News tagged with fermentation processes
First aid for winemakers
Whether or not a wine turns out to be as outstanding as the winemaker hopes depends on the quality of the yeasts; they control the fermentation process and create the distinctive flavor. A new sensor allows ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Products of biotechnological origin using vegetable and fruit by-products generated by the industry
More than 192 million tonnes of fruit and vegetable waste is produced in Europe every year. The continued use of oil as a raw material is a serious obstacle in the way of sustainable industrial development, ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Go to work on a Christmas card
If all the UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Same fungus, different strains
Fungi play key roles in nature and are valued for their great importance in industry. Consider citric acid, a key additive in several foods and pharmaceuticals produced on a large-scale basis for decades with ...
May 13, 2011 |
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Scientists to study one of world's oldest beers
In the summer of 2010 in the Aland archipelago, divers retrieved well-preserved bottles of champagne and five bottles of beer from the wreck of a ship that likely sank during the first half of 1800s. VTT Technical ...
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Researchers expand yeast's sugary diet to include plant fiber
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, researchers have taken genes from grass-eating fungi and stuffed them into yeast, creating strains that produce alcohol from tough plant material - cellulose ...
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Unusual feed supplement could ease greenhouse gassy cows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases, could be decreased by an unusual feed supplement developed by a Penn State dairy scientist.
Aug 26, 2010 |
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New yeast can ferment more sugar, make more cellulosic ethan
(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University scientists have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by fermenting all five types of the plant's sugars.
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Wine-making yeast shows promise for bioethanol production
Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that might be important for ethanol production from plant material, providing insights into the bioeth ...
May 13, 2010 |
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Tequila plant could help treat diabetes, osteoporosis
The agave plant, the key ingredient in Mexico's famous tequila, could help treat diabetes and osteoporosis, according to Mexican researchers.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 21, 2010 |
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On the road to 'sweet' tires made with a more sustainable process
Motorists will be driving on the world's first "green" tires within the next five years, scientists predicted here today, thanks to a revolutionary new technology that produces a key tire ingredient from renewable ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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New bacteria strain points the way toward 'super sourdough' bread
What better venue than San Francisco -- sourdough capital of the world -- to unveil a new natural sourdough ingredient that could replace conventional additives in a variety of other breads, while making them ...
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Researchers improve production of chemicals from wood waste
Researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have succeeded in making a significant leap forward in the production of biochemicals and biofuels from waste wood. They discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus ba ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Sweet success for sustainable biofuel research
Scientists have found a way to increase fermentable sugar stores in plants which could lead to plant biomass being easier to convert into eco-friendly sustainable biofuels. Their research is highlighted in the latest issue ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine
Turning grape juice into wine is a stressful business for yeasts. Dr Agustin Aranda from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond to stress and is investigating ways to ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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