Artificial wax coating is applied to fruits and vegetables to increase their shelf life. Are all food waxes harmful? A doctor explains. Food coating makes fruits and vegetables appear glossy. How ...

A bowl of red apples next to three green and red apples - Thanasis/Getty Images Like most fruits and vegetables, apples have a high water content, which means they are prone to losing moisture. To ...

There is a growing concern over the environmental impact of textile production and many waterproof products on the market are prepared with toxic chemicals. This is increasing demand for new ...

Kait Thornton (@apple.girl.kait), a Washington-based apple farmer, said that it shouldn’t cause alarm that apples have a thin wax coating. To demonstrate why, she put two apples on display: one fresh ...

Nothing is as flavoursome and healthy as eating a fresh fruit, especially fiber-rich apples. Someone has rightly quoted, 'an apple a day, keeps the doctor away'. Apples are full of dietary fiber and ...

While many groups have been developing coatings that allow fabric to be waterproof yet breathable, most of those solutions have incorporated toxic chemicals. Now, however, scientists are getting good ...

Among the vast rainbow of fruits, blue fruits are so rare that scientists classify them as outliers. But strip away a blueberry’s waxy outer coating and the berry looks black. Squish it and the juice ...

You can squeeze as hard as you like, but those last stubborn drops of ketchup, shampoo or honey are practically impossible to retrieve from a near-empty bottle. Advanced nonstick coatings are ...