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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...

Chemists use DNA to build the world’s tiniest antenna

January 14, 2022
Inspired by the ‘Lego-like’ properties of DNA, with building blocks that are typically 20,000 times smaller than a human hair, a new DNA-based fluorescent nanoantenna will monitor the structural change...

Forensic technology used to deliver justice in 38-year-old murder case

December 9, 2021
A unique fingerprint visualisation system has been making news in the US this week after being used by cold-case detectives in Delray Beach, Florida, to solve a 38-year-old murder case....

Renewable energy’s hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate

December 2, 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transition – under certain conditions concludes an international group of researchers. Blue hydrogen...

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future

November 22, 2021
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale greenhouse gases (GHG) being emitted annually by the plastics sector into the global atmosphere. In 2021, the...

How to gain Chinese regulation compliance

November 12, 2021
Dr Paul Orange outlines the project which led to his involvement in the new Chinese battery protocol regulations. In response to customer demand, he led an initiative that ensured all...

Construction robotics – research and innovation from China

November 12, 2021
While advances in robotic automation have revolutionised manufacturing over past decades, assembling a wide range of everyday items from vehicles to consumer electronics, we have yet to see a similar...

Understanding powder flow in materials testing

October 14, 2021
Tapped density methods are a popular choice for assessing powder flow in materials laboratory testing. Here, Dr Katrina Brockbank discusses what data tapped density measurements actually do and do not...

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