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ReformBio" project explores the potential of food pairing for sugar reduction

19-Jan-2023 - Less sweets, more fruit and vegetables: this year, too, the goal of eating healthier from now on is one of the most popular New Year's resolutions. However, large amounts of sugar can be hidden in supposedly healthy foods, such as muesli and fruit yogurt. The project "Reformulation Strategies for ...

Multus Biotechnology announce a USD$9.5m Series A investment round to build a world first growth media facility

18-Jan-2023 - Multus is the UK based startup creating key ingredients for the affordable scaleup of cellular agriculture. We are excited to announce the close of a USD$9.5m Series A investment round. The funding includes an equity free grant of USD$2.5M from Innovate UK through Europe’s most competitive ...

Turning robots into skilled waiters

18-Jan-2023 - Researchers at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a model that enables a robot to serve tea and coffee faster and more safely than humans – with no sloshing. The mathematics behind the pendulum used in the ...

Genetically modified rice could be key to tackling food shortages caused by climate change

Genetically engineering rice to have better salt tolerance could allow it to be grown in places it would otherwise fail, new research from the University of Sheffield has found

17-Jan-2023 - Genetically modified rice could be key to tackling food shortages caused by climate change Reducing the number of stomata that rice have makes them more tolerant to salt water, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield As sea levels rise, seawater is reaching places it previously ...

Why chocolate feels so good – it is all down to lubrication

17-Jan-2023 - Scientists have decoded the physical process that takes place in the mouth when a piece of chocolate is eaten, as it changes from a solid into a smooth emulsion that many people find totally irresistible. By analysing each of the steps, the interdisciplinary research team at the University of ...

*Free* Insect farming for livestock feed and human consumption

16-Jan-2023 - In two Perspectives, Arup Kumar Hazarika and Unmilan Kalita, and Arnold van Huis and Laura Gasco, discuss the potential of farming insects to improve global food security as both a source of human food and feed for livestock production, respectively. Food insecurity is a growing concern and ...

Revolutionary Gene Editing Technique Allows for Quick Customization of Tomato Cultivars with Unique Fruit Colors

13-Jan-2023 - A recent study delivered by Prof. Chuanyou Li’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed a rapid breeding strategy to generate tomato lines with different colored fruits from red-fruited materials by ...

Cutting costs and emissions in beef production

13-Jan-2023 - A research team led by the University of Queensland has developed a tool to help the global beef industry simultaneously reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions while meeting demand for meat. The team assessed the economic and emissions impacts of different cattle feeds at different locations ...

Can boiled peanuts help cure peanut allergies?

12-Jan-2023 - Because heat can affect the structure and immunoreactivity of peanuts, researchers recently tested whether a therapy using sequential doses of boiled peanuts followed by roasted peanuts may help children overcome peanut allergies. Their open label, phase 2, single arm clinical trial, which is ...

Rice breeding breakthrough to feed billions

12-Jan-2023 - An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95 percent efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making high-yielding, disease resistant rice strains available to low-income farmers worldwide. The work ...