The science of food – Page 23
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FeatureBlessed are the cheesemakers
Andy Extance gets his teeth into the craft and chemistry of his favourite taste-laced smell gel
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NewsMercury levels falls in US women
Environmental Protection Agency believes women’s fish choices are responsible for the reduction
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FeatureFarming tomorrow
Technology is helping farmers better control the use of fertilisers and pesticides, as Elisabeth Jeffries reports
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CareersIce cream inspiration
Cesar Vega has united his love of food and science in his career at Mars. But he is also on a mission to teach the science of cooking, as he tells Emma Davies
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OpinionThe great chemistry cookoff
Is the comparison between chemistry and cooking really an insult?
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NewsSpicing up water purification
Coriander leaves can be useful for more than just curries, find undergraduate students
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PodcastImidacloprid
Phillip Broadwith discusses one of the neonicotinoid insecticides believed to be causing problems for bees
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NewsAnother pesticide linked to honeybee deaths
Fipronil manufacturer BASF disputes European food agency’s conclusion that chemical poses ‘acute risk’ to bees
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NewsUS supreme court rules in favour of Monsanto
An Indiana farmer who was trying to replicate Monsanto-patented seeds infringed on the company’s intellectual property rights, the Supreme Court has determined
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NewsUS moves in different direction on pesticides
While the EU is zeroing in on neonicotinoids as a major cause of bee deaths, the US is looking elsewhere
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NewsEurope to ban controversial pesticides
Two-year EU-wide moratorium on the use of neonicotinoids to be enforced in bid to boost bee health
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Opinion
Pesticide bee buzz needs more evidence
Politicians should not rush to ban neonicotinoids until field trials have proved that they are wiping out bee colonies, argues Mark Peplow
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NewsControversial pesticides down but not out
US environment agency sued over continued use of neonicotinoids as arguments continues to rage about their link to bee deaths
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FeatureDeadly mushroom chemistry
Can you tell the difference between a tasty paddy straw mushroom and a toxic death cap? Emma Shiells talks to the experts about the potentially deadly chemistry hidden in those gills
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CareersToxicologist with pesticides on the brain
Vanessa Fitsanakis’ career in toxicology goes all the way back to the farm where she grew up. Helen Carmichael traces her journey from agriculture to academia