The transformation of barley grains into beer is an old story, typically starring water, yeast and hops. Now, in a report in the Journal of Proteome Research, scientists are highlighting another character in this tale: proteins. ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2018
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Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) are giving an ancient grain a new life: this barley is naked, but not in an indecent way.
Biotechnology
Jan 17, 2018
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Grain growers are celebrating a recent breakthrough by Murdoch University researchers that will lead to a boost in future barley production.
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2017
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What makes a perfectly flavoured pint? It's been the obsession of brewers big and small for centuries.
Biotechnology
Nov 27, 2017
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First domesticated 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East, wheat and barley took vastly different routes to China, with barley switching from a winter to both a winter and summer crop during a thousand-year ...
Archaeology
Nov 21, 2017
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Scientists from the International Barley Hub have discovered a genetic pathway to improved barley grain size and uniformity, a finding which may help breeders develop future varieties suited to the needs of growers and distillers.
Biotechnology
Oct 18, 2017
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Pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, are an increasingly common pollutant in water systems, said Catherine Hui Niu, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan.
Materials Science
Oct 12, 2017
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Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark are the first in the world to have analysed whole grains with long near-infrared wavelengths using a new type of light source, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 19, 2017
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Climate change will likely cause wheat and barley yields to decline by 17 to 33 percent by the end of the century, predicts a new statistical model developed by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Cornell ...
Environment
May 16, 2017
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Looking for a better beer or single malt Scotch whiskey? A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside may have you covered. They are among a group of 77 scientists worldwide who have sequenced the complete ...
Biotechnology
Apr 26, 2017
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