Food

  2010 MAY 6 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research from the United States, "The use of mixtures of pea protein isolate (PPI) and kappa-carrageenan (kappa-C) is increasing rapidly with the aim of increasing the stability and viscosity of food products. Recent works have studied their textural and thermal properties but few have studied the influence of the temperature and concentration on the rheological behavior of model systems. ...read more

  2010 MAY 6 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "The Common Land Model (CLM) is one of the most widely used land surface models (LSMs) due to the practicality of its simple parameterization scheme and its versatility in embracing a variety of field datasets. The improved assessment of land surface water and energy fluxes using CLM can be an alternative approach for understanding the complex land-atmosphere interactions in data-limited regions," investigators in Seoul, South Korea report ...read more

  2010 APR 29 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to a study from the United States, "During the 2009 annual meeting of the Poultry Science Association, a symposium entitled ''Global Views of New Agriculture: Food, Energy, and the Environment'' was held that focused on several major issues affecting agriculture. Issues included future funding for basic agricultural research, sustainability, bioenergy, and their effects on global food markets. ...read more