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Americas: Purdue crop storage bag commercializes
The Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bag that is designed to prevent insect-caused post-harvest losses for farmers in developing countries, is now commercially available...
Americas: Purdue food, energy program gets US$2.5M grant
A Purdue University-led program training students on producing sustainable food and electricity for populations through solar energy received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research...
Americas: Purdue graduates develop soy microbeads to replace plastic ones
A team of four Purdue graduates have developed SoyFoliate, a soy-microbead technology that could serve as an alternative to the recently banned plastic microbeads...
Americas: Researchers use light to improve food safety
A team of researchers applies the use of light and other technologies to better the world’s health care, food safety, and biosecurity systems.
Yong Chen...
Americas: Purdue leaders join Commission against food challenges
Three Purdue University leaders have joined The Challenge of Change Commission, which is comprised of 34 prominent university, government, non-governmental organizations, and business leaders....
Americas: Lab finds food ingredient blends more sensitive to climate change
A recent Purdue study featured in the Journal of Food Science, deciphers why food ingredient blends are more sensitive to changes in climate than...
Americas: Soluble corn fiber can help boost bone health in women
Supplementing with soluble corn fiber at two critical times in a woman’s life – adolescence and post-menopause – can help build and retain calcium...
Americas: Rapid, low-temperature process prolongs milk’s shelf life
A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria present, extending by several weeks the shelf life of one...
Europe: Working mothers’ brain health boosts with Concord grape juice, finds...
Drinking Concord grape juice daily can benefit certain aspects of memory and everyday tasks in people with stressful lifestyles – specifically working mothers according...
Americas: Calcium supplement intake does not harm the heart, says researcher
Contrary to recent reports, consuming calcium supplements is not likely to cause heart problems or heart attacks, according to a study from Purdue University.
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