Food and water-borne illnesses are a common concern around the world. Every year hundreds of millions of water, beverage and food samples need to be tested to detect harmful bacteria.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 30, 2018
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A team of researchers affiliated with MIT and Harvard University has found evidence suggesting that as the planet heats up, the performance of some government workers might be negatively impacted. In their paper published ...
The pumpkin is diced, the chicken carved and the eggs beaten into an omelette, but the people preparing the food are not chefs—they are scientists testing produce from Japan's Fukushima region.
Environment
Aug 1, 2018
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A new screening tool developed at the University of British Columbia is giving seafood companies the ability to pinpoint the highest risks of forced labour in their supply chain.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2018
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The perceived safety and quality of food imported from Europe into China provides commercial opportunities for European food producers, research has found.
Economics & Business
May 23, 2018
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In the spring of 2001, the UK countryside turned into a crematorium. A foul-smelling haze settled over parts of the country as 6m cows, sheep, pigs and goats were slaughtered and their carcasses burned in the fields. This ...
Other
Apr 25, 2018
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How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture from the outside, while at the same time, are weak enough to break from the inside during chick hatching? It's all in the eggshell's nanostructure, according ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2018
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There has been a lot of noise on cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin of late. While some suggest cryptocurrencies are a fraud, others believe them to be the next biggest economic revolution the world has seen since the internet. ...
Internet
Dec 20, 2017
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Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, in St. Louis, MO and their collaborators at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Hyderabad, India, United States Department ...
Biotechnology
Nov 1, 2017
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A new research group will focus on how seafood can be safely and sustainably produced for the world's growing population.
Ecology
Oct 26, 2017
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