Fruity Science

Having a fruity name might just make science more fun, if not for you, then for the people around you! Here, we’ve cherry-picked a few of our favourites - they’re even funnier when you put Dr. in front of them.

Peach, M. (2005). Electronics sheds light on the vision sector. Electronics World 111, 16-19.

Fig, L.M. et al. (2002). Evaluation of unsatisfactory phantom proficiency test results in the department of veterans affairs (VA), nuclear medicine service. Journal of Nuclear Medicine 43, 816.

Caetano, R. & Raspberry, K. (2001). DUI-arrest characteristics among white and Mexican-American DUI offenders mandated for treatment. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 62, 750-753.

Mango, S.E. et al. (2004). Genome-wide analysis of foregut development. Developmental Biology 271, 39-40.

Apple, S.K. (2004). Invasive ductal carcinoma with tissue neutrophilia: a distinct entity? Breast 13, 519-521.

Orange, J.S. et al. (2004). The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 61, 2361-2385.

Pear, J.J. (2004). Correspondences between the interactive alignment account and Skinner’s in Verbal Behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 27, 206.

Blache, D., Chagas, L.M., Blackberry, M.A., Vercoe, P.E. & Martin, G.B. (2000). Metabolic factors affecting the reproductive axis in male sheep. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 120, 1-11.

Sillars, A., Shellen, W., McIntosh, A. & Pomegranate, M. (1997). Relational characteristics of language: Elaboration and differentiation in marital conversations. Western Journal of Communication 61, 403-422.

Satsuma, J. et al. (2004). Extending the SIR epidemic model. Physica A - Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 336, 369-375.

Plum, M. & Wieners, C. (2003). Optimal a priori estimates for interface problems. Numerische Mathematik 95, 735-759.

Grapes, R.H. (2003). Pyrometamorphic breakdown of cordierite-muscovite intergrowths. Mineralogical Magazine 67, 653-663.

Huckleberry, A. (2002). On certain domains in cycle spaces of flag manifolds. Mathematische Annalen 323, 797-810.

Banana, A.Y. & Tweheyo, M. (2001). The ecological changes of Echuya afromontane bamboo forest, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology 39, 366-373.

Strawberry, C.W. et al. (1984). Reconstruction for cervical irradiation ulcers with myocutaneous flaps. Head & Neck Surgery 6, 836-841.

Eichler, D., Ousset, J.C., Cantaloup, S., Berrada, A. & Durand, J. (1982). Magnetoresistivity of amorphous-alloys containing rare-earths. Journal de Physique 43, 671-675.

Tamarind, D.L. & Quilliam, J.P. (1971). Have desmosomes a role in modulating nervous activity questionable some structural considerations. Medical and Biological Illustration 21, 126.