Metabolically engineered organisms could sustainably produce ingredients for natural foods, flavors and fragrances
metabolically engineered organisms could sustainably produce ingredients for natural foods, flavors and fragrances
metabolically engineered organisms could sustainably produce ingredients for natural foods, flavors and fragrances
Biotechnology
Apr 3, 2019
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Skilled perfumers bring art and science together to design new fragrances, a talent that takes ten or more years to develop. Crafting a fragrance that leaves an impression is one of the most important components a consumer ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 24, 2018
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Many people select their shampoo based on smell. Unfortunately, that scent usually doesn't last long on hair. Now, one team reports in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces a new way to help the fragrance "stick" to hair longer.
Materials Science
Jul 26, 2017
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Fragrances can be powerful. They can sooth or revitalize, evoke the forest or sea, and remind us of the past. To capture them, manufacturers infuse scents into products from toilet bowl cleaners to luxury perfumes. But once ...
Materials Science
Feb 17, 2016
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Researchers have sniffed out an unspoken rule among women when it comes to fragrances: Women don't buy perfume for other women, and they certainly don't share them.
Social Sciences
Jul 16, 2015
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From jasmine to sandalwood, the alluring scents of the most luxurious perfumes might seem more art than science, but a new way to analyze them breaks from the tradition of relying only on experts' sense of smell to blend ...
Other
May 7, 2014
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Childrens' toys need to comply as of Saturday with a new Europe-wide ban on dozens of chemical substances scientists say could trigger cancer, harm fertility or unleash allergies, the European Commission said.
Internet
Jul 19, 2013
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Large amounts of a substitute for one of the world's most treasured fragrance ingredients—a substance that also has potential anti-cancer activity—could be produced with a sustainable new technology, scientists are reporting. ...
Biochemistry
Dec 19, 2012
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High demand for Frankincense means that many Boswellia papyrifera trees are being over-exploited and populations are at risk of dying out. But help may be on hand as the results of a new study led by Motuma Tolera, which ...
Ecology
Dec 10, 2012
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The latest effort to decipher the unique aroma signature of the durian—revered as the "king of fruits" in southeast Asia but reviled elsewhere as the world's foulest smelling food—has uncovered several new substances ...
Other
Nov 28, 2012
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