#Food mechanics recipe to serve up healthy food that lasts

“#Food mechanics recipe to serve up healthy food that lasts” Credit: Queensland University of Technology (QUT) QUT researchers are working to design faster, cheaper, and better ways to store food. Published in journal PLOS One, researchers used QUT’s supercomputing facilities to examine the micromechanical behavior of plant tissues and how biological cells behave while dehydrated…

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#Biobased chemicals take center stage

“#Biobased chemicals take center stage” Usually, when oil prices fall, biobased chemical firms struggle. But these days, alternatives to petroleum-based products are undergoing a renaissance. Consumers are increasingly eco-conscious, leading companies to partner with chemical manufacturers to develop products that are both sustainable and high performing. A new article in Chemical & Engineering News, the…

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#Researchers build robot scientist that has already discovered a new catalyst

“#Researchers build robot scientist that has already discovered a new catalyst” Mobile robot scientist loading a rack of experimental samples. Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University of Liverpool have built an intelligent mobile robot scientist that can work 24-7, carrying out experiments by itself. The robot scientist, the first of its kind, makes…

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