#Want to control a swarm of robots? Georgia Tech has the answer Researchers at Georgia Tech have built a tablet-based system that lets people control a fleet of robots with just the swipe of a finger.
natural peristaltic action (the"squeezing"motion of muscles that ordinarily move food down the GI) will push it into the lower GI TRACT.
just like beer or wine are, possibly in the privacy of your own home. Advances in bioengineering had allowed scientists to understand the complex processes within the poppy plant that convert sugar to morphine,
and they were tweaking genes in yeast to allow many of the same reactions to take place in the lab. By June,
using sugar to make two opioid compounds, thebaine and hydrocodone, using engineered yeast. Biochemical engineer Christina Smolke and colleagues had been working on the problem of synthesizing opioids and other plant-based medicines in the lab for about a decade.
"Practically you could get more of these compounds from eating a poppy-seed bagel, "she said.
#Waste coffee used as fuel storage: Scientists have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane Abstract:
"Kemp found inspiration in his cup of coffee whilst discussing an entirely different project with colleagues at UNIST."
"We were sitting around drinking coffee and looked at the coffee grounds and thought'I wonder
and washing-because the coffee is such a brilliant absorbant.""The work also demonstrates hydrogen storage at cryogenic temperatures,
"The molecules are stacked like dishes in a dish rack, "Furis explains, "these stacked molecules--this dish rack--is the electron superhighway."
Rice university researchers model graphene/nanotube hybrids to test properties September 14th, 2015coming out September 14th, 2015nano in food and agriculture:
Rice university researchers model graphene/nanotube hybrids to test properties September 14th, 2015coming out September 14th, 2015nano in food and agriculture:
Rice university researchers model graphene/nanotube hybrids to test properties September 14th, 2015coming out September 14th, 2015nano in food and agriculture:
Rice university researchers model graphene/nanotube hybrids to test properties September 14th, 2015coming out September 14th, 2015nano in food and agriculture:
Rice university researchers model graphene/nanotube hybrids to test properties September 14th, 2015coming out September 14th, 2015nano in food and agriculture:
Rice university researchers model graphene/nanotube hybrids to test properties September 14th, 2015coming out September 14th, 2015nano in food and agriculture:
Removing salt and other minerals from our biggest available source of water--seawater--may help satisfy a growing global population thirsty for fresh water for drinking, farming, transportation, heating, cooling and industry.
#Millions of liters of juice from 1 grapefruit (Nanowerk News) The Austrian Centre of Industrial biotechnology (acib) uses the positive aspects of synthetic biology for the ecofriendly production of a natural compound("Production of the sesquiterpenoid
because Nootkatone is used as a high quality, natural flavoring substance in millions of liters of soft and lifestyle drinks,
so that our cells are able to produce Nootkatone from sugar, "says acib researcher Tamara Wriessnegger.
Ultimately, the aroma found in one grapefruit leads to millions of liters of tasty juice.
With the help of the new genes the yeast is capable to synthesize the high-prized, natural flavor (more than 4000 euros per kilo) in a cheap way and in useful quantities from sugar (one euro per kilo.
Nootkatone is an important substance for the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, says Harald Pichler. As an insecticide it is effective against ticks, mosquitoes or bedbugs.
In cosmetics, people appreciate the good smell, in soft drinks a fine, subtle taste. Because the natural sources cannot meet the demands,
With these"synthetic"organisms the active ingredient is produced at lower costs s
#Researchers create first whispering gallery for graphene electrons (Nanowerk News) An international research group led by scientists at the U s. Commerce departments National Institute of Standards
when biodiesel is formed from vegetable oil, and convert this into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel.
It is believed this new process will have significant environmental benefits by improving the yield of biodiesel in a sustainable way that doesn't require the use of additional fossil fuels
used in everything from fire extinguishers to oil recovery to carbonated beverages, but it is also a major greenhouse gas.
since the basic ingredient is a dirt cheap material that we are modifying using well-known chemistry.
even though it used a significantly smaller amount of the active ingredient than commercial sunscreens, the researchers formulation protected equally well against sunburn.
When the active ingredients of sunscreen absorb UV LIGHT, a chemical change triggers the generation of oxygen-carrying molecules known as reactive oxygen species (ROS).
The nanoparticles hydrophilic layer essentially locks in the active ingredient, a hydrophobic chemical called padimate O. Some sunscreen solutions that use larger particles of inorganic compounds, such as titanium dioxide or zinc oxide,
The idea was to create a system that could remove salt from water and meet three criteria:
The batteries then power a system that removes salt from the water through electrodialysis. On the most basic level, that means that dissolved salt particles,
(which makes water unusable for crops and for drinking), the team also applied UV LIGHT to disinfect some of the water as it passed through the system.
removing salt from 2, 100 gallons of water each day. The next step is to test it in an even harsher environment,
even those who grow crops with relatively low water needs like wine grapes are feeling the pinch.
Developed by a team of researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt, the procedure uses a desalination technique called pervaporation to remove the salt from sea water
"It can effectively desalinate water with high concentration of salt like that of the Red sea, where desalination costs more and yields less."
#Solar cooling system keeps water at 9 degrees Celsius for up to three months Maintaining food in places where high temperatures prevail,
where she has achieve to maintain water at nine degrees Celsius"with that temperature we can cool food,
not only to cool foods. It may also serve as an air conditioning, for example, in communities like Tecali de Herrera, Puebla,
and the system could adapt well to preserve their foods and medicine, bringing them better quality of life,"
and his colleagues found that they could make large mixtures of biologically active compounds from a few chemical ingredients in just a few hours,
This work builds upon previous studies Zhang's team has done with xylose, the most abundant simple plant pentose sugar,
Unlike other hydrogen fuel production methods that rely on highly processed sugars, the Virginia Tech team used dirty biomass--the husks and stalks of corn plants--to create their fuel.
He also confirmed the ability of this system to use both sugars glucose and xylose at the same time,
Typically in biological conversions, these two sugars can only be used sequentially, not simultaneously which adds time and money to the process.
but also avoids complicated sugar flux regulation. The team also increased enzymatic generation rates. This reaction rate is fast enough for hydrogen production in distributed hydrogen-fueling stations.
and finally is ready to drink. Indeed, the resulting liquid is fresh, odorless and has a neutral taste."
However, its high-volume production and the generation of environmental problems (eutrophication and pollution of groundwater due to its high concentration of nutrients
pigs and chicken is an organic fertilizer with a high content of nutrients, stabilized organic material and high values of cation exchange capacity.
#Cooking up altered states When milk is churned, the fat molecules in it come closer to form aggregates.
Yet butter and curd are not solids because in both cases, the aggregated molecules still maintain consistent distances from each other,
Arrayjust as a cook working with a known recipe alters the flavor of a dish by varying the amount of its constituents,
and changing the amount of cooking time, experimental scientists do similar things with materials to try
which was validated by the laboratory of the Research center for Food and Development (CIAD). The study began in a laboratory of the University of Sinaloa,
used a new technique called ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) where the lung is kept alive, breathing outside the body and supported by a supply of blood and nutrients.
when biodiesel is formed from vegetable oil, and convert this into an ingredient to produce even more biodiesel.
It is believed this new process will have significant environmental benefits by improving the yield of biodiesel in a sustainable way that doesn't require the use of additional fossil fuels,
Arraythe Food and Drug Administration has approved a handful of bacteriophages for treating food products, but efforts to harness them for medical use have been hampered
or disinfecting food, as well as treating human disease. Another advantage of this approach is that all of the phages are based on an identical genetic scaffold,
about as wide as a pizza. Openings around the edge channel sound through 36 passages towards a microphone in the middle.
gelatin, glass, and porcelain, but their potential to create new materials remains largely untapped. Notably, DNA-coated colloids offer particular promise
whose organs lacked a sugar molecule that normally lines their blood vessels. That molecule was the major culprit behind what called hyperacute rejection,
Removing the sugar molecule helped. But it wasn enough. Tests in monkeys showed that other forms of organ rejection still damaged the pig tissue,
and tubing to clamp onto a donor heart and keep it fed with blood and nutrients.
if it receives a supply of nutrients. old is the old thing, and warm is the new thing,
This way the team effectively turns a circulatory death into a brain dead eating heartdonor. With the heart pumping,
#Mini-Kidneys from Stem Cells A mini-kidney formed in a dish from human induced pluripotent stem cellsminoru TAKASATOIN a time
when evaluating areas of potential pollution from nutrients. Research scientist Natalia Kuosmanen at MTT Agrifood Research Finland says defining sustainability quantitatively is challenging due to variety of meanings attached to this commonly used concept.
Improvements for OECD nutrient balance modelcurrently the static nutrient balance approach of OECD is used to assess nutrient emissions from agriculture.
The static approach ignores the accumulation of nutrients in the environment and overlooks the dynamic nature of the nutrient cycles Kuosmanen says.
Our results demonstrate that the nutrient outflow calculated using the dynamic nutrient balance model provides a more reliable and robust indicator for the purposes of evaluating
and mix it with an enzyme substrate a nutrient that activates certain enterobacteria Only if these enterobacteria are contained in the water they convert the substrate
They developed a new surface coating for medical devices using materials already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA.
and death--food and water tainted with pathogens from fecal matter results in the deaths of roughly 700000 children each year.
and it can be used in agricultural areas to hold in nutrients and bring more stability to the soils.
and increase the availability of plant nutrients he said. Additionally the biochar can be burned as charcoal
#Safe drinking water Via Solar power Desalination Natasha Wright, an MIT Phd student in mechanical engineering, has designed a solar powered system that makes water safe to drink for rural, off-grid Indian villages.
she had no idea how to remove salt from groundwater to make it more palatable, nor had she ever been to India,
with a possible focus on filtering biological contaminants from groundwater to make it safe to drink. There are already a number of filters on the market that can do this,
Although the available filters made water safe to drink, they did nothing to mitigate its saltiness so the villagersdrinking water tasted bad and eroded pots and pans,
t similar with things like sugars and for much bigger macromolecules such as DNA. People will be familiar with the double helix
While in the food industry, the technique could allow companies to refine the flavours of the food
and drinks that we consume. The research, Enantiomer Specific Analysis of Multi-Component Mixtures by Correlated Electron Imaging-Ion Mass Spectrometry
and approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a food additive, and polylactic acid, a biodegradable plastic used in compostable cups and glassware.
In that case, both the plastic and the oil-based sauce are hydrophobic and interact together.
to replace the widespread use of organic solvents for everything from decaffeinating coffee to making paint thinners.
We also just started making wine shippers. With wine, our material acts as an insulation.
Finally, we re starting to do some consumer products picture frames, bowls for your home. The idea is to think of this as a new kind of plastic.
and water needed to grow food. Researchers at Cornell University and Rothamsted Research in the United kingdom successfully transplanted genes from a type of bacteria-called cyanobacteria-into tobacco plants
The genes allow the plant to produce a more efficient enzyme for converting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into sugars and other carbohydrates.
Scientists have known long that some plants are much more efficient at turning carbon dioxide into sugar than other plants.
Maureen Hansen a professor of molecular biology and genetics at Cornell says the advances won't be seen in commercially grown food crops for at least five or 10 years.
For example higher levels of red light increases tomato yield and the Vitamin c content of mustard spinach and green onions.
There is no shortage of arguments in favor of eating locally grown food because of the lower transport costs.
play Candy Crush, stare at it instead of looking at people, take videos and photos of people
if there are allergens in food. The research spearheaded by Aydogan Ozcan, associate director of the California Nanosystems Institute, Dino Di Carlo, professor of bioengineering,
"This makes it a particular problem for foods that are cooked often not, like leafy vegetables, fruits and soft cheeses that are stored under refrigeration."
"Currently, the only means of detecting listeria bacteria contamination of food requires highly trained technicians
and processes that take several days to complete, she said. For food processing companies that produce and ship large quantities of foodstuff daily, listeria contamination sources can be a moving target that is often missed by current technology.
and capture the bacteria from a very complex microbial soup of the ocean.""The squid feeds the bacteria sugar and amino acids and in return,
the bioluminescent bacteria allow the squid to produce light, which then allows the squid to escape from things that might want to eat it,
We may include less of the antimicrobial ingredient without losing effectiveness while at the same time using an inexpensive technique that has a lower environmental burden.
and approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a food additive, and polylactic acid, a biodegradable plastic used in compostable cups and glassware.
In that case, both the plastic and the oil-based sauce are hydrophobic and interact together.
to replace the widespread use of organic solvents for everything from decaffeinating coffee to making paint thinners.
Overwatering puts pressure on an already scarce and expensive resource increases pollution from nutrient-rich runoff affects the quality of the fruit
#'Home-brewed morphine'made possible Scientists have figured out how to brew morphine using the same kit used to make beer at home.
They have modified genetically yeast to perform the complicated chemistry needed to convert sugar to morphine.
If you brew beer at home, then you are relying on microscopic yeast that turns sugars into alcohol.
But by borrowing DNA from plants, scientists have been genetically engineering yeasts that can perform each of the steps needed to convert sugar into morphine.
One stage of the process-the production of an intermediary chemical called reticuline-had been a stumbling block.
which is a cheap sugar source, and have the yeast do all the chemical steps required downstream to make your target therapeutic drug."
and basic skills in fermentation would be able to grow morphine producing yeast using a a home-brew kit for beer-making,
or be used to look at contamination, for example in food or milk. The team has been able to convert the mobile phone into a sensitive E-coli or giardia detector,
If the person needed to be tested every few hours, before a meal, after a meal,
as the bacteria were directing the robot toward more food, the robot paused before quickly making its final approach a classic predatory behavior of higher order animals that stalk prey.
It can also be used to identify potential allergens in food, among other applications. A team of researchers from the California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA has developed a new mobile phone-based device that can read ELISA plates in the field with the same level of accuracy as the large machines normally found in clinical laboratories.
and mustard) and later with sugarcane the team introduced genes that boost natural oil production in the plant.
#Scientists made a major breakthrough in 3d-printed electronics that will keep you from ever drinking spoiled milk again Researchers have used 3d printing to develop a sensor that can be placed inside a carton of milk to detect
if the milk is fit for drinking and to alert if the milk has gone off."
Forget the food-versus-fuel debate: many of the crops grown in the valley are high-value products that are lucrative,
Microcapsules have been used in a variety of applications--for example in pharmaceuticals food flavouring cosmetics and agriculture--for controlled delivery and release but this is one of the first demonstrations of this approach for controlled capture says Jennifer A. Lewis the Hansj rg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard School of engineering
sodium carbonate a k a. kitchen-grade baking soda. The microencapsulated carbon sorbents (MECS) achieve an order-of-magnitude increase in CO2 absorption rates compared to sorbents currently used in carbon capture.
These permeable silicone beads could be sliced a-bread'breakthrough for CO2 capture--efficient easy-to-handle minimal waste
That righthe duo went from high-tech to food scraps, hoping to address the fact that 40 percent of food in the U s. bout $165 billion worth per yearoes uneaten, with most ending up in landfills, according to a 2012 report from the Natural resources Defense Council.
Though the grocery industry recognized the problem, nobody could really explain why it was happening. said,
the Harvester, a machine that, in six to 24 hours, turns food matter into a high-nutrient liquid that can be converted to organic fertilizer.
It works with anything from fish scales and carrot tops to wine. After food waste is converted,
including Whole Foods Market. Its conceptnd early successas helped WISERG secure $14 million from investors,
But theye working to develop Harvesters that would fit in restaurants or homes, as well as eighborhood-based solutionsthat Lesueur says would work n an urban setting where a grocery store may be on the bottom floor
but they may share a facility with a couple of restaurants. CC meanwhile, is putting data culled from the Harvester to work to improve ordering
whether theye tossing more cookies or muffins. That datand the high-quality fertilizeras turned Chapman into a WISERG evangelist. e will put them in as many stores as we possibly can,
restaurant or artisan food maker and get a debit card stocked with dible credits, while helping their favorite business get the money it needs to grow.
and order ingredients online for delivery. The Smartgrill by Lynx, programmable via smartphone, is activated voice to cook on user command
or automatically via a database of more than 200 preprogrammed recipes. Instead of reviewing restaurants, Foodspotting users recommend dishes.
The app is searchable by specific foods. Move over lattes. The hottest hot beverages in Manhattan are the sippable one brothsfrom Brodo single-service window, with add-ins like Calabrian chili oil, shiitake mushroom tea and fermented beet juice.
Enjoyfresh online marketplace allows users to search and sign up for unique off-menu dishes and exclusive events at local restaurants.
The Scio handheld spectrometer instantly analyzes foods and pharmaceuticals at a molecular level; a quick scan provides nutritional info,
determines the ripeness level of produce or authenticates medications. Cold butter meets its match with the Butterup knife.
Your bread will thank you c
#Flexible nanogenerator harvests muscle movement to power mobile devices The consumer world is becoming powered by mobile devices,
but those devices are powered still by being tethered to a wall or a reserve power pack. What if you could generate power for your mobile devices simply by moving your body,
and the power source was almost unnoticeable? A new device developed at the National University of Singapore aims to fulfill both of those requirements.
The flexible nanogenerator resembles a small, stamp-sized patch that attaches to your skin. It uses your skin as a source of static electricity,
#Flavour delivery particle can cut sugar by half and is cheaper than sugar Developed by inventor
and Douxmatok CEO Avraham Baniel-who used to be part of Tate and Lyle's Splenda team-along with the Warner Babock Institute for Green Chemistry,
a carrier particle is coated with sugar molecules using non-covalent bonding. This increases the surface area meaning the same sweetness can be achieved using less sugar.
Joint CEO Eran Baniel told Foodnavigator that because Douxmatok which means twice as sweet in French
and Hebrew-uses sugar, rather than artificial or alternative sweeteners, consumers'taste expectations are satisfied and there are no aftertaste issues. ee not about reformulation.
some corn syrup and mix them up(.In medicine you talk of drug delivery-we do flavour delivery.".
"The sensory profile of Douxmatok is literally the same as sugar.""The carrier particle has been approved for use in food
and beverage applications and requires no regulatory process. Two patents have been granted in the US and two issued in the EU. Taste is king for the consumer cost for the companyat a tasting session in Israel Foodnavigator tried out Douxmatok's tomato ketchup with 54%less sugar,
and Douxmatok peach jam which uses 38%less sugar for the same amount of fruit as a conventional recipe.
While there were some textural differences the Douxmatok products had more body and were slightly darker in colour the sweetness was the same.
But, according to Baniel, this only poses a problem for manufacturers of dark chocolate. Despite reducing the calorie content,
Douxmatok's food technologists found a way to retain the same energy content-an important factor for consumers. obody ever says really tired I need some aspartame for energy!
and this is a very important issue for the industry. f youe the same price as sugar all you get is compliments and nothing else.
and compensating for this loss by increasing other ingredients, such as cocoa in chocolate, could be costly for manufacturers of certain products.
But this is something the R&d team is working to overcome, Baniel said. olume-wise we are big
and teach them how to use the technology as some culinary methods need to be adapeted-Douxmatok's sugar needs to be added to a product at very specific moments
and taste-tested for candy, chocolate, baked and dairy products and pharmaceutical syrups, while a second generation particle called S2 can be used in beverages.
The R&d team is looking into using the technology for salt reduction, while a carrier particle for Xylitol, Malitol and Erithrytol has also been developed
#Single-sourced kit for producing and filling sensitive products The company product portfolio for these segments is so comprehensively diverse that Krones can justifiably lay claim to being a genuine one-stop shop.
For sensitive beverages like juice, tea, milk-based mixed drinks, beverages with solid-fruit or cereal constituents,
as well as other liquid foods, a particularly product-friendly approach is imperative for the process technology involved.
Essentially, there are three reasons necessitating product deaeration of fruit juices before they are bottled: avoidance of filling problems, minimising oxidative influences,
the juice thus forms a very thin film over the tank walls. Utilising the tank entire surface area,
For producing fruit beverages with solid constituents like pulp or fruit chunks, Krones is unveiling a new and affordable option for aseptic production of beverages with a solids content.
In the shape of Dosaflex, Krones has developed a container station for product-friendly, accurate dosing of aseptic components.
Krones is thus offering a space-saving solution with an attractive price-performance ratio for bottlers who want to try out new beverages with a solids content on test markets, for example.
When handling sensitive and demanding foods and beverages, a product-friendly filling process is of course vital.
designed for products like liquid and pastelike confectionery, dairy products, dressings and condiment sauces. By developing the Evoguard aseptic valves,
Krones has upgraded its corporate capabilities in terms of process technology for producing juice and milk. HST designs and manufactures homogenisers and piston pumps for the food and beverage industries,
and will be represented with its products at the fair r
#Farmlogs Is Now Able To Alert Farmers About Crop Threats Farm management software company Farmlogs is used by over 20%of the farms in the U s. with over $15 billion in crops under management.
low energy solution to grow food in parts of the world where this was not previously possible.
but founder Agean Lin now plans to seek U s. Food and Drug Administration approval next year to expand its use to men. n the U s,
"We may include less of the antimicrobial ingredient without losing effectiveness while at the same time using an inexpensive technique that has a lower environmental burden.
"We may include less of the antimicrobial ingredient without losing effectiveness while at the same time using an inexpensive technique that has a lower environmental burden.
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