Food

Is it the weather? The excellent produce? The relaxed culture? An aversion to the harsh "real world" of the East Coast?

1 | July 22, 2010 7:29pm | By Dan Nosowitz

Lessons on how green tech startups should seek venture capital funding and scale, from experts at the Green Entrepreneur Summit in New York City.

4 | July 22, 2010 10:09am | By Andrew Nusca

What started as a health story turns into a consumer story. Look for udon in a store near you. Buy them in moist packs rather than dry. Add your own soup and enjoy them at home. Leave the...

8 | July 21, 2010 10:55am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Duke University researchers are using computers to predict how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. The goal? Create more robust drugs that can win.

1 | July 21, 2010 9:56am | By Boonsri Dickinson

Cumin, coriander, clover, turmeric...hold the cinnamon. British researchers are in search of the right spicy recipe to reduce agricultural methane emissions.

7 | July 20, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

Anti-smoking advocates have never faced the drug effects of cigarettes squarely.

26 | July 19, 2010 6:50am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Following the Avandia mess, you might excuse the FDA for an over-abundance of caution. Where do you think the balance should be?

7 | July 15, 2010 8:29am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Despite decades of development, no one has succeeded in the biofuels business. Cobalt Technologies CEO Rick Wilson says he wants to be the first.

2 | July 15, 2010 4:24am | By Andrew Nusca

Vision 2050 report from World Business Council for Sustainable Development suggests that if we continue using resources at our current rate, we'll need 2.3 planets to supply them by 2050.

1 | July 15, 2010 12:56am | By Heather Clancy

The non-diet diet is based on the rules of Michael Pollan to "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."

16 | July 14, 2010 7:40am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Hydrogen in Atlanta; order takeout from a park; what to do with nuclear waste; infrared maps for energy efficiency; carbon capture for Alberta's oil sands.

July 14, 2010 6:23am | By Andrew Nusca

The head of a national disaster preparedness center says Americans are grossly unengaged and unprepared for the next disaster, which could be a massive earthquake, dirty bomb or pandemic that puts...

45 | July 14, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

A 17-year-old recent high school graduate from Bangor, Maine, might have found the most efficient way to test for harmful E. Coli strains in our water.

2 | July 13, 2010 5:00am | By Christina Hernandez

If regulation fails, or if it's manipulated, how do the people get justice?

10 | July 12, 2010 8:10am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Food giant Kraft meets its water and waste reduction targets and gets more aggressive about energy efficiency.

July 12, 2010 5:53am | By Heather Clancy

If the city planning director has his way, Baltimore's east and west sides, known for blocks of abandoned and boarded up buildings, will be getting light rail and produce stands. Yes, produce stands.

1 | July 12, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Darpa's synthetic blood, intended for medical application on the battlefield, is seeking FDA approval.

21 | July 9, 2010 10:01am | By Dan Nosowitz

Lower fuel costs? Check. More storage space? Check. Less greenhouse-gas emissions? Check. If blimps do it better, will they be able to do it soon?

44 | July 9, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

The actor who has timed his wife's showers to calculate water usage is as 'eco' as they come. But fully greening his Los Angeles home (while preserving his marriage) wasn't always smooth sailing.

5 | July 7, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

So long as food producers are able to dodge the intent of regulations by fudging the numbers, education doesn't stand a chance of curing obesity.

4 | July 6, 2010 10:07am | By Dana Blankenhorn