship wine in a bottle without a cork," said University of Florida chemistry professor Charles Martin. "You have to cork it, which is what we have accomplished." Martin is one of six University of Florida chemistry faculty members and graduate students who co-a...Award supports Virginia Tech research to reduce vehicle emissions, create biofuel
...soluble sugars that can be converted to ethanol by wine yeasts. "But the unidentified characteristics of heterogeneous cellulose, the complicated interaction between solid cellulose and soluble cellulase components, and the synergic/competitive relationship among various cellulase components limit the u...Workshop: Canada's Leadership in International Innovation
...genomics and whose work on the molecular basis for wine grape quality appears in the February 10 edition of Science Magazine. The workshop will showcase Canada's innovative research and explore components of Canada's innovation system, including funding and commercialization. In conjunction with the AAA...Airborne and satellite radars record Frascati grape harvest
...scati overlooking Rome boast rich, volcanic soils: wine has been produced there since time immemorial. How... and of the terrain in a wide area of the Frascati wine production zone. "For the second overflight when the grapes had been harvested, only the parameters...Drunken elephants: The marula fruit myth
... Based on reports of elephants accessing stores of wine or beer, the three-ton mammals clearly have a taste for alcohol. They also have a demonstrated fondness for marula fruit, gathering around trees when the fruit is in season. Fallen marula fruit may naturally ferment to an ethanol content of approxima...Modern technology helps shed light on illnesses in artists of the past
...r days consuming only bread and wine. At the time, wine containers were lead lined, thereby putting high levels of lead into the drink. This leads to what is known as "saturnine gout," which was rampant in Europe. According to Wolf, lead injures the kidneys, thereby causing them to elevate the serum uric...Compound in wine reduces levels of Alzheimer's disease-causing peptides
...ain the effect observed in our studies. Grapes and wine however contain more than 600 different components, including well-characterized antioxidant molecules. Therefore, we cannot exclude the possibility that several compounds work in synergy with small amounts of resveratrol to slow down the progression...Cosmopolitan lifestyle could allay cancer threat
If the cancer-inhibiting properties of red wine don't tempt you, why not try a cosmopolitan, the c...sis of a new cancer drug. Related compounds in red wine are more active in alcohol, and Seeram thinks the same could be true for this compound....Study: Nanotech processing 'greener' than oil refining
...cturing risks were comparable with those of making wine or aspirin. The study is available online and slat...otube production fell near or below the scores for wine production. Buckyballs had the highest incident risk rating among nanomaterials and scored near the ...Vineyard weeds found to host Pierce's disease of grapes
...suggests that weeds commonly found in California's wine country may enable the spread of Pierce's disease of grapes, one of the most destructive plant diseases affecting grapes. Pierce's disease is caused by Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium transmitted by sharpshooters and spittlebugs. In response to outbr...Alcoholics have a greater chance of infection following cardiac surgery
...nd a low dose of alcohol, such as one glass of red wine per day, to prevent myocardial infarction but three bottles of beer per day has been proven to harm the body. In particular, it weakens the immune system, which every operative patient needs in order to fight postoperative infections." Sander also ...