Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilisation, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by Mesopotamia's inhabitants. ...
Archaeology
Jan 17, 2012
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The Pazyryk carpet is the world's oldest example of a knotted-pile carpet and is kept at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. The carpet, which was made out of new wool at around 400 BC, is one of the most ...
Archaeology
Mar 5, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2011
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A long-abandoned fermentation process once used to turn starch into explosives can be used to produce renewable diesel fuel to replace the fossil fuels now used in transportation, University of California, Berkeley, scientists ...
Biochemistry
Nov 7, 2012
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Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste—prawn shells and discarded fruit—and fermenting them.
Materials Science
May 8, 2020
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Researchers have developed a reactor that can rapidly produce fuel from sunlight, using carbon dioxide and water, plus a compound called ceric oxide.
Materials Science
Jan 12, 2011
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A newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is relatively easy to ferment; and xylose, ...
Biotechnology
Dec 27, 2010
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An international team of researchers has found that a core cow microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and methane emissions. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes DNA testing they ...
There's no denying that chocolate is one of the world's favorite foods.
Other
Apr 7, 2022
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As demand for alternative protein sources grows, Australians are increasingly looking for options that are healthy, sustainable and ethically made.
Economics & Business
Apr 19, 2022
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