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Life & Chemistry

New Antibiotics Target E. Coli Enzyme for Global Health Solutions

An international team of including the Lomonosov Moscow State University researchers discovered which enzyme enables Escherichia coli bacterium (E. coli) to…

Earth Sciences

Greenland Ice Melt: Researchers Uncover Freshwater Fate

Now, a team of researchers led by faculty at the University of Georgia has discovered the fate of much of the freshwater that pours into the surrounding oceans…

Physics & Astronomy

LUCI: New Universal Instrument for Astronomical Observation

After a ten-year design and construction period, a new universal device for astronomical observation at the world’s largest single telescope, the Large…

Life & Chemistry

Salk scientists uncover how a cell's 'fuel gauge' promotes healthy development

This cellular fuel gauge is a protein complex called AMPK that oversees energy input and output to keep the cell running smoothly. If AMPK were a car sensor,…

Life & Chemistry

Artificial Protein Advances Buckyball Assembly Techniques

“This is a proof-of-principle study demonstrating that proteins can be used as effective vehicles for organizing nano-materials by design,” says senior author Gevorg Grigoryan…

Life & Chemistry

Hybrid House Mosquitoes: New Vectors Between Birds and Humans

The team of researchers from the Institute of Parasitology at Vetmeduni Vienna sampled nearly 1,500 house mosquitoes in eastern Austria. The northern house…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Can Off-Grid Electricity Boost Energy Access? Insights Inside

Small-scale electricity systems provide uneven benefits and limited service options, according to a new study published today from researchers at the…

Life & Chemistry

Software Decodes Embryonic Development Insights

 

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Multiphase Loop Reactor – New architecture for a bioreactor

The herein presented new architecture of a bioreactor basically consists of an inner and outer cylinder, whereas the disperse phases are added in either one of the cylinders. The two key elements of the design are baffles on the upper end of the inner cylinder, which prevent a mixture of the disperse phases, in combination with a collection device placed on top of the inner cylinder. This design allows continuous product extraction by means of biocompatible solvents and a simultaneous oxygen supply.
Moreover, the addition of both disperse phases and the regulation of the loop flow can be adapted continuously and anytime through steering of the volume flow rates. With this invention three or four phases can be brought together intensively with only small transport hindrances while the two additional disperse phases are spatially separated. On behalf of the University of Aachen (RWTH Aachen), PROvendis offers access to rights for commercial use as well as the opportunity for further co-development and evaluation. The design of the reactor and the requested fluid dynamics can be assisted by the inventors.

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Food Quality Control – Culture medium for yeasts with high osmotic tolerance

Food industry is seeking for strategies to enhance production throughput in order to reduce costs. One bottleneck is not the production process itself, but the subsequent quality control analysis of each production charge. The herein described invention expedites this process and is therefore of interest for contract analytic labs as well as for food production companies with an own quality analysis laboratory. The culture medium has been optimized for osmo-tolerant yeast growth and has been tested and validated in comparison to conventional culture media. The invention is ready for industrial use.
On behalf of the University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe, PROvendis offers access to rights for commercial use as well as the opportunity for further co-development. In case of interest we will be pleased to inform you about the patent status.

Health & Medicine

Photoswitchable Anti-Tumor Agent Shows Promise in Lab Tests

Photoswitchable agents might reduce side effects of a chemotherapy. So far, photodynamic therapies have been dependent on oxygen in the tissue. But hardly any…

Life & Chemistry

New Water Molecule State Discovered by ORNL Researchers

In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory describe a new tunneling state of…

Life & Chemistry

New Reef System Discovered at Amazon River’s Mouth

An international team–including scientists from the University of Georgia and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro–documented their findings in an April…

Earth Sciences

Innovative Image Analysis Measures River Surface Flow in Japan

Japan is hit by flood-related disasters almost every year – one of the most recent examples occurred in September 2015 when the Kinugawa River collapsed its…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking RNA Mysteries: Insights from Primordial Puddles

Now, researchers working with that hypothesis have achieved a significant advancement toward understanding an evolutionary mystery — how components of RNA and…

Health & Medicine

How Oxytocin Enhances Social Perception and Response

Social recognition requires the perception of relevant social cues and the identity of others to elicit proper responses. Problems in the early perception of…

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