Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Ladybugs may be cute, but watch out when they get near wine

03-25-2007 · EurekAlert!

Ladybugs produce a foul-smelling liquid that can be inadvertently processed along with grapes and taint the aroma and flavor of wine. Researchers at Iowa State University say they have identified several compounds that are responsible for the noxious odor, a finding that could lead to new strategies to eliminate the offensive compounds and improve wine quality. The study will be presented in March at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago.

Keywords: ladybugs, cute, watch, wine, ladybug

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Ladybugs may be cute, but watch out when they get near wine":

Food for Thought: Gardeners' Friend Causes a Stink
04-28-2007 · Science News Online
An invasive ladybug species is contributing a bad taste to wines made from infested grapes.
Similar news · Read more »
Men told to watch their step -- consequences of the failure to treat osteoporosis
01-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Garvan scientists say that men need to realize osteoporosis is not just a disease of elderly women and that once men over the age of 60 have had a fracture, around one in three will have broken another bone within just a few years.
Similar news · Read more »
Researchers watch antibiotics, bacteria meet at atomic level
07-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new understanding of an enzyme important for the transfer of genetic information in bacteria may help scientists improve current antibiotics and also create antibiotics that are less vulnerable to resistance. Researchers used extremely powerful imaging techniques to see, for the first time, exactly what happens between bacteria and antibiotics at the atomic level.
Similar news · Read more »
The turbidity of wine has an influence on the aroma of the ferment
11-27-2006 · EurekAlert!
The turbidity of red wine during its ageing in oak casks has an influence on the accumulation of volatile compounds and, thereby, on the wine's aroma, but not on the accumulation of biogenic amines. This is the conclusion of Nerea Jiménez Moreno in her PhD thesis defended at the Public University of Navarre.
Similar news · Read more »
Binge drinking appears to be on the rise in Mediterranean countries
09-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
Binge drinking has traditionally been more common in Anglo-Saxon and northern European countries than Mediterranean countries. Binge drinking is increasing among young adults in the Madrid region of Spain, particularly educated men.Most of the alcohol consumed by binge drinkers is in the form of spirits rather than beer or wine.
Similar news · Read more »
Food for Thought: Gardeners' Friend Causes a Stink
05-05-2007 · Science News Online
An invasive ladybug species is contributing a bad taste to wines made from infested grapes.
Similar news · Read more »
Scientists see DNA get 'sunburned' for the first time
02-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
For the first time, scientists have observed DNA being damaged by ultraviolet (UV) light. Chemists used a special technique to watch strands of DNA in the laboratory sustain damage in real time. They observed the most common chemical reaction among a family of reactions on the DNA molecule that are linked to sunburn, and discovered that this key reaction happens with astounding speed.
Similar news · Read more »
Does this child have appendicitis? Watch out for key signs
08-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child's doctor decide whether to schedule an emergency appendectomy to surgically remove a presumably inflamed appendix -- a procedure that carries its own risks like any surgery -- or wait and observe what could be a ticking time bomb that could rupture and kill the patient in a matter of hours?
Similar news · Read more »
A Toast to Healthy Hearts: Wine compounds benefit blood vessels
12-02-2006 · Science News Online
Researchers have identified a class of compounds in red wine that might be responsible for much of the beverage's cardiovascular benefit.
Similar news · Read more »
Kaiser Permanente study: Alcohol amount, not type -- wine, beer, liquor -- triggers breast cancer
09-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
New Kaiser Permanente study, one of largest individual studies of the effects of alcohol on the risk of breast cancer, concludes it makes no difference whether a woman drinks red wine, white wine, beer or hard liquor, it is the alcohol itself (ethyl alcohol) and the quantity consumed that triggers the onset of cancer. The study of 70,033 multi-ethnic women is the first to look at whether alcohol types makes difference on breast cancer.
Similar news · Read more »