Future Foods – News and Features

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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