All posts tagged: Produce

Britain’s best month for eating: 13 seasonal recipes for June produce

Britain’s best month for eating: 13 seasonal recipes for June produce

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free If you want to know whether summer has properly arrived, don’t bother looking at the weather forecast. Look at what’s on the shelves. Suddenly, there are piles of Jersey Royals everywhere. Asparagus is still hanging on. Broad beans and peas are elbowing their way into every pasta dish going. Strawberries have stopped tasting vaguely of disappointment and started tasting like strawberries. Even gooseberries, that most unfairly neglected of British fruits, are having their annual moment in the sun. June is arguably Britain’s best month for eating. Not because it’s the hottest, and certainly not because it’s the most reliable, but because it’s one of the few points in the year when our fruit and veg are both firing on all cylinders at the same time. Spring hasn’t quite packed its bags and summer is only just settling in. The result is a month’s worth of …

University of Chicago team proposes flexible new platform to produce entangled quantum states

University of Chicago team proposes flexible new platform to produce entangled quantum states

Entanglement sits at the heart of quantum technology, but it is rarely easy to make. The most powerful states often demand delicate hardware, custom-built controls, and a long list of moving parts. That is why a new proposal from the University of Chicago is drawing attention. It suggests that a much simpler setup may be able to produce a surprisingly wide range of complex quantum states. This includes some that could improve sensors and help physicists study exotic forms of matter. The work, published in Physical Review X, lays out a theoretical method for generating and controlling entangled states in cavity quantum electrodynamics, or cavity QED, a platform already familiar in many quantum labs. The idea begins with atoms placed inside an optical cavity. There, light bounces between two mirrors and interacts with the atoms. In standard cavity QED, all the atoms usually couple to the light in the same way. That sameness is useful, but it also imposes limits. “We wanted to take simple ingredients that you find in a lot of physical platforms …

North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons : NPR

North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons : NPR

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, front right, visits a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels at an undisclosed place in North Korea Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Korean Central News Agency//Korea News Service via AP hide caption toggle caption Korean Central News Agency//Korea News Service via AP SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels, with leader Kim Jong Un announcing plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate.” Some experts still question whether North Korea has functioning nuclear missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland. But the nuclear plant’s disclosure implies that Kim is eager to cement his country’s status as a nuclear power and has no intentions of placing his bomb program on a negotiating table. After visiting the site on Wednesday, Kim said he and other top officials “confirmed the order of priority for implementing the ambitious future plan designed to beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate,” …

Drake, Iceman review – He can still produce gold. So why does he insist on being such a loser?

Drake, Iceman review – He can still produce gold. So why does he insist on being such a loser?

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Oh, Drake. In perhaps the least surprising “surprise” of the year, the Canadian star has dropped not one but three albums, spanning an eye-watering total of 43 songs (around 142 minutes and 14 seconds). He just can’t help himself. For years now, one of the biggest of Drake’s myriad issues has been his inability to self-edit. Bloat plagued 2018’s Scorpion and 2023’s For All the Dogs, both of which contained no fewer than 23 songs. It didn’t help that the material was severely lacking, too. And now we have not just Iceman – promoted via silly immersive stunts like a giant block of ice dumped in the centre of Toronto – but also Maid of Honour and Habibti. So why three albums? Well, strained relations with his record label, Universal, might have something to do with it. Drake filed a lawsuit against the …

Athens protests over explosive Ukrainian sea drone found in cave on tourist island – POLITICO

Athens protests over explosive Ukrainian sea drone found in cave on tourist island – POLITICO

Kyiv is pressing to slash Russia’s oil income, making the tankers that help Moscow a prime target. In this case, Kyiv said it had no information on the drone. “There is no evidence that it belongs to Ukrainian operators of maritime drones. We are open to cooperation with the Greek side to clarify the circumstances of the incident, if there are relevant requests from them,” Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson of the Ukrainian foreign ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. Kyiv has, however, repeatedly complained that Greece’s giant tanker fleet is helping prop up Russia. At the beginning of the war, the then-Ukrainian ambassador to Athens, Serhiy Shutenko, said that “the money of certain shipping companies is stained with blood.” On the other hand, the incident could now dent the conservative New Democracy government’s public image as Athens has gone a long way in offering support to Ukraine over the past five years, reversing traditionally close ties with Russia. The government is now facing criticism from opposition parties across the political spectrum, which note that Greece seems to …

How to make produce last longer and why you should always wait to wash

How to make produce last longer and why you should always wait to wash

Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free Minor adjustments to how we store fruits and vegetables could yield significant benefits for both the planet and our finances. From herbs that quickly wilt to berries that rapidly develop mold, much of what ends up in the trash is less about what we purchase and more about how it’s kept at home. This spoilage is largely driven by moisture and temperature. Scientifically, produce doesn’t simply ‘go bad’ – it breaks down under specific conditions. Plants, much like humans, host natural microflora – a diverse community of microscopic organisms. “This could be bacteria, yeast, molds, things like that,” explained Amanda Deering, associate professor of produce food safety at Purdue University. How you pack your fridge also matters (Getty Images) Here are a few small changes that can extend the life of food by days. Wait to wash Washing produce before storing it can leave water …