demand around the world for fresh, minimally processed food, food manufacturers are looking for new ways of getting these items to shoppers safely. Separate groups of researchers in Australia are developing technologies that may help both address concerns about microorganisms that can cause food poisoning and be of general economic value in extending the length of time that food stays fresh, th...

The Keystone Symposium on Stem Cell Differentiation and Dedifferentiation attracted nearly 500 participants affiliated with academia, the biotechnology industry, scientific publishing and clinical practice. This broad group examined current advances in stem-cell biology, with a particular focus on induced pluripotent stem cells, and discussed both their potential and limitations in therapeutic ...

Fresh mushroom compost is a byproduct of the edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) industry and represents the composted growing substrate that remains after a crop has been harvested to completion. Thirty samples were obtained from commercial mushroom farms in southeastern Pennsylvania and sent to a laboratory for analysis to determine plant nutrient content, bulk density, and particle size dist...

X-ray phase contrast tomography using a Talbot grating interferometer was applied to biological fresh samples which were not fixed by any fixatives. To achieve a high-throughput measurement for the fresh samples the X-ray phase contrast tomography measurement procedure was improved. The three-dimensional structure of a fresh mouse fetus was clearly depicted as a mass density map using X-ray pha...

Properties of fresh bigeye fish mince 25 26 2 ABSTRACT 27 Composition and properties of fresh bigeye snapper fish (Priacanthus hamrur) mince 28 has been investigated. The protein content of fish mince was 16.71g/100 g mince. Amino 29 acid analysis revealed higher proportion of glutamic acid, alanine, lysine and leucine. 30 Fatty acid profile indicated higher proportion of EPA and DHA content. G...

tion of anthrax vaccine virulence factors by polymerase chain reaction. Okinaka R, et al. Multiple -locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis reveals genetic relationships within Bacillus anthracis. Preliminary studies on recom-binant protective antigen (rPA) vaccine against anthrax for veterinary use. In: Ab-To the Editor: Pomacea canalic-ulata, an invasive freshwater snail native to South ...

The species richness of freshwater environments is disproportionately high compared with that of the oceans, given their respective sizes. If diversification rates are higher in freshwaters because they are isolated and heterogeneous, this should apply to parasites as well. Using 14 large datasets comprising 677 species of freshwater and marine fish, the hypothesis that freshwater parasites exp...

-Water plays an important role in everyday’s life. Agriculture is a backbone of our country and it uses 85% of available fresh water for irrigation. Irrigation is the method of supplying the water to the plants artificially. In India, Farmers follow different irrigation systems to cultivate the crops. The different types of irrigation methods include sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation, surfa...