The robot takes bottles of cream from one production line and places them onto the packaging line.
It easy to imagine it one day being used to unobtrusively serve drinks at a cocktail event,
announced that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510 (k) clearance by the U s. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in hospitals.
which will drive the jam for you while you do e-mail or read a book.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said. That first class of 54 rebels disintegrated after deploying back into Syria,
but with an extra ingredient--the"healing agent.""It remains intact during mixing, only dissolving and becoming active
and produce spores that can survive for decades without food or oxygen.""The next challenge was not only to have the bacteria active in concrete,
but adding sugar to the mix would create soft, weak, concrete. In the end, Jonkers chose calcium lactate,
The regrowth of the arm takes place inside a bioreactor providing nutrients and stimulation for the limb to reform.
food and medical assistance to Nepalis following the quake. Patients Wheeled Out of Hospitalon Tuesday at the main hospital in Kathmandu
#Cloning Animals for Food to Be banned in EU EU lawmakers backed calls Tuesday to tighten up a proposed ban on cloning animals for food so as to ensure they never find a place on European farms.
--which are hugely expensive to develop--are used not for food but for breeding purposes, with their embryos and semen used widely in the United states, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
EU Food and Health Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukatitis said the restrictions in the report were justified not,
The mirror uses a series of ultispectralcameras to assess an individual diet, alcohol consumption, physical activity, smoking habit and metabolic risk.
The mirror can also assess nutrition and physical activity. A breathalyzer is used to detect blood sugar levels that can be influenced by alcohol and smoking.
Food and Water Watch Executive director Wenonah Hauter said in a statement. hrough a system of reditsand dubious and unverifiable offsets,
which would be carved nearly a mile underground inside geological salt layers deep underground. When the energy was needed,
because the company will take the salt removed to create the caverns and eject it into the ocean waters off Northern ireland coast.
Theye voracious parasites that burrow into gut walls and devour nutrients like a nightmarish version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
and Plasmodium, which causes malaria, access vital nutrients from their host cells. Around one-third of the world deadly infectious diseases, including malaria
and for the pathogen to gain access to vital nutrients, Gold says. ltimately what defines a parasite is that they require certain key nutrients from their host,
he says. o they have had to evolve ways to get around their own barriers, to gain access to these nutrients. revious research has shown that the vacuoles are selectively permeable to small molecules,
allowing certain nutrients to pass through pores in the membrane. But until now, no one has been able to determine the molecular makeup of these pores,
and how they are formed. Two new proteinswhen studying Toxoplasma the researchers discovered two proteins secreted by the parasite, known as GRA17 and GRA23,
he says. o I think this is a really strong potential drug target for restricting the access of these parasites to a set of nutrients. n addition to malaria,
This ery excitingresearch elegantly identifies a molecular component of a pore in the vacuole that separates the growing Toxoplasma parasite from its host cell to help in the acquisition of nutrients, according to Manoj Duraisingh,
This lesion, a damaged form of the normal DNA base cytosine, is caused by the reactive molecule hypochlorous acid the main ingredient in household bleach
Customizable viruses The Food and Drug Administration has approved a handful of bacteriophages for treating food products,
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,
"Conventionally, cells cultured on the surface of plastic dishes have been used to identify new drug targets, test chemical toxicity,
000 compounds from both the KU Chemical Methodologies and Library Development Center and the Food and Drug Administration in a process known as"High Throughput Screening,"hunting for compounds that obstruct Hur's interface with healthy
which can be as soft as jelly or as hard as rubber, to adhere to the metal electrodes.
"We've been focused on improving the dining experience at every touch point, and we're excited to give our guests the ability to customize their visit by leveraging the technology of Ziosk's tabletop tablets,"Dave George,
where travelers can have delivered food to where they sit, but are limited still in the traditional restaurant scene.
Percentage of children eating fast food on a given day drop p
#Physicists tune Large hadron collider to find'sweet spot'in high-energy proton smasher As protons collide,
With a rising global population leading to increased pressure on food resources, it is becoming ever more essential that crop breeding programmes work to enhance the security of global food sources.
and perform poorly when applied to polyploid species such as bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L) . which has multiple sets of chromosomes.
This disease is responsible for devastating bread wheat crops and has developed'Warrior'strains capable of infecting individuals previously believed to have tolerance."
of big-name debuts including Cafe Coffee Day and airline Indigo. Shares hit their lowest level in about a year last week,
"Among the most anticipated offerings is the IPO of up to $181 million of Coffee Day Enterprises,
which operates the Cafe Coffee Day chain. Interglobe Aviation, which runs the Indigo airline, is seeking a $400 million listing.
and of the NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit. Zecca M. IJARS Video Series:
This lesion, a damaged form of the normal DNA base cytosine, is caused by the reactive molecule hypochlorous acid the main ingredient in household bleach
knowing more about how these cells jam and unjam is said important Fredberg, because epithelial cells play a prominent role not just in asthma,
even though it used a significantly smaller amount of the active ingredient than commercial sunscreens, the researchersformulation 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 nanoparticle 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,
Meng said that in this study the team replaced those organic layers with metal oxide layers that sandwich the perovskite layer,
And as incomes rise people spend more on food (Engel law) and eat more animal protein (8 pounds of grains are needed for 1 pound of beef).
To meet the demand for food, fuel and fiber from a growing and increasingly affluent population,
experts predict that we will need to double global crop production over the next 35 years. With demand outstripping supply since the emergence of China starting in the mid 1990s,
the public at large is informed now better about the state of our food system and more concerned about the impact that agriculture has on the environment.
food e-commerce, and smart equipmentnd 10 of these subsectors had more than 5 percent share of the Agtech market),
On the other end of the spectrum, Hampton Creek, a vegan mayonnaise company, is attempting to formulate an egg-less egg product.
In several subsectors, notably food e-commerce and bioenergy, companies are reaching sizes where an IPO is within grasp,
and this new one contains key ingredients for improving the accuracy and efficacy of gesture recognition over time.
and has been possible online via tracking cookies, promo codes and other means. But it been notoriously difficult to do in store
Square has attached effectively a tracking cookie to a physical person because it knows what they use to pay you.
When a food truck can effectively craft marketing campaigns and track business even when their business is inherently itinerant
Think of it like alcohol consumption: two people who drink the same amount are likely to have slightly different reactions,
and dropped into neighborhoods with no sources of healthy foods. Since you always pay by credit card or mobile,
Eatsa wants to make meals that taste delicious and indulgent yet are healthy for you.
Come grab a meal alongside Techcrunch in our demo video (above) of the Eatsa experience e
idodrugs. club first identifies the chemical ingredient in the drug you enter. italin, for instance, is the brand name that most people probably recognize,
water is an essential ingredient for life This is tremendously exciting. We haven been able to answer the question oes life exist beyond Earth,
which is typically part salt, part solvent. The researchers used lithium iodide as the salt,
which offers a high-energy storage capacity with low cost, and water as the solvent. In tests, the researchers compared the solar flow battery's performance to that of a typical lithium-iodine battery.
which is typically part salt, part solvent. The researchers used lithium iodide as the salt,
which offers a high-energy storage capacity with low cost, and water as the solvent. In tests, the researchers compared the solar flow battery's performance to that of a typical lithium-iodine battery.
a postdoctoral research scholar, cut sugar production in liver cells by inhibiting a key protein involved in transporting pyruvate, a building block of glucose, from the bloodstream into the energy factories of liver cells, called mitochondria.
#Now, a car powered by whisky residue Scientists in Scotland have become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry.
Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from by-products of whisky fermentation.
"The technique could transform the Scottish whisky industry and generate up to £100 million of transport fuel a year."
"Julie Hesketh-Laird from the Scotch whisky Association said, "The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."
The biofuel is produced from draff the sugar rich kernels of barley soaked in water to facilitate the fermentation process necessary for whisky production and pot ale,
#Now, a car powered by whisky residue Scientists in Scotland have become the first in the world to produce biofuel capable of powering cars from residues of the whisky industry.
Edinburgh-based Celtic Renewables plans to build a production facility in central Scotland after manufacturing the first samples of biobutanol from by-products of whisky fermentation.
"The technique could transform the Scottish whisky industry and generate up to £100 million of transport fuel a year."
"Julie Hesketh-Laird from the Scotch whisky Association said, "The production of biobutanol from draff and pot ale is another example of the industry putting its by-products to a good use to promote sustainability and jobs."
The biofuel is produced from draff the sugar rich kernels of barley soaked in water to facilitate the fermentation process necessary for whisky production and pot ale,
carbon dioxide and water into sugars. Instead of sugars, however, synthetic photosynthesis seeks to produce liquid fuels that can be stored for months
or years and distributed through existing energy infrastructure. In a roundtable discussion on his recent breakthroughs and the future of synthetic photosynthesis, Peidong Yang, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley said his hybrid inorganic/biological systems give researchers new tools
To do that, they need model systems to study nature's best designs, especially the catalysts that convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars at room temperatures."
In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Mcewen and other scientists identified waterlogged molecules salts of a type known as perchlorates in readings from orbit."
"That's a direct detection of water in the form of hydration of salts,"Mcewen said."
The researchers were able to identify the telltale sign of a hydrated salt at four locations.
In addition, the signs of the salt disappeared when the streaks faded.""It's very definitive there is some sort of liquid water,
The perchlorate salts lower the freezing temperature, and the water remains liquid. The average temperature of Mars is about minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit,
Liquid water is considered one of the essential ingredients for life, and its presence raises the question of whether Mars,
#Plastic eating worms could save the world A tiny worm, which is actually the larva of a beetle, eats Styrofoam and other forms of polystyrene,
Mealworms fed a steady diet of Styrofoam were as healthy as those eating a normal diet,
#Plastic eating worms could save the world A tiny worm, which is actually the larva of a beetle, eats Styrofoam and other forms of polystyrene,
Mealworms fed a steady diet of Styrofoam were as healthy as those eating a normal diet,
The only current issue would be its size it is approximately the size of a very thick pizza
as China's Food and Drug Administration announced that China's self-developed 3d printed hip replacement (joint) has been certified commercially,
the wavelike muscle contractions that move food along the digestive tractnd can continue to gather
Angelini likens this effect to the way that sugar can appear both solid and fluid depending on physical impact:
delicate items, like our dishes; or performing even more precise and intricate tasks, like maneuvering medical instruments. his knowledge is useful for creating a system
and Coca cola, this is the first time any of their companies has used Kickstarter. Then again, what better way is there to reach the socially connected in-crowd than through social media-driven crowdfunding itself?
The porous channels are created by mixing salt with the rubbery elastomer when still in the liquid stage.
the outside of the organ is coated with the polymer, minus the salt. This prevents the external layer from also becoming permeable and eakingfluid.
and Hamed Bay, Sponge is a highly porous and super hydrophobic material derived from heated sucrose (a form of sugar).
Since it is made from sugar the per-gram cost is only 15 cents, reducible with economies of scale.
and produce sugar or biofuels when exposed to the sun. The underlying concept is that such functions will,
It is used to make plastic drink bottles as well as many other products (including fabrics) and for packaging purposes
since it tends to absorb the materials it comes in contact with (drinks or food),
#UF Scientists Find Perfect Medium for 3d printing Complex Jelly-Soft Objects All paste-based pneumatic extrusion 3d printing processes (a type of 3d printing that is rapidly becoming a stand-alone sector for its many different possible
as well as any food-paste extrusion, silicon, alginate, resins and, yes, cellular hydrogels for bioprinting. A team of scientists at the University of Florida,
which is a form of sugar has a highly porous structure that is simultaneously water-repellant and pollutant-absorbent.
the Progress was intended to supply 3t of food, fuel and supplies to the station. The spacecraft lost contact with the flight controllers shortly after it reached orbit
they become as malleable as chewing gum when heated and can be molded easily or blown like glass.
are microengineered metal-gel sandwiches about 5 to 10 times smaller than a single red blood cell, one of the smallest human cells.
#Cerium-Based Material Made into Nanometer-Sized Particles to Produce Key Ingredient for Nylon Production The Critical Materials Institute,
The process uses a cerium-based material made into nanometer-sized particles with a palladium catalyst to produce cyclohexanone, a key ingredient in the production of nylon.
mimicking the exchange by diffusion of nutrients and drugs with human tissue. In the future this setup could also allow researchers to monitor the removal of metabolic waste products from the cells. his system is not a simple cell culture where tissue is being bathed in a static bath of liquid,
it replicates how tissue in our bodies actually gets exposed to nutrients and drugs. The heart cells were derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells,
mimicking the exchange by diffusion of nutrients and drugs with human tissue. In the future, this setup could also allow researchers to monitor the removal of metabolic waste products from the cells. his system is not a simple cell culture where tissue is being bathed in a static bath of liquid,
it replicates how tissue in our bodies actually gets exposed to nutrients and drugs. e
where a nanophotonic sensor could be built to scan for pollutants not just in food but also in air and water.
which is just icing on the cake. And since this platform could potentially be used for such a broad array of drugs,
Researchers are looking to convert these biopolymers to free the functional sugars and discharge energy.
Cornell Nanobiotechnology Center and the Cornell Nutrient Analysis Laboratory supported this research. Can nanofiber save your life?
mixing ingredients, capturing bacteria can be done with material about the size of a deck of cards. The fibers are a fast,
the research group developed porous films using pigskin-derived gelatin chemically modified with hexanoyl group that is believed to provide superb tissue adhesiveness and excellent bonding to growth factors.
a type of solar power based on the ability of plants to transform sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars.
Instead of sugars, however, synthetic photosynthesis seeks to produce liquid fuels that can be stored for months or years and distributed through existing energy infrastructure.
especially the catalysts that convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars at room temperatures.""This is not about mimicking nature directly
The disease starves the tree of nutrients, damages its roots and the tree produces fruits that are green and misshapen,
unsuitable for sale as fresh fruit or, for the most part, juice. Most infected trees eventually die, and the disease has affected already millions of citrus trees in North america.
"which are dissolved basically salts in a solution. The EPFL scientists exploited the liquid's tunability to bring it to an ideal viscosity gradient-enough to slow down DNA.
including pathogen detection in food or water and therapeutic drug monitoring at home, a feature which could drastically improve the efficient of various class of drugs and treatments a
and that is to me an opportunity to change the world in a very big way-Prof Baratunde Cola,
-Prof Baratunde Cola, Georgia Tech The team employed nanoscale fabrication techniques alongside metallic multiwall carbon nanotubes to build devices that utilized light's wave nature rather than its particle nature.
which is the structure we made-Prof Baratunde Cola, Georgia Tech The rectennas were grown on rigid substrates
Cola intends to improve the efficiency of the rectennas in a number of ways such as changing materials,
-Prof Baratunde Cola, Georgia Tec o
#Novel Lab in a Needle Device Could Provide Instant Results to Lab Tests Researchers at Houston Methodist,
A sandwich nanomaterial structure exposed to moisture also changes its colour However the scientists aren interested
For one thing, the colour of the sandwich material can be set via the thickness of the layers.
And for another, the colour of the sandwich changes if the scientists increase the relative humidity in the immediate surroundings of the material,
The sandwich structure consisting of phosphatoantimonate nanosheets and oxide nanoparticles is highly stable from a chemical perspective
To pick up a cup of coffee, they have to be able to see the cup,
Their reward for advancing through the various stages of the game successfully is flavored fruit juice. e want to determine what they can perceive through artificial stimulation of the nerves
computers, doors, windows, coffee machine--similar to using the Kinect or Wii in front of a TV.
A smelling device could be very useful for the smell industry, such as perfume, cosmetics, wine and coffee.
Aluminium and titanium melt like butter at this speed. Ceramic panels will have to be used. During tests
and nutrition for millions of small-scale fishermen and their families for generations, allowing coastal communities to sustain themselves.
the US Food and Drug Administration has given the go-ahead for a 3d printed pill to be produced.
And they have another unique ingredient, just as important as the high tech sensors, computers, and voice synthesisers.
Pausing, Mr Modi became emotional as he told of cleaning dishes for those less fortunate.
causing problems with eating, breathing and mobility and eventually death. Dr Sarah Hatsell and her colleagues at Regeneron found that the overactivity of the mutant receptor is caused by its altered response to the signalling molecule Activin-A this molecule normally makes AVCR1 less active,
and replace this large manufacturing footprint that is the bread and butter of our industry today with a suitcase-sized device that will make GMP therapeutics at the point of care within a few hours. know it sounds completely nuts. ield tests
so have have produced G-CSF (Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor), Interferon, and antibodies using the tech.
and replace this large manufacturing footprint that is the bread and butter of our industry today with a suitcase-sized device that will make GMP therapeutics at the point of care within a few hours. know it sounds completely nuts.
Field tests so have have produced G-CSF (Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor), Interferon, and antibodies using the tech.
and Plasmodium, which causes malaria, access vital nutrients from their host cells. Around one-third of the world deadly infectious diseases, including malaria
and for the pathogen to gain access to vital nutrients, Gold said. ltimately what defines a parasite is that they require certain key nutrients from their host,
he said. o they have had to evolve ways to get around their own barriers, to gain access to these nutrients.
Previous research has shown that the vacuoles are selectively permeable to small molecules, allowing certain nutrients to pass through pores in the membrane.
But until now, no one has been able to determine the molecular makeup of these pores, and how they are formed.
he said. o I think this is a really strong potential drug target for restricting the access of these parasites to a set of nutrients.
This ery excitingresearch elegantly identifies a molecular component of a pore in the vacuole that separates the growing Toxoplasma parasite from its host cell to help in the acquisition of nutrients, according to Manoj Duraisingh,
To pick up a cup of coffee, they have to be able to see the cup,
Their reward for advancing through the various stages of the game successfully is flavored fruit juice. e want to determine what they can perceive through artificial stimulation of the nerves
Other systems for 3-D cell culturing involve filling deep dishes with hydrogels. Because of the distance these dishes must be kept from the microscope,
Kamm said, it difficult to capture high-resolution images. AIM Biotech devices, on the other hand, he said, can be put directly under the microscope like a traditional plate,
professor at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Karolinska Institutet and also affiliated to the Scilifelab facility.
and Australia showed how LUK-ED attacked red blood cells to obtain nutrients, most notably iron, essential for its rapid growth and infection.
While the polymer released (polyethylene glycol) is recognized as safe and used in various food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products,
Dankovich nonprofit company page Drinking Paper, works together with the nonprofit WATERISLIFE to produce a book of this nanoparticle-embedded paper,
The research also presents an opportunity to greatly improve techniques for growing brain circuits in a dish that reflect the true diversity of the human brain,
#Identifying Cancer's Food Sensors May Help Halt Tumor Growth Oxford university researchers have identified a protein used by tumors to help them detect food supplies.
which enables them to make better use of available nutrients than the cells around them-including healthy tissue.'
'Cancer cells often have restricted access to the body's nutrient-rich blood supply. The ability to sense
and acquire nutrients is critical for a cancer to grow. Dr. Goberdhan's and Prof Harris's groups collaborated to develop an antibody that could be used to highlight PAT4 in human tissue samples.
This innovative perfume system has been created by tagging a raw fragrance onto an ionic liquid (salt in the form of liquid)
and could be used in perfumes and cosmetic creams, but it could also be used in others area of science,
Alectinib was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U s. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in June 2013 for people with ALK-positive NSCLC
#Modified Yeast Produce Opiates From Sugar, Stanford university Study It typically takes a year to produce hydrocodone from plants,
For thousands of years, people have used yeast to ferment wine, brew beer and leaven bread.
Now Stanford researchers have engineered genetically yeast to make painkilling medicines, a breakthrough that heralds a faster and potentially less expensive way to produce many different types of plant-based medicines.
so that these fast-growing cells could convert sugar into hydrocodone in just three to five days.
or brewed into teas, or later refined into pills using chemical processes to extract and concentrate their active ingredients.
Smolke team is modernizing the process by inserting precisely engineered snippets of DNA into cells, such as yeast,
These genes equipped the yeast to produce all the enzymes necessary for the cells to convert sugar into hydrocodone,
Many plants, including opium poppies, produce (S)- reticuline, a molecule that is a precursor to active ingredients with medicinal properties.
In addition to bioengineering yeast to convert sugar into hydrocodone, the Stanford team developed a second strain that can process sugar into thebaine, a precursor to other opioid compounds.
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