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While you might think that dried almonds are one of the “safer” foods, they’re actually prone to contamination by harmful bacteria. A simple new process could help keep that from happening, while also boosting their shelf life.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Pressurized CO2 used to bacteria-proof dried almonds
Scientists have genetically modified a tomato to produce L-DOPA, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease. The researchers suggest this innovation could be an easier and cheaper way to produce the essential medicine in regions where access to the synthesized pharmaceutical is restricted.
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Tags: Drugs, Genetic engineering, Food technology, Plants, Parkinson’s Disease, New Atlas Audio
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The future of food security, sustainable agriculture and the environment as a whole call for a lower reliance on traditional meat products over the coming decades, and a newly announced XPrize contest puts this issue center stage. The Feed the Next Bil… Continue reading XPrize launches a $15-million competition to develop alternative meats
With our consumption of meat continuing to place a huge strain on the environment, the emergence of lab-grown alternatives is beginning to pick up steam. A world-first regulatory approval today should help things along, with food tech startup Eat Just’… Continue reading Lab-grown chicken on the menu in Singapore after world-first approval
When you think of processes that could benefit from a high-tech makeover, the drying of fruit may not be the first one that comes to mind. It turns out, however, that the use of “ionic wind” for fruit-dehydration both saves energy and preserves nutrien… Continue reading “Ionic wind” tech could revolutionize the fruit-drying industry
More accurately knowing when our food is no longer safe to eat could help avoid a lot of wastage, and lately we’re seeing how small, discreet sensors can tell us when these items begin to spoil. An international team of scientists has now put forward a… Continue reading Electronic nose uses color-changing barcodes to reveal spoiled meat
No one likes the idea of biting into a cookie (or other food item) and finding a piece of glass, wood or plastic inside. An experimental new system is designed to keep that from happening, utilizing radar technology.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTag… Continue reading Radar-based inspection system scans food for foreign objects
Given that not everyone has the same tolerance for hot chilis, it would be good if there were a simple, portable means of objectively assessing exactly how hot they are. Well, scientists have developed just such a gadget – and it plugs into a smartphon… Continue reading Smartphone-connected device measures the heat of chilis
Alphabet’s X moonshot factory is a research group working to solve big-picture ideas through technological innovation, and for its latest venture the team is turning its attention to sustainable farming. Called Mineral, the project aims to leverage cut… Continue reading Alphabet builds a plant-inspecting buggy for sustainable farming
We’ve already heard about so-called “microneedle patches” that are used for the painless and sustained release of medication through the skin. Now, MIT scientists have adapted the technology for the detection of spoiled food.Continue ReadingCategory: S… Continue reading Microneedle patch changes color to indicate food spoilage