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Released: 22-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Expert shares tips for food safety at cookouts and potlucks
Virginia Tech

As the summer season approaches, lots of people will be planning to host or attend backyard cookouts and potlucks. But before you fire up the grill, Virginia Tech food safety expert Melissa Wright shares tips to protect yourself, your family, and your friends from foodborne illnesses during the warm-weather months. “Safe food handling when eating outdoors is critical,” says Wright.

Newswise: Blood, Sweat and Water: New Paper Analytical Devices Track Health and Environment
Released: 21-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Blood, Sweat and Water: New Paper Analytical Devices Track Health and Environment
Tufts University

The idea of simplifying healthcare technology is a shared vision among Tufts faculty, who have recently introduced paper-based tests for monitoring personal health and environmental safety that eliminate the need for expensive laboratory equipment, and can be conducted by anyone, anywhere

   
Newswise: Fast track to food safety: new test spots seafood pathogen in 30 minutes
Released: 16-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Fast track to food safety: new test spots seafood pathogen in 30 minutes
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking point-of-care detection method for Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacterium responsible for a significant number of foodborne illnesses. The new platform, leveraging recombinant polymerase amplification (RPA) and the CRISPR/Cas12a system combined with an immunochromatographic test strip (ICS), offers a low-cost, simple, and visually intuitive solution for the rapid detection of this pathogen in seafood.

   
Newswise: UAlbany Scientists Receive Funding to Develop Color-Changing Salmonella Detection Kit
Released: 13-May-2024 1:00 PM EDT
UAlbany Scientists Receive Funding to Develop Color-Changing Salmonella Detection Kit
University at Albany, State University of New York

University at Albany researchers have been awarded $611,000 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a new, fast-acting tool for Salmonella detection. Similar to the test strips used to measure pH or detect COVID-19, it will display results on a color-changing panel — purple if positive, red if negative. If successful, the test will reduce the time it takes to detect salmonella in food from days to hours, making it possible to quickly implement preemptive measures to prevent human illness and lost revenue.

   
Newswise: Natural biosurfactants: the future of eco-friendly meat preservation
Released: 13-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Natural biosurfactants: the future of eco-friendly meat preservation
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recently, exciting new paper unveils the potential of biosurfactants—natural compounds produced by microbes—to significantly improve the preservation of meat products. This innovative approach could replace synthetic chemicals, enhancing food safety and quality.

Released: 10-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Natural biosurfactants: the future of eco-friendly meat preservation
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recently, exciting new paper unveils the potential of biosurfactants—natural compounds produced by microbes—to dramatically improve the preservation of meat products. This innovative approach could replace synthetic chemicals, enhancing food safety and quality.

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3-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously (video)
American Chemical Society (ACS)

In a study in ACS Nano, researchers describe swarms of microscale robots (microrobots) that captured bits of plastic and bacteria from water. Afterward, the bots were decontaminated and reused.

   
Released: 1-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Register for Food and Nutrition Institute’s Fourth Annual Conference on Science, Regulation
Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Event at National Press Club features nutrition, food safety scientists and leaders addressing major issues with a research and regulatory lens.

   
Released: 11-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
New EPA PFAS Ruling: MSU Experts Provide Overview of Changes
Michigan State University

Municipal water systems must remove “forever chemicals” from their tap water under a new rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency meant to prevent deaths and serious illnesses linked to the substances.

   
Newswise: NAWI Awarded Funding to Continue to Accelerate Research and Development for a Secure Water Future
Released: 11-Apr-2024 11:15 AM EDT
NAWI Awarded Funding to Continue to Accelerate Research and Development for a Secure Water Future
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

The National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), which is led by Berkeley Lab, has been extended for five more years with $75 million in funding fromDOE. NAWI will continue its contributions to helping decarbonize the water and wastewater sectors through investments in technologies that enhance the efficient use of energy for water use, treatment, and distribution.

Newswise: WVU to help fill need for water workforce in Appalachian communities
Released: 10-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
WVU to help fill need for water workforce in Appalachian communities
West Virginia University

A $1.4 million demonstration grant from the U.S. Department of Labor supports the three-year initiative to develop paid summer internship partnerships with water and wastewater utilities serving disadvantaged areas of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.

Released: 8-Apr-2024 5:05 AM EDT
10 years later . . . MSU experts are available to comment on what’s next for Flint
Michigan State University

Michigan State University has a long-standing relationship with the city of Flint, Michigan. MSU Extension has been working with people in Genesee County for more than 100 years and continues to offer programs to help residents thrive.

Newswise: SUNY ESF Leads Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater’s Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
Released: 3-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
SUNY ESF Leads Groundbreaking Research in Groundwater’s Role in Ecosystem Sustainability
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Groundwater has been largely unstudied in its importance and role in sustaining ecosystems.

Newswise: UNC Wilmington Among Universities Receiving Instruments for PFAS Research
Released: 28-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UNC Wilmington Among Universities Receiving Instruments for PFAS Research
University of North Carolina Wilmington

UNC Wilmington faculty have been equipped with a cutting-edge instrument from the North Carolina Collaboratory and Thermo Fisher Scientific to advance research on the impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination on the environment and public health.



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