Artificial ‘nose’ can sniff out damaged fruit and spoiled meat

23-Oct-2024 - The smell of cut grass, or the fumes from refueling your car are all the result of volatile organic compounds. A new approach to antenna technology can actually detect and identify them.Although smell has historically played an important role in the fight against diseases such as the plague and ...

New strategies to combat biofilm formation in the food industry to enhance food safety

24-Sep-2024 - A research team reveals that biofilm formation onfood-contact surfaces in thefoodsupply chain poses a significant challenge, providing an environment for harmful bacteria that can lead to foodborne illnesses and degradefoodquality. This review highlights the critical need for innovative ...

E-nose has mastered the art of detecting spoiled meat

19-Aug-2024 - Research has shown that spoiled food causes about 250 health problems, including poisoning, allergies, and even cancer. Today, food spoilage is detected by very time-consuming bacteriological analysis. A team from Skoltech, the Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems of RAS and ...

AI-controlled production of soft fruits using new sensor systems

16-Aug-2024 - Obst- und Gemüse-Absatzgenossenschaft Nordbaden eG and Obstgroßmarkt Mittelbaden eG have commissioned Fraunhofer UMSICHT with the further development of a new cultivation method. The "inBerry" project, which has now been launched, focuses on a data-driven and year-round production method for ...

How we perceive earthy odors

The unmistakable earthy smell of summer rain comes from the fragrance geosmin.

06-Aug-2024 - Geosmin is a volatile compound of microbial origin with a distinct "earthy" to "musty" odor that can affect the quality of drinking water and food. A research team led by Dietmar Krautwurst from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has now ...

Optical sensor enables 100 percent quality control of ultra-thin barrier layers

30-May-2024 - A new type of sensor makes it possible for the first time to test functional barrier layers on plastic products at production speed. The Film-Inspect testing system was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in cooperation with plasma system specialist ...

A new sensor detects harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water

A user-friendly system could offer a cheap, fast way to test for PFAS

14-Mar-2024 - MIT chemists have designed a sensor that detects tiny quantities of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — chemicals found in food packaging, nonstick cookware, and many other consumer products. These compounds, also known as “forever chemicals” because they do not break down ...

Storage boxes should smell spoiled food

Using artificial senses to combat food waste

12-Mar-2024 - Keep-fresh boxes that provide information on how long their contents will remain edible and handy measuring devices that predict how long fruit and vegetables will remain fresh in the supermarket of the future: These are the concrete plans of a project in which the research team of sensor systems ...

VEGA expands into Sweden and Denmark

Two new subsidiaries start operations in Scandinavia

08-Mar-2024 - The demand for innovative measurement technology for industry is also increasing in Scandinavia. With the new subsidiaries in Denmark and Sweden, which will open in spring 2024, VEGA is actively responding to this development and moving even closer to customers with its modern leveland pressure ...

Fresh meat: New biosensor accurately and efficiently determines meat freshness

Employing a porous graphene electrode with zinc oxide nanoparticles, biosensor identifies aging byproducts in meat

21-Feb-2024 - The freshness of animalmeatis an essential property determining its quality and safety. With advanced technology capable of preservingfoodfor extended periods of time,meatcan be shipped around the globe and consumed long after an animal dies. As globalmeatconsumption rates increase, so ...