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Other people’s dreams 20 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
There is no mystical signifance to dreams, at best they’re just your brain consolidating more at worst random electrochemical patterns among your neurones that manifest as perceived stimuli from your ...
Feeding the heart sustainably 11 Jun 2013 | 07:00 pm
The real challenge in the food arena is to produce functional food sustainably that is both nutritious and affordable, says Ioannis Zabetakis, Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry, at the University ...
Glyphosate cross-contamination of the food chain 3 May 2013 | 01:12 am
SciScoop’s Food Security blogger Ioannis Zabetakis takes a look at recent controversy surrounding glyphosate (Roundup) In the 1990s, I was studying and then teaching in the University of Leeds and tho...
Functionality against cardiovascular diseases 26 Apr 2013 | 01:12 am
A new guest post on food security from Ioannis Zabetakis, Assistant Professor of Food Chemistry, Lab. of Food Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece. Zabetakis also blogs here....
The climate change tipping point 4 Apr 2013 | 01:12 am
“Do you remember the ‘tipping point’ (i.e. the temperature rise that would cause irreversible effects on Earth)?” asks guest blogger Ioannis Zabetakis of the University of Athens. Scientists had sugge...
Taking the P 27 Mar 2013 | 02:23 am
In order to evaluate the most risky limiting factors for food production worldwide, we need to take into consideration the availability of raw ingredients for agriculture and aquaculture. In the previ...
Mark Changizi explains optical illusions 20 Mar 2013 | 10:51 pm
Why can’t the most complex object in the universe, the human brain, render simple optical illusions? Our brains have really only evolved to cope with natural stimuli. At TEDYouth, Mark Changizi explai...
New SciScoop column on food security 20 Mar 2013 | 07:43 pm
We just published a first SciScoop guest blog from food security expert Professor Ioannis Zabetakis of the University of Athens who will contribute regular articles on issues regarding food health and...
Fats and food security, the lipid link 20 Mar 2013 | 01:12 am
This is the first guest blog post from food security expert Professor Ioannis Zabetakis of the University of Athens who will contribute occasionally on issues regarding food health and safety, environ...
Bromadol an accidental chemical discovery 16 Oct 2012 | 11:28 am
Friend of the SciScoop Blog Dan Lednicer is a retired organic chemist with a penchant for pastels. He reminisces about how serendipity doesn’t always lead to success and how ego surfing can sometimes ...
