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New consortium for scaled up meat produced from cultivated cells

Competition promotes innovation, but for a nascent industry, one strategy is for competitors to band together to tackle fundamental technical obstacles, set standards, and exchange knowledge in a way that benefits the industry as a whole.

20 Oct 2022

Sustainable seaweed-based wrapper could solve fast-food packaging problem

Flinders University materials researchers and pioneering German biomaterials developer one • fıve are using seaweed extracts to develop next-generation biopolymer coating materials that could solve packaging waste dilemmas for the fast-food industry.

14 Oct 2022

Gut microbiome’s influence on how lifestyle affects dementia risk

A recent Baycrest study points to the possibility that the gut microbiome influences how nutrition and exercise impact brain health and dementia risk. Physicians and researchers could be able to improve dementia prevention efforts with the use of this knowledge.

13 Oct 2022

Actylis Debuts, Signaling the Creation of an Integrated Global Specialty Ingredients Manufacturing and Sourcing Powerhouse

Actylis Integrates Aceto and its 10 Acquired Specialists with Broad Expertise in GMP and Non-GMP Raw Material Manufacturing and Sourcing into a Singular Global Brand

From Actylis 28 Sep 2022

The exchange of nutrients between the mother and fetus mirrored by ‘placenta-on-a-chip’

Plasmodium falciparum infections can result in placental malaria, which can have serious consequences for both mother and child. Nearly 200,000 newborn fatalities annually from placental malaria, primarily as a result of low birth weight, as well as 10,000 maternal deaths.

27 Sep 2022

Novel mechanism for curvature generation of fluidic membranes

Cell membranes switch between several 3D structures with ease. It is a remarkable characteristic that is crucial for a number of biological processes, including viral infections, nutrition transfer into cells, cell motility, and cell division.

13 Sep 2022

Researchers discover a new way plants are adapting to changing climate

While increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere encourage plant growth, they also reduce the nutritional value of plants, which can have a larger impact on nutrition and food safety worldwide.

13 Sep 2022

Leaf tissue nutrient tests can help farmers decide how to best care for plants

The leaf on a plant might not be the first thing that comes to mind when looking to examine nutrients.

9 Sep 2022

Researchers identify a gene responsible for differential accumulation of cadmium in rice

Rice is a staple food for nearly half the world's population. However, it accumulates more cadmium from the soil than other cereals like barley and wheat.

1 Sep 2022

Studies on mice reveals the co-existence of gut bacteria and their hosts

According to scientists, the gut microbiome—a colony of bacteria that inhabits the digestive system—can be altered by the host body’s genes in addition to nutrition and environment.

From University of Bath 30 Aug 2022

Climate change may contribute to increased wheat price spikes and larger economic inequality

Wheat is a key source of nutrition for people across the globe, providing 20% of calories and protein for 3.4 billion people worldwide.

22 Aug 2022

Parents transmit genetic and epigenetic information to their offspring

The knowledge of what can be inherited from parents and how their life experiences impact children could be completely rewritten if a fundamental finding concerning a factor driving healthy development in embryos were made.

From Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) 15 Aug 2022

UF scientists know why 'aromatic' blueberries taste good

They may be called "aromatic" blueberries, but they don't just smell nice -- they taste good.

9 Aug 2022

Study finds a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production during warm weather

Rising temperatures pose major challenges to the dairy industry – a Holstein's milk production can decline 30 to 70% in warm weather – but a new Cornell University-led study has found a nutrition-based solution to restore milk production during heat-stress events, while also pinpointing the cause of the decline.

8 Aug 2022

Plant-based meat and dairy alternatives offer a healthier and more environmentally sustainable solution, study says

According to the authors of a new study, plant-based dietary substitutes for animal products are healthier for both the environment and people than the animal products they are meant to replace.

From University of Bath 1 Aug 2022

Insects retain multiple genes from microbes that help them to survive, a new study reveals

Microbes and plants may have given insects an evolutionary benefit, hundreds of millions of years ago, by transferring genes to them via horizontal gene transfer.

20 Jul 2022

Research finds mechanism triggering flowering plants to produce fruits and seeds

Food production has grown more and more challenging for producers throughout the globe due to rising global temperatures and declining pollinator populations.

14 Jul 2022

New method can identify the vast number of molecules derived from food

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego, report a new method called untargeted metabolomics to identify the vast number of molecules derived from food that were previously unidentified, but that appear in our blood and our stool.

From UC San Diego 11 Jul 2022

Higher protein intake during weight loss efforts enhances diet quality

A study of over 200 adults found that diet quality improved when they ate more protein. Experts recommend eating protein when on a weight loss diet in order to preserve muscle.

6 Jul 2022

Researchers get a complete atlas of zebrafish genetic data for biomedical research

According to the latest research, medical and life science scientists will benefit from the most detailed atlas of zebrafish genetic data available.

5 Jul 2022