Many stories about SCRI and its research are featured in the national, local and specialised press and media. Below is a selection of some of the recent highlights of SCRI science hitting the headlines. Older stories can be found in the archive.

Boost for healthy Scottish food

Scottish food and drink sector targets lucrative global health market
Scottish Enterprise
10 February 2011
New £4m project to help Scottish food and drink companies reap rewards in the burgeoning health and nutrition sector. The project aims to build on Scotland’s international reputation for quality natural products such as berries, fish, meat and oats, as well as research expertise at institutions such as the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Queen Margaret University, the Scottish Crop Research Institute and Heriot-Watt University.

Career focus

Solid foundations
Glasgow Herald
4 February 2011
How much do we need soil? Most of us probably don't give it much thought, but Dr Tim Daniell says it is at the heart of modern concerns about feeding the population and protecting the environment.

Cutting potato crop waste

Time to cut waste in potato crop
The Scotsman
29 January 2011
Almost half of the potatoes grown in this country do not complete the journey to the consumer, with waste and rejection cutting down potential sales at every point in the growing and processing chain. Professor Peter Gregory, director of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, said that there was now great pressure on research to improve efficiencies in crop production.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
29 January 2011
Almost half of the potatoes grown in this country do not make the full journey to the consumer with waste and rejection cutting down potential sales at every point in the growing and processing chain.

Dundee Courier
29 January 2011
Everyone knows that potato waste can run at quite a high level but growers at a Perth meeting were told that the present position is unsustainable Waste and rejection at every stage in the growing and processing chain cuts down potential sales at every point in the growing and processing chain.

Report on food security

SCRI Welcomes Foresight Project
Scotland Food and Drink
25 January 2011
The Director and Chief Executive of SCRI, Scotland's leading centre for crop research, has welcomed a UK government-commissioned study into food security. Professor Peter Gregory was one of the leading scientists who worked on the study which has called for urgent action to avert global hunger.

Welcome for report on food security
The Scotsman
25 January 2011
Farming leaders and agricultural scientists yesterday enthusiastically endorsed a report calling for a fundamental change in world food production in order to feed the expected increase in population.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
25 January 2011
Genetically-modified crops are among measures needed to tackle global food supply problems that could see prices soar, scientists said yesterday.

Dundee Courier
25 January 2011
The director and chief executive of the Scottish Crop Research Institute has welcomed a UK government-commissioned study into food security. Professor Peter Gregory was one of the leading scientists who worked on the study that called for urgent action to avert global hunger.

Dundee Courier
25 January 2011
A major new government sponsored report published yesterday calls for a revolution in food production.

DNA testing aids whisky quality

Sunday Post
16 January 2011
Genetic identification techniques usually associated with murder investigations could help sustain the water of life - whisky.

Scottish Life Sciences Awards

Dundee Courier
15 January 2011
Two Dundee companies have been shortlisted for life sciences awards by national economic development agency Scottish Enterprise. Mylnefield Research Services is the commerical arm of the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Green tea benefits

Green Tea's Protective Potency vs Alzheimer’s and Cancer Uncovered
www.ProHealth.com
1 February 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia – and could play a vital role in protecting the body against cancer - according to a study in the January issue of Phytomedicine.

Green tea, Alzheimer's, and cancer
www.examiner.com
28 January 2011
Scientists at Newcastle University recently published a study indicating protective properties of green tea. As part of the research, the Newcastle team worked in collaboration with Dr Gordon McDougall of the Plant Products and Food Quality Group at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee, who developed technology which simulates the human digestive system.

Green Tea Could Help Combating Alzheimer's
topnews.us
6 January 2011
A new research has found that drinking green tea has its profound effects on relieving symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and some other types of dementia.

Going Green: Digesting Tea Defends Against Alzheimer's, Cancer
www.medicalnewstoday.com
6 January 2011
Drinking, or better yet digestion and the body's ability to absorb key elements of green tea, may play a vital role in aiding the brain to fend off the development of Alzheimer's, and can protect against cancer.

Scottish Research Uncovers Protective Properties of Green Tea
Scotland Food and Drink
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to latest research by scientists at Newcastle University and the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

STV News Tayside
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to new research. Dr Gordon McDougall interviewed.

Drinking green tea could fight Alzheimer's and cancer
STV News Online
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, according to new research.

Tay FM News
6 January 2011
Green tea could protect the brain against alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. The Scottish Crop Research Institute has published a new academic article which reveals the drink may also protect against cancer.

BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland
6 January 2011
Drinking green tea regularly could play a vital role in protecting our bodies from cancer and alzheimers. Scottish Crop Research Institute and Newcastle University joint research. Dr Gordon McDougall, SCRI interviewed. Work will continue on research into green tea and beneficial affects.

Newcastle University study reveals benefits of tea
www.journallive.co.uk
6 January 2011
The Newcastle team worked with Dr Gordon McDougall at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee, who has developed technology which simulates the human ...

Daily Telegraph
6 January 2011
A cup of green tea a day appears to protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, according to scientists.

Daily Express
6 January 2011
Green tea could be a far more powerful medicine than previously thought in fighting off Alzheimer's and cancer, experts have claimed.

The Herald
6 January 2011
Scots scientists have helped provide proof that regularly drinking green tea protects the brain against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

Daily Record
6 January 2011
Green tea can protect against dementia and cancer, scientists have discovered.

Aberdeen Press and Journal
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, scientists said today.

Dundee Courier
6 January 2011
Reguarly drinking green tea could protect the brain against developing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to new research at Newcastle University and the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, by Dundee.

Newcastle Journal
6 January 2011
A nice cup of tea looks like being just what the doctor ordered all along, a new North East study suggests.

News Letter
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, scientists said yesterday.

Yorkshire Post
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, say scientists.

Green tea 'could prevent dementia'
The Press Association
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, scientists said. As part of the research, the Newcastle team worked in collaboration with Dr Gordon McDougall of the Plant Products and Food Quality Group at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee, who developed technology which simulates the human digestive system.

Green tea may protect against Alzheimer's
The Scotsman
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea might protect the brain against Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, scientists have revealed. The ancient Chinese remedy might also play a vital role in protecting the body against cancer, a study, published in the journal Phytomedicine, suggests. A Newcastle University team worked in collaboration with Dr Gordon McDougall, of the Plant Products and Food Quality Group at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee.

Green tea could help ward off dementia, scientists show
The Guardian
6 January 2011
Regularly drinking green tea could protect the brain against forms of dementia including Alzheimer's, a study published today shows. It could also play a vital role in protecting the body against cancer, the study in the journal Phytomedicine suggests. As part of the research, the Newcastle team worked in collaboration with Dr Gordon McDougall at the Scottish Crop Research Institute in Dundee.

Soft fruit breeding progress

Dundee Courier
5 January 2011
BioSS, Scotland’s internationally renowned group of mathematicians and statisticians, has developed new sophisticated methods for analysing data from crop experiments.

BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland
4 January 2011
Scottish scientists say they are making rapid progress in breeding new varieties of soft fruit. The Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland group, part of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, aims to accelerate progress. They have already made significant breakthroughs in raspberry and blackcurrant varieties.