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Europe: DTU inaugurates eel research facility

A facility for the propagation of European eel was inaugurated at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Hirtshals in North Jutland. Here, researchers and...

Americas: Researcher finds migrants pay more for cuisine from home

When migrants move, they often try to keep eating their native cuisine. However, a new study from an MIT professor reveals an economic tension underneath...

Europe: UK holds event on food, human microbes, health

The New York Academy of Sciences and the Quadram Institute held an international conference to explore trends and emerging findings in microbiome science from...

Americas: Silk keeps fruit fresh without refrigeration

Tufts University biomedical engineers have demonstrated that fruits can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in an...

Americas: Cargill finds three solutions to reduce saturated fats in baked goods

Using starches, vegetable waxes and emulsions, Cargill scientists have created fat systems that lower saturated fat by as much as 40% in shortenings, without...

Europe: Straw may help create everyday products, says researcher

Glucose from straw may play a big role in the future production of many everyday products. An award winning PhD project from DTU Chemical...

Europe: Researcher makes durable plastics from plants, clay

A new more sustainable material developed by reinforcing commercial bioplastic using additives from plants such as nanocellulose and oregano extracts can solve the most...

Americas: Salmonella ‘microevolves’, find researchers

Research led by Dr Rob Kingsley from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) has shown how Salmonella rapidly 'microevolves' during an epidemic. It highlights how...

Americas: Healthy diet after pregnancy lowers high blood pressure risk

Sticking to a healthy diet in the years after pregnancy may reduce the risk of high blood pressure among women who had pregnancy-related (gestational)...

Americas: Mushroom specie found to power batteries

Researchers at Purdue University have created electrodes from a species of wild fungus called Tyromyces fissilis. Carbon fibers derived from a type of wild mushroom,...