Important health information missing in online food delivery menus

16-Apr-2024 - A University of Sydney study investigating menu items on major online food delivery outlets and applications (apps) in Australia has found most advertised items are missing nutritional information that would otherwise help consumers make healthy choices. Researchers say the findings show this ...

Most Gen Z say climate change is caused by humans but few recognize the climate impact of meat consumption

28-Sep-2022 - Generation Z –those born after 1995 –overwhelmingly believe that climate change is being caused by humans and activities like the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and waste. But only a third understand how livestock and meat consumption are contributing to emissions, a new study by the ...

Fifth of global food-related emissions due to transport

Among rich countries, eating locally urgently needed, study finds

22-Jun-2022 - In 2007, ‘locavore’ – a person who only eats food grown or produced within a 100-mile (161km) radius – was the Oxford Word of the Year. Now, 15 years later, University of Sydney researchers urge it to trend once more. They have found that 19 percent of global food system greenhouse gas emissions ...

Spoiled oranges shine light on malignant cells

Biomedical device passes the litmus test

15-Dec-2021 - A University of Sydney PhD researcher is developing a cancer and serious disease-detecting biomedical probe that can be made from the juice of rancid oranges. Called a nanobiosensor – a tiny probe that uses fluorescence to signal cells' pH in terms of their acidity or alkalinity – it detects ...

Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat

Idea of lab-grown meat 'disgusting' to Gen Z

11-Sep-2020 - New research by the University of Sydney and Curtin University has found that, despite having a great concern for the environment and animal welfare, Generation Z is not ready to eat lab-grown meat. Gen Z are the new kids on the block. As a cohort of 5 million people born between 1995-2015 ...

World's smelliest fruit could charge your mobile phone

Pungent produce packs an electrical punch

26-May-2020 - A University of Sydney researcher has developed a new method using the world's most repulsive smelling fruit. Turning durian waste into super-capacitors could "substantially reduce" the cost of energy storage and charge devices very quickly. Imagine if we could use naturally-grown products, like ...