Food and beverage news

Energy drinks: how dangerous are they for young people or those with a damaged heart?

Can AI improve plant-based meats?

Green Tea & Cocoa: Healthy Choices for Stressful Days

Study finds flavanols protect vascular health from high-fat meals during stress

Targeted glucosinolate conversion: How kohlrabi tissue forms health-promoting ingredients

New study shows tissue-specific differences in glucosinolate degradation with relevance for plant protection and health potential

The blue-green sustainable proteins of seaweed may soon be on your plate

A new method predicts the shelf life of strawberries in real time

Bolzano becomes an international center for food fermentation research

A KAIST research team successfully produces microbial plastic to replace pet bottles​

Why health and price, not sustainability, drive US meat consumption choices

Health and taste were rated as the most important considerations when purchasing meat overall

Flower power: the hidden potential of apple blossoms

Salmon frequently mislabeled in Seattle grocery stores and sushi restaurants

In new study, grocery stores were more reliable than sushi restaurants in labeling salmon properly

Moderate Meat Cuts: Big Potential for Climate and Forest Protection

Eliminating fraction of current beef production could remove three years’ worth of global fossil fuel emissions

Nestlé recognized one of the World's Best Employers

More than just insects

Alternative protein sources supplement conventional food and animal feed

Risk assessment: Essential ingredient for greater food safety

BfR organizes international symposium in Costa Rica

Michter's First release of the 20-year-old bourbon in two years

The science behind Magnum Bon Bon bite-sized ice creams

3D printed prototypes created the optimal Bon Bon size for packing and transportation

New Lavazza calendar

LET'S BLEND - 130 YEARS FORWARD

The Lav'a Belle success story

A young founding couple conquers the aperitif scene with their purple liqueur

Most surveyed grocery shoppers report noticing shrinkflation

Fewer consumers check key indicators like unit price and weight compared to total cost

Is reheated spinach poisonous?

Nordzucker Plant Based Ingredients

Ground-breaking ceremony with Minister Staudte in Groß Munzel

KitKat becomes the Official Chocolate Bar of Formula1®

Eating fish is practicing climate protection

Sustainable fish consumption helps the climate and protects the oceans

A “chemical ChatGPT” for new medications

AI learns chemical connections

Berlin-Based Neurotech Startup Secures Investment for the Development of a Digital Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

Activating the Memory System of the Brain with Software to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

“The integration of robotics and AI is poised to revolutionize science labs”

By automating routine tasks, scientists can focus on higher-level research questions, paving the way for faster breakthroughs

Are trees the future for the production of industrial chemicals?

Finding could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

Detecting evidence of lung cancer in exhaled breath

Sensing technology could provide a breakthrough in non-invasive lung cancer screening

Recycling batteries with citric acid

Highly efficient recycling process for NCM lithium-ion batteries

Superspreader fibrils caught in the act

New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: genome at the chromosome level decoded

Scientific milestone provides deeper insights into the evolution and biology of Octopus vulgaris

The fireproof battery

Salt batteries

The preparation makes the poison

The Nobel Prize Winners 2017

Internal clock, gravitational waves and cold analysis

Hydrogen: Breakthrough in alkaline membrane electrolyzers

Possible approach for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases discovered

AI-driven mobile robots team up to tackle chemical synthesis

Chemical research in turbo mode

Machine learning can predict the mechanical properties of polymers

A machine learning algorithm can use X-ray diffraction data from polymers to predict the behaviour of new materials

Diabetes switch in DNA

Promising approach for personalised diabetes therapy

Researcher finds gold - and other metals

Gold sensor is latest in a series of metal-detecting biosensors

New technology for solid state batteries

Qkera selected as one of the 25 best start-ups at Falling Walls

Bayer partners with innovative hormone monitoring device start-up

Funding to advance early-stage research efforts

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 goes to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier

The laureates’ contributions have enabled the investigation of processes that are so rapid they were previously impossible to follow

Hazardous chemicals found in cosmetics

A pilot enforcement project by ECHA’s Enforcement Forum found that 6% of inspected cosmetic products contained hazardous substances banned under POPs and REACH regulations

Understanding How Mutations Affect Diseases

Novel Framework to Study Polygenic Diseases

The heaviest element ever chemically studied

Experiments succeed in determining properties of moscovium and nihonium

Climate-friendly electricity from ammonia

Electricity and heat are generated in a single compact system — without CO2 emissions or other harmful byproducts.

Ovulation filmed from start to finish for the first time

New findings for fertility research

Why liver inflammation can damage the kidneys

Porsche may acquire stake in Varta and majority stake in e-mobility division "V4Drive"

Double strike against leukaemia: Inducing defective cell division could improve therapy

Targeting the powerhouses of the cell

ONE microscopy: from molecule to 3D structure with conventional microscopy

The simple and cost-effective method developed using a few simple but effective tricks