Overripe bananas could soon become a mere memory — in the Philippines, at least.

Tropic Biosciences, a startup in the UK, has tapped gene editing to banish the browning fruit — and mitigate the havoc that it’s wreaking.

Currently, over 60% of exported bananas go to waste before reaching consumers. According to Tropic, the non-browning version could cut food waste and CO2 emissions in supply chains by over 25%.  In terms of CO2 reduction, the impact is comparable to taking 2m passenger vehicles off the road every year.

It has been realized at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and supported by European Research Council’s grant

A team of researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) has created a totally edible and rechargeable battery, starting from materials that are normally consumed as part of our daily diet. The proof-of-concept battery cell has been described in a paper, recently published in the Advanced Materials journal. The possible applications are in health diagnostics, food quality monitoring and edible soft robotics.

揚げたてのカツをご飯の上にのせ、カレーを盛り付ける。これぞ満腹！　ボリューム満点の“カツカレー”です。

その、できたてのカツカレーを口いっぱいに頬張るのは、無類のカツカレー好きで、2年前からおよそ100軒の店のカツカレーを食べ歩き、研究を続けている男性です。

「やさしい味なんですよね」

深まる“カツカレー”愛。男性の本職は、北海道北見市の大学で情報工学などを研究する教授なのです。その分析力でカツカレーを量や辛さ・カツの大きさなど、5つの指標で数値化しました。

好きが高じてカツカレーを数値化した理由は…

冷蔵庫のメリットがもはや思い浮かばない件
これまで数回にわたりくどくどと書き連ねてきた「冷蔵庫をなくしたらフードロスゼロに！」というウソのようなホントの話のついでに、いい機会なので、今回は「冷蔵庫」という現代の必需品中の必需品について、私がいま思うところを存分に述べさせていただこうかと……いや、ちゃんとわかってますよ！ 誰もこんな話、特に読みたいと思ってないっていうか、ハッキリ言って何の興味もないってことは！

だってどれほど断捨離が流行り「無駄を排してスッキリ暮らす」ことが多くの人の関心事となろうが、そのリストラ対象に「冷蔵庫」が上がることはまずないに違いないのだ。

作った培養肉は、長さ４・５センチ、幅２センチ、厚さ１ミリ、重さが２グラムほどで、しゃぶしゃぶ肉のような形をしている。チームがこれまで作成してきた培養肉は研究用の素材を使っていたため食べることができなかったが、今回は独自開発した食用可能な素材を使った。研究の内容について倫理面や安全性を審査する東京大の委員会の承認を得て、実際に試食も行ったという。

培養肉の研究は世界中で盛んだが、その多くがミンチ状のものだ。これに対してチームは、肉本来の味や食感が楽しめるステーキ肉状の培養肉の実用化を目指している。筋組織の立体構造を人工的に再現する研究を進め、２０１９年には約１センチ角のサイコロステーキ状の培養肉の作製に成功している。

衰えを感じる脳に、何か打つ手はないのか。その答えが、「脳のクリーニング」だと、脳神経内科医師・内野勝⾏先生は言います。実は、脳には若いころから、少しずつ「アミロイドβ」という“脳のゴミ”がたまっていくそう。すると脳神経が破壊され、脳の老化や認知症のリスクが上がります。

“脳のゴミ”を排出し、溜めないような生活習慣を身につければ、リスクをグッと抑えることも。その最も簡単な方法が、脳によいとされる栄養素を含んだスープを1日1杯摂ること。今回は、内野先生の著書『脳のおそうじスープ』からその簡単な作り方を、特別に公開します！

●1日1杯飲むだけで脳がキレイに！「脳のおそうじスープ」の作り方 …

Brazil Journal, citing sources close to the matter, said the move is part of a global repositioning strategy under which Uber is looking to close unprofitable operations. Uber did not give a reason for closing Uber Eats Brazil in its statement.

Uber’s move comes amid fierce competition in food deliveries in Brazil, where other providers include Rappi, which is backed by SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T), and iFood, part of Movile, a technology group backed by Prosus (PRX.AS).

Both Movile and Rappi, which has considered an initial public offering, raised million of dollars last year to fund operations in Latin America.

Results

• Enables more delivery slots by reducing driver assignment planning from six hours to under 10 minutes
• Frees up funds for app development by reducing cost-per-order by 25%
• Brings new logistics capabilities that help make it possible to handle a 3X spike in demand

Across Indonesia, smallholder farmers in traditional ‘kampungs’, or villages, grow an astounding variety of premium produce from kale to papaya and avocados. Meanwhile, there’s also a surging urban middle class that is looking for healthier and more varied food choices. But what sounds like a recipe for growth and success is often held back by distribution hurdles. “Millions of smallholder farmers can’t take advantage of these opportunities,” according to the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development. “Farmers don’t have logistics infrastructure to sell directly to consumers, leading to multiple middle men, an inefficient supply chain, and high waste.”

農林水産省 では「月面等における長期滞在を支える高度資源循環型食料供給システムの開発」戦略プロジェクトの実施研究機関等の公募(9月30日まで)をしています。また、9月10日(金)に本事業のWeb公募説明会を開催します。

REHOVOT, Israel, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Future Meat Technologies, an industry-leading company developing innovative technology to produce cultured meat, has opened the world’s first industrial cultured meat facility. With the capability to produce 500 kilograms of cultured products a day, equivalent to 5,000 hamburgers, this facility makes scalable cell-based meat production a reality.

“This facility opening marks a huge step in Future Meat Technologies’ path to market, serving as a critical enabler to bring our products to shelves by 2022,” says Rom Kshuk, CEO of Future Meat Technologies. “Having a running industrial line accelerates key processes such as regulation and product development.”

Currently, the facility can produce cultured chicken, pork and lamb, without the use of animal serum or genetic modification (non-GMO) with the production of beef coming soon. Future Meat Technologies’ unique platform enables fast production cycles, about 20-times faster than traditional animal agriculture.

“Beyond Meat and McDonald’s co-created the plant-based patty which will be available as part of their McPlant platform,” a Beyond Meat spokesperson said in an email.

Shares of Beyond Meat initially fell as much as 8% after McDonald’s announcement, but recovered to end 4% lower after the plant-based meat company said it had a role in creating the McPlant patty. It did not provide additional details.

This week, however, multiple companies took it a step further and added food scents to their face masks, adding concealed aromas that mimic some of our favorite foods.

Jack in the Box, for example, is promoting a new plant-based “Unchicken Sandwich” by distributing a chicken-scented face mask. The mask produces the scent of fried chicken, since the sandwich they’re making is supposed to be a substitute for poultry.