The team found that the sugar trehalulose – which is not found in other honey or as a major component in other food – is produced in the gut of the bees. The mystery of what creates the rare, healthy sugar found in stingless bee honey, has been solved by[Read More…]
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Life3 & NUS signed MOU to incorporate electrospinning technology into food tech
Life3 Biotech and NUS Faculty of Engineering partner to optimise electrospinning technology in food tech Life3 Biotech (Life3) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) to incorporate electrospinning technology into food tech. It will be a world’s first[Read More…]
Singapore creates plant-based seaweed chicken with spirulina
The plant-based version is made with NUTRALYS® plant protein by Roquette A team of researchers at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) partnered with Philippines-based plant-based food manufacturer Worth the Health Foods (WTH Foods) and leading industry ingredients manufacturer Roquette to create the Plant-based Seaweed Chicken with Spirulina. Riding on the popular finger food, seaweed[Read More…]
Australian scientists creating ‘digital twins’ of mango to boost food production.
University of Queensland scientists are creating ‘digital twins’ of mango and macadamia orchards to help boost food production. Using technology familiar to computer gamers, University of Queensland scientists are creating ‘digital twins’ of mango and macadamia orchards to help boost food production. Professor Neena Mitter, the Director of the Centre of[Read More…]
Researchers at Australia developed portable toolkit to measure sweetness of fruit
kit would help support the knowledge already present in communities by providing scientific measurements to support their own observations. A prototype digital and portable bush fruits chemistry toolkit has been developed by University of Queensland researchers for communities to use on site, to measure key market attributes of popular bush[Read More…]
Scientists at NTU developed discarded Shells of tamarind into energy source for vehicles
Tamarind shells which are rich in carbon, the scientists converted the waste material into carbon nanosheets, which are a key component of supercapacitors – energy storage devices Shells of tamarind, a tropical fruit consumed worldwide, are discarded during food production. As they are bulky, tamarind shells take up a considerable[Read More…]
Australia links saturated fatty acids with memory formation
This study highlighted the unexpected role of saturated fatty acids Saturated fatty acid levels unexpectedly rise in the brain during memory formation, according to Australia’s University of Queensland research, opening a new avenue of investigation into how memories are made. Dr Tristan Wallis, from Professor Frederic Meunier’s laboratory at UQ’s[Read More…]
Singapore receives funds worth S$6 M for food sciences research
NUS and SIT will each receive a S$3 million gift towards the Food Science and Technology discipline. The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) recently received gifts totalling S$6 million from the Prima Group, in conjunction with its diamond anniversary, which will support a professorship,[Read More…]
Chinese researchers discover that watermelons grow faster at night
Researchers installed sensors at several key sites on the stem of watermelon and observed the distribution of water Recently, a wearable electronic sensor for plants has been jointly developed by LIU Xiangjiang and YING Yibin from the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, WANG Xiaozhi from the College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, and HU Zhongyuan from the College of[Read More…]
Singapore develops antibacterial gel bandage using durian husk
The team is now looking for industry partners who may be keen to take their antibacterial gel bandage to market Food scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have made an antibacterial gel bandage using the discarded husks of the popular tropical fruit, durian. Known as the “King of Fruits” in[Read More…]
