Over the past decade, interest has been rising in fermented dairy foods that promote health and could potentially prevent diseases such as hypertension (high blood pressure). Functional dairy products that lower blood pressure ...
Other
May 23, 2016
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The personalized collections of microorganisms and molecules found in, on and around us—known as our microbiome and metabolome, respectively—are increasingly recognized for their influences on everything from allergies ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2016
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200,000 fish bones discovered in and around a pit in Sweden suggest that the people living in the area more than 9000 years ago were more settled and cultured than we previously thought. Research published in the Journal ...
Archaeology
Feb 8, 2016
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Of all the people who really like beer (and there are a lot of them), most don't really understand how it's made. Sure, there's an art to brewing – but there's science as well. To learn more about the science of beer, we ...
Other
Dec 3, 2015
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Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a novel anaerobic undefined mixed culture fermentation process to produce high value chemicals from glycerol and volatile fatty acids in waste water.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 3, 2015
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The hemicellulose sugars of barley straw can be effectively fermented into biobutanol, when starch is added during the pre-treatment or fermentation process, shows a new University of Eastern Finland study.
Biotechnology
Sep 30, 2015
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The composition of feedstock biomass and the selection of fermenting microorganisms are critical factors in biorefinery design. Once biomass feedstock is identified, depending on local conditions, biorefinery designers need ...
Biotechnology
Aug 4, 2015
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New research in the Open Access journal GigaScience presents a virtual package of data for biogas production, made reusable in a containerized form to allow scientists to better understand the production of biofuels.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 30, 2015
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For decades, researchers have worked to improve cacao fermentation by controlling the microbes involved. Now, to their surprise, a team of Belgian researchers has discovered that the same species of yeast used in production ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 15, 2015
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Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have, for the first time, uncovered the complex interdependence and orchestration of metabolic reactions, gene regulation, and environmental cues of clostridial ...
Biotechnology
Jun 24, 2015
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