The Eyes have it? Iowa researchers study retinal scans as early detection...
New research from Iowa State University shows that a fatal neurological disease in cows can be detected earlier by examining the animal’s retinas. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known more...
View ArticleFood fraud detection: Chinese team develops new method for rapid...
The Food Safety and Technology Research Centre under the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a new method for rapid...
View ArticleA.I. might prevent the next E. coli outbreak
Tonya Riley of Inverse reports that artificial intelligence is already well on its way to being the future of food service, but what if it could also do things like prevent foodborne illnesses, such as...
View ArticleMen who stare at goats – and use spinach as bomb detectors
A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) embedded carbon nanotubes in spinach leaves which emitted a signal when they detected nitroaromatics — a chemical compound used...
View ArticleExpediting detection of pathogens in food supply
Angelo Gaitas, a research assistant professor at Florida International University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, along with Gwangseong Kim, a research scientist, are commercializing...
View ArticleSeek and ye shall find: Sapovirus sickens 650 in Sweden, 2016
A foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis with more than 650 suspected cases occurred in April 2016 in Sollentuna, Sweden. It originated in a school kitchen serving a total of 2,700 meals daily. Initial...
View ArticleDoes chlorine make pathogens harder to detect in fresh produce?
The microbiological safety of fresh produce is monitored almost exclusively by culture-based detection methods. However, bacterial foodborne pathogens are known to enter a viable-but-nonculturable...
View ArticlePutting food-safety detection in the hands of consumers
I always thought the MIT Media Lab would be the coolest place to work. I have no idea whether this gadget will work, but it has coolnest factor. MIT Media Lab researchers have developed a wireless...
View ArticleCat’s in the cream, NZ
About 15 years ago, some Aussie researchers, using motion-activated video cameras, found that however well-behaved cats were during the day, as soon as everyone went to sleep, it was party time, and...
View ArticleCan a smartphone stop a norovirus outbreak?
Rebecca Trager of Chemistry World reports U.S. researchers have created a handheld detection system that is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus. University of Arizona biomedical...
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