Fruit could make 'powerful fuel'
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Sugar found in fruit such as apples can be made into a powerful low carbon biofuel, US researchers say.
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Blueberries, already the darlings of the fruit world for their potential disease-fighting ability, may have yet another compound to help lower cholesterol.
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Using plants to feed our fuel needs may be a great idea, and the biofuel goldrush could be a moneyspinner for several poor countries, but some experts warn people may go hungry as food prices rise.
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Find out why&#8212;even though it smells like a garbage dump&#8212;the durian fruit is considered a rare treat in Malaysian Borneo.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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An apple a day may help to keep bowel cancer at bay, say researchers.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A man has done the impossible in any other Alaska summer: growing a record-breaking cantaloupe, a fruit that craves heat and founders in rain. In a season marked by hotter and dryer weather than usual, Scott Robb has produced a 64.8-pound muskmelon - an unofficial world record...
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EATING vegetables, fruit, nuts and beans instead of white bread and sugary breakfast cereals could be the ultimate way to diet, new research reveals.
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Australian engineers have created an electricity generator fuelled by decomposing bananas, and hope to build a full size fruit-fired power station.
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By Michael G. Mooney, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Jun. 6--They're not opposed to ethanol, just the way Stanislaus County has "fast-tracked" a proposal to build an ethanol plant in Keyes.
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Scientists have long known how to turn trees into ethanol, but doing it profitably is another matter. So a wave of public and private funding is pouring into research labs, and venture capitalists have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in cellulosic-technology startups.
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A large dietary survey shows that a high intake of fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of heart disease, but not cancer. We are urged to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day to protect
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By CHRIS YOUNG OUTDOORS EDITOR  The push to produce more renewable fuels such as ethanol has to be about the best news for corn growers since Henry Wallace introduced hybrid varieties in the 1920s.
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Researchers yesterday unveiled a new fuel: clean, green and also good in a salad dressing. Sunflower oil is light in taste and rich in vitamin E, and Valerie Dupont of the University of Leeds believes it could
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Demand for biofuels could push up food prices, while Sony is accused of again undermining the security of customersâ PCs with rootkit software.
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Biotechnology might be used to boost  the energy output of crops used in making renewable fuels, a  U.S. Agriculture Department advisory committee said on  Wednesday, noting the sharp rise in demand for the fuels.
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Gas guzzlers could become relics of the past and farmers may rival oil companies in producing motor fuels under a new energy law. Consumers also will save electricity Â and money Â from more efficient refrigerators, furnaces and dishwashers.