Texas company: Microwave keeps bread mold at bay (Update)
A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.
A Texas company could have the answer to some consumers' unwelcome discovery that just-purchased loaves contain mold.
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Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) have developed a simple method to maintain water and water-based solutions in a liquid state at temperatures far below the ...
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Scientists in Italy are reporting development and successful use of a fast new method to identify food additives that act as so-called "xenoestrogens" — substances with estrogen-like effects that are stirring international ...
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Materials Science
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Condensed Matter
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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have discovered a plant-based food preservative that is more effective than artificial preservatives. The organic preservative comprises naturally occurring ...
Biochemistry
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Cell & Microbiology
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Soon, you'll be able to get a box of freshly picked, sweet strawberries from the grocery store or local farm stand. But it's disappointing when you get them home and find that the ones at the bottom have started to rot. To ...
Biochemistry
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