Scientists Debut Coffee Developed Through Cellular Agriculture
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA TEAM of Finnish scientists was able to produce coffee cells in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture. The end-product is said to smell and taste like conventional coffee. The discovery is proof that cellular agriculture is one option to achieve sustainable food production. The scientists took to cellular agriculture as an alternative for conventional coffee […]
Digital CRISPR-Cas‐Assisted Assay for Rapid SARS‐CoV‐2 Detection
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJOHNS Hopkins University researchers developed the first digital CRISPR-Cas‐assisted assay called digitization‐enhanced CRISPR/Cas‐assisted one‐pot virus detection (deCOViD) which is designed for SARS‐CoV‐2, the virus causing COVID-19. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an unprecedented demand for rapid diagnostics. CRISPR-Cas-assisted nucleic acid detection assays have been found to be helpful because of their well-designed detection mechanism, fast assay […]
Del Monte’s pink pineapple now available
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAFTER more than 15 years, Pinkglow™ Pineapple, the pink pineapple from Fresh Del Monte is now commercially available. A product of bioengineering, Pinkglow™ Pineapples contain lycopene, a natural pigment that gives some produce its red color (e.g. tomatoes, watermelon), which makes this pineapple pink. Pinkglow™ Pineapples are grown on a select farm in the South-Central region of […]
3D Gens spearheads 3D-printing application for medical sector
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JAYASYALINY JAYARAJ THE 3D-printing revolution is here. From guns and houses to prosthetic limbs and vehicle parts – if you can “think” it, you can print it. In fact any inanimate matter can be 3D-printed. Imagine being able to print a human kidney, or a brand new beating heart! 3D Gens Sdn Bhd, a […]
Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging
Reading Time: 2 minutesPROLONGED exposure to blue light, such as that which emanates from your phone, computer and household fixtures, could be affecting your longevity, even if it’s not shining in your eyes. New research at Oregon State University suggests that the blue wavelengths produced by light-emitting diodes damage cells in the brain as well as retinas. The […]
Drones to buzz in digital agriculture
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE ever popular imagery of Malaysian artists – featuring the buffalo, a plough and a tardy paddy farmer in a kampong scene may soon be iconised in art forever in the near future. Malaysia’s stereotype rural landscape is on the cusp of embracing digital agriculture – a matrix that will change the face of the […]
Combination of wood fibers and spider silk could rival plastic
Reading Time: 2 minutesACHIEVING strength and extensibility at the same time has so far been a great challenge in material engineering: increasing strength has meant losing extensibility and vice versa. Now Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland researchers have succeeded in overcoming this challenge, inspired by nature. The researchers created a truly new biobased material […]
Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumours during surgery
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN artificial nose developed at Tampere University, Finland, helps neurosurgeons to identify cancerous tissue during surgery and enables the more precise excision of tumours. Electrosurgical resection using devices such as an electric knife or diathermy blade is currently a widely used technique in neurosurgery. When tissue is burned, tissue molecules are dispersed in the form […]
Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air
Reading Time: 2 minutesBIOENGINEERS have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bio-printing tissues. The new innovation allows scientists to create exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic the body’s natural passageways for blood, air, lymph and other vital fluids. The research is featured on the cover of this week’s […]