A myth no more: Cranberry products can prevent urinary tract infections for women

New medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI

21-Apr-2023 - Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection – and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before it gets started. A global study looking at the benefits of cranberry ...

Fast-food rubbish solution in sustainable seaweed-based wrapper

17-Oct-2022 - Flinders University materials researchers and pioneering German biomaterials developer one • fıve are using seaweed extracts to develop next-generation biopolymer coating materials that could solve packaging waste dilemmas for the fast-food industry. The new non-pollutive biomaterials are ...

Counting cravings for coffee and soft drinks

15-Sep-2022 - Craving a glass of wine or a cold beer at the end of the day may not seem unusual but people can also experience cravings for soft drinks and coffee, new research has revealed. Led by Flinders University PhD student Joshua McGreen, the study found the number of cravings a person experiences can ...

How to find 'good oil' at sea

Flinders University finds a sustainable way to extract value from microalgae

20-Jul-2022 - To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find better and sustainable ways to make healthy nutritional products such as Omega-3 fatty acids, biodiesel, aquaculture and livestock food from fast-growing microalgae. New research at Flinders University has discovered a ...

New whirl on mixing liquids

Fluidic device finds novel way to make oil and water attract

21-Feb-2022 - Imagine making some liquids mix that do not mix, then unmixing them. In one of the grand challenges of science, a Flinders University device which previously‘unboiled’ egg proteinis now unravelling the mystery of incompatible fluids; a development that could enhance many future products, ...

New insights to combat soft drink consumption

Psychologists assess why it’s so hard to say ‘no

08-Dec-2021 - In spite of health warnings about high consumption of carbonated soft drinks, global consumption has been rising rapidly for more than 50 years. Now Flinders University psychology researchers, as part of an Australian Research Council Discovery project, are looking to arrest this trend by ...

Soft drink adverts tap most vulnerable

10-Jun-2021 - What keeps consumers hooked on high sugar soft drink? Advertising, of course. But why are some consumers more adept at ignoring these cues than others? A new study from Flinders University, published in Appetite, has found participants with an automatic bias towards soft drinks – or difficulty ...

Children's dietary guidelines need to change, experts say

Parents need better advice on how to encourage kids to eat veggies

17-Mar-2021 - Dietary and infant feeding guidelines should be strengthened to include more practical advice on the best ways to support children to learn to like and eat vegetables, say nutrition and dietetics researchers from the Flinders University Caring Futures Institute. With the Australian Health Survey ...

Making protein 'superfood' from marine algae

Progress in processing single-cell organisms from the sea

25-Jan-2021 - Marine microalgae-based cellular agriculture is a promising new way to sustainably produce plant-based 'meat' and healthy 'superfoods' for the future. Researchers at Flinders University's Centre for Marine Bioproducts Development (CMBD) in Australia are responding to growing interest from ...