All Future Technologies articles – Page 10
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3D printing with bacteria-loaded ink produces bone-like composites
Researchers have published a method for 3D-printing an ink that contains calcium carbonate-producing bacteria. The 3D-printed mineralized bio-composite is unprecedently strong, light, and environmentally friendlly.
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Fashion company joins fibre-to-fibre consortium founded by Carbios, On, Patagonia, PUMA and Salomon
Carbios, a pioneer of biological technologies for reinventing the life cycle of plastics and textiles, has signed an agreement with fashion company PVH Corp to join its fibre-to-fibre consortium founded with On, Patagonia, PUMA, and Salomon1.
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Researchers create ‘undercover agent’ tool to track bacterial assassins in real time
Researchers have developed a novel chemical tool to reveal how bacteria adapt to the host environment and control host cells and which can be used to investigate bacterial interactions with the host in real-time during an infection.
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Semi-living cyborg cells could be tools for health and environment
Biomedical engineers at the University of California have created semi-living ’cyborg cells’ retaining the capabilities of living cells, but unable to replicate.
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Researchers develop electrochemical biosensor for flu antibody detection
A new testing method uses an electrochemical cell-free biosensor that can directly detect antibodies against diseases such as influenza in blood serum.
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Electricity-fed purple phototrophic bacteria convert carbon dioxide into high protein biomass
For the first time, researchers from University of Alcalá have grown a microbial consortium dominated by purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) which are fed with electricity to convert CO2 into high protein biomass.
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Scientists create deep red cranberry lipstick with antimicrobial properties
Researchers have developed a deep red lipstick with antimicrobial properties by adding cranberry extract to the formulation.
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Scientists switch out yeast cell’s sex drive to create cannabis tracker
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science have modified a yeast cell to sense the active substances in cannabis and get it to turn red when it does, paving the way for a new type of drug test that can be carried out with a smartphone.
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Aston University and Partnership Medical fight antimicrobial resistance with world-first automated endoscope cleaner
Aston University and Partnership Medical (PML) have completed a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), resulting in the development of a revolutionary automated system for the high-level cleaning of endoscopes.
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A day in the life of a dairy microbiome field scientist
My role with California-based microbial solutions company Native Microbials takes me from the lab to the heart of the herd
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Bacteria can be programmed as fast-responding pollution sensors
Scientists and engineers at Rice University have engineered living bioelectronic sensors based on bacteria that can quickly sense and report on the presence of a variety of contaminants.
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Microalgae devour coffee grounds to produce low emission biodiesel
Researchers at Aston University have produced high-quality biodiesel after ‘feeding’ and growing microalgae on leftover coffee grounds.
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Antimicrobial probiotic techniques extend fresh pasta shelf life by 30 days
Researchers have come up with a new protocol involving changes to product packaging and addition of bioprotective and antimicrobial probiotics, which adds 30 days to how long fresh pasta can be stored.
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New immersive nanovaccine tackles Flavobacterium diseases in fish without injection
Researchers from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand have developed a nanovaccine to prevent bacterial gill diseases in freshwater fish species such as Tilapia and freshwater Asian sea bass.
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The Eloe-Fadrosh Group
The work of the Eloe-Fadrosh group is focused on developing computational tools and resources to uncover microbial diversity across Earth’s ecosystems.