Thus, the elastometer proved to be a useful tool for standardized testing of fruit skins.
To find out, Ichinose et al. combined behavioral testing of fruit flies with genetics.
The objectives of our study therefore were (i) to compare the inferred mechanical properties of cherry skin using uniaxial and biaxial tensile tests, (ii) to establish a standardized test system and protocol for biaxial tensile testing of fruit skin, and (iii) to characterize and quantify the rheological properties of cherry skin using this protocol.
The first, and only, biaxial test of fruit skin was published by Bargel et al. (2004) who reported a biaxial tensile test to compare the properties of cherry skin and polyethylene films.
The elimination of federal testing would leave regular testing of many fruits and vegetables to states and to the food industry.
Results of the study were applied in a new probe design for ultrasonic testing of whole fruit.
They are also testing paper made of fruits, vegetables and dung from other animals.
He shared the prize with two scientists -- Eric F. Wieschaus of Princeton University and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany -- who tested thousands of fruit-fly genes in the 1970's in an attempt to classify them.
Weekly educational activities included fruit and vegetable taste tests, preparation of fruit and vegetable snacks, and family newsletters sent home to parents.
Tests of Bangladesh fruit bats have shown that they, too, carry a Nipah-like virus; whether there is an intermediate host, as in the Malaysian outbreak, is under intense scrutiny.
