Plants are consummate chemists, using the sun's energy and carbon dioxide from the air, to conjure a dazzling array of ...

In Côte d’Ivoire, cocoa is an important source of income for the population and the state. However, its production has led to massive deforestation, reducing forest cover and the associated ecosystem ...

The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) produces fruit which houses the substance that later becomes chocolate or cocoa. Find out why the raw form is so healthy.

Western medicine utilizes evidence-based practices that have been scientifically proven through research and clinical trials ...

Mycelium of phytophthora palmivora, which can give rise to cacao black pod disease, grows from an agar plug, infecting a cacao leaf 48 hours after inoculation. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In a development ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – A milkman in a small village in the interiors of Panna, Madhya Pradesh would be suddenly possessed by the spirit of ‘Thakur Baba’, gaining miraculous powers to heal those who truly ...

Researchers at a leading American hospital have identified a cheap over-the-counter supplement that can significantly protect ...

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Troy Miller receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Farley Kwok van der Giezen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Ryan Coates receives funding from the Australian ...

Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier—Mars. To get there, we'll need sustainable sources of food, medicines and materials. But science can do both. And space research has a long ...

We’ve long marveled at how efficiently plants convert sunlight into energy—but no one guessed they were using quantum mechanics to do it. In this episode, we speak with Greg Engel, a pioneering ...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU25) on Friday closed up +10 (+0.12%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU25) closed up +17 (+0.30%). NY cocoa prices on Friday stabilized and moved a bit higher after the ...