Washington and Oregon struggle over blueberry research job

The Obama administration's new budget would add a scientist to the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research in Corvallis. Fruit rots, often caused by fungus, are a major concern of berry growers.

Research and Markets: Soft Drink New Product Innovations: What Can Be Learned to Guide Future New Product Activity?

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Soft Drink New Product Innovations in 2011" report to

Brandeis researchers receive Canadian science prize

Two neuroscientists from Brandeis University have been awarded a Canadian biomedical research award for their work on the biological clock of fruit flies. The researchers, neuroscience professor Michael Rosbash and emeritus biology professor Jeffrey C. Hall, discovered genes that regulate fruit flies’ circadian rhythms, which regulate sleep and wake cycles as well as other normal bodily ...

Just one in five manage five a day

Just 22% of people manage to eat the recommended "five a day" portions of fruit and vegetables, research suggests.

SC Agriculture Department hosting veggie field day

State agriculture officials are offering information about the state's fruit and vegetable production.