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Future Foods – News and Features

Birds flying above a city.
News

Light Pollution Is Luring Birds to Cities, and Their Deaths

Nearly 1,000 birds were killed when they collided with an illuminated glass building in Chicago. According to a study, artificial light is a top indicator of where birds will land, and buildings that lead to collisions, less habitat and scarcer food make cities poor rest stops for migrating birds.
A sea turtle entangled in an abandoned fishing net.
News

Durable Plastic Pollution Easily, Cleanly Degraded With New Catalyst

The main issue behind Nylon-6, the plastic inside fishing nets, carpet and clothing, is that it’s too strong and durable to break down on its own. Now, chemists have developed a new catalyst that quickly, cleanly and completely breaks it down.
A pantry.
News

Halving Europe's Foodwaste Could Solve Rest of World's Food Shortages

New calculations show European countries have great potential for reducing demand for global food resources and associated GHG footprint. Researchers have estimated the climate footprint savings that may be obtained from reducing food loss and waste.
Green shoots and white roots sprout from small seeds in soil.
News

Protein Seals Plant Roots To Regulate the Uptake of Nutrients and Water

The identification of a protein that regulates nutrient and water uptake in plant roots could help develop climate-proof crops that require fewer chemical fertilizers.
A header reading "feeding tomorrow" displayed using fruit and vegetables.
Article

Feeding Tomorrow: Exploring the Next Frontier in Food

Our food system is at a pivotal moment; there is enormous potential for innovation to unlock more healthy, accessible and sustainable diets for all, but we are simultaneously facing huge global challenges.
Person's finger tracing down a nutrition label on food packaging.
Article

Addressing the Question of Nutritional Equivalence in Future Foods

Many avenues are being explored to feed the population. While the likes of cellular agriculture still provide consumers with animal cells and the nutritional value they convey, the same cannot necessarily be said for their plant-based counterparts.
Five chickens in a coop.
News

Scientists Use Chicken Feathers To Generate Clean Energy

Turning unused waste from food production into clean energy: Researchers at ETH Zurich and Nanyang Technological University Singapore are using chicken feathers to make fuel cells more cost-​effective and sustainable.
Gourmet beef burger on a white plate.
Article

Lab Automation Holds the Key to the Development of the Food of the Future

Geoff Dance highlights how automation can help us explore the unknown in the cell-cultured meat industry.
A close up of mature kale plants.
Article

A Green Approach To Upcycle Vegetable Waste

Scientists have devised an environmentally friendly method that turns vegetable waste into health and personal care products, giving vegetable waste a new lease of life in a sustainable and cost effective manner.
A plant-based cheese cut up on a cutting board.
News

Ancient Technology May Hold the Key to Plant-Based Cheese That ‘People Want To Eat’

To produce plant-based cheeses that feel and taste like dairy cheese, scientists have their sights set on fermentation. In a new research result, scientists demonstrate the potential of fermentation for producing climate-friendly cheeses.
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