Technology/Science
Despite delays, British Biotech Company Oxitec is still confident that their genetically modified strain of olive flies will reach further trial stages, but there’s a long way to go before…
A video posted online shows a Harvard lecturer demonstrating how a mere tablespoon of olive oil can calm half an acre of waves. The scientist, Greg Kestin, explains the science…
Much like deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) helps solve crimes, it can be used to control food quality and prevent fraud. It plays the role of a true identity card, and that…
The identification olive cultivars according to the appearance of leaves and fruit is expected to serve as the basis for a phone app and contributions to a new international olive…
The Mediterranean diet is well known for its variety of positive health benefits, many of those benefits attributed to the ample consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Several studies…
The Oleocanthal International Society (OIS) recently gathered researchers and olive oil producers at the Olympic Academy in Ancient Olympia, Greece for the OIS’s third conference and the first Olympia Health…
Following on the emergence of Keurig-like devices for everything from juices and soups to marijuana, an Italian startup has designed a counter-top appliance for pressing your own olive oil on…
An Italian startup is working to make sweets a little healthier. They have created a unique olive oil-based product, called Cremoli. “It’s a real raw material dedicated to industrial and…