Innovation
Europe: DNA shows food labeling accuracy
Mapping a food’s DNA could in the future be used as a tool to check that the product contains the ingredients stated on the...
Asia Pacific: Scientists in Singapore invent material that kills E Coli in 30 seconds
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a new material that can kill the E. coli bacteria within...
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...
Asia Pacific: Cornell receives US$4.8M to develop GE eggplant in region
To strengthen capacity to develop and disseminate genetically engineered (GE) eggplant in Bangladesh and the Philippines, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has...
Europe: Givaudan joins start-up accelerator as founding partner
Givaudan joins start-up accelerator, MassChallenge, which is expanding into Switzerland with members Bühler Group, Nestlé, Inartis Foundation and the Swiss Economic Forum.
MassChallenge is active...
Europe: Plant pilot turns gases into baking powder
The Schwelgern coke plant (KBS), ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions and Berlin Technical University (TU Berlin) have installed a pilot plant on the works site of...
Asia Pacific: GEA on building an earthquake-proof plant
GEA has built a whole milk drying plant for Fonterra in earthquake zone Pahiatua in New Zealand that produces at 15 tons/hour and is designed to...
World: Frutarom buys stake in start-up for US$2.6M
Frutarom Industries will invest NIS 10 million (US$2.6 million) in exchange for the allocation of 50% of Algalo shares to build a modern biotechnology...
Middle East: Region can enjoy consistent milk supply, says Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak’s OneStep processing technology is now enabling milk producers to prepare ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk from powder in one step, reducing operational cost by...
Asia Pacific: Singapore researchers create water purification tool
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Environmental Research Institute have engineered a biomimetic membrane that can purify water at low pressure, thus...