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How food microbiology contract labs can drive sustainable impact
June 19, 2022
Safe and trusted food is essential for the food industry to prosper — especially in today’s landscape of increased transparency.

Moving from ‘Use by’ to ‘Best before’ dates: participate in the project
February 17, 2022
Many producers have elected to display 'Best before' in place of 'Use by' dates on fresh pasteurised milk products. A decision that has the potential to dramatically reduce consumer waste...

Making an impact in remote laboratory research
February 16, 2022
During Lab Innovations last November, Anna Cooper and Raymond Wong were delighted to pick up the ‘Most impactful laboratory research model or simulation award’ at the 2021 Lab Awards on...

Shedding light on how to increase UK crop yields
January 31, 2022
Recent events has demonstrated the need to increase the UK's national food harvest and build relience within our local supply chains. As light is a limiting factor in UK agricultural...
Atmospheric Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Botany, Chemistry, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Organic Chemistry

Food forensics: how AI can smell authentic olive oil
January 27, 2022
Extra virgin olive (EVO) oils are highly complex. Here, Prof Chiara Cordero discusses the application of an AI smelling machine to analyse, qualify, categorise, and authenticate olive oil and counteract...

PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation
November 2, 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) competition focusing on ways of tackling the climate emergency through the food system.

How food and drink labs have adapted since COVID-19
October 27, 2021
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw the mass stock-piling of food products like chicken, flour and eggs. This had a major knock-on effect on food and drinks...

Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
October 13, 2021
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on the science. Here, Dermot Martin discusses a research project that seeks...
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Comment And Analysis, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, Genetics, Health, Medical/Health, Proteomics & Genomics

Better choices for health and wellbeing – for you and the planet
October 1, 2021
With a significant trend towards more widespread acceptance of flexitarian plant-based diets, Adrian Hodgson and Mark Stripf reveal how the needs of a healthy planet and healthy people are intertwined.

Algae – a novel solution to the climate crisis?
September 29, 2021
By 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than in 2005, and will need 50% more fresh water and fuel, while reducing CO2 emissions by 100%. Professor...
Atmospheric Sciences, Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Botany, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environment, Environmental, Food & Bev, Food & Beverage, Food and Drink, Food Science, In Depth, Life Sciences, Marine Biology, Materials, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology

