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  • Listen to the story behind the science. 10 minute audio books to give you free and understandable access to the latest science and technology.
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  • The Science of Greens: Using Genetic Insights to Cultivate Better, Stronger Lettuce

    The Science of Greens: Using Genetic Insights to Cultivate Better, Stronger Lettuce
    Nov 27 2024
    In recent years, rapid advancements in techniques for genetic analysis and manipulation have enhanced our potential to understand and improve crop diversity. An innovative project led by Dr. Pasquale Tripodi of the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Economics and Dr Sandra Goritschnig of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources marks a significant advance in the study of lettuce genetics. Their recently published research platforms a highly sophisticated technique to analyse genetic diversity within lettuces called Single Primer Enrichment Technology, or SPET for short. This approach provides a highly detailed view of lettuce genetics and also has significant implications for agricultural resilience and crop selection and breeding.
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    10 mins
  • Optimising Pharmaceutical Production Using Digital Models

    Optimising Pharmaceutical Production Using Digital Models
    Jun 28 2024
    The development of safe and effective medicines that meet strict regulatory requirements has traditionally involved extensive experimentation, which can be laborious and costly. Incorporating digital processes, which can be used to produce individual pharmaceutical components, may provide a solution to manufacturing challenges by reducing development time, resource requirements, and costs. The Future Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation Hub, a flagship project at CMAC, at the University of Strathclyde, along with collaborators throughout the UK, has investigated the feasibility of using digital models to reduce costs, time and waste for high quality pharmaceutical production.
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    8 mins
  • Utilising Cocoa Pod Waste to Improve the Sustainability of Chocolate

    Utilising Cocoa Pod Waste to Improve the Sustainability of Chocolate
    Jun 20 2024
    With a history as rich as its flavour, chocolate in its various forms has been loved by people for over 5000 years. Currently, however, chocolate is facing a serious threat. The improper disposal of cocoa waste products is spreading devastating diseases through cocoa crops across the world. To address this serious problem, Dr Piergiorgio Gentile from Newcastle University and Dr Joel Girón-Hernández from Northumbria University with their collaborators have been exploring new uses for cocoa waste products, to increase sustainability and prevent the spread of crop diseases.
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Weird rambling AI slop?

Not particularly coherent and sounds like they've just been computer generated - no real benefit to anyone

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