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Edible 'antifreeze' prevents unwanted ice crystals in ice cream and frozen foods

Edible 'antifreeze' prevents unwanted ice crystals in ice cream and frozen foods

Chemistry /

created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

A scientist in Wisconsin reports development of an edible and tasteless “antifreeze” that prevents the formation of ice crystals that can spoil the smooth, silky texture of ice cream and interfere with the ...


'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservation

'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservation

Chemistry /

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Scientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures.


Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water expands when it freezes. Anyone who has ever left a can of soda or bottle of water in the freezer too long has witnessed this first hand. So how do plants and animals survive severe ...


Ice creamier: ‘Edible antifreeze’ puts the smooth in smoothie

Ice creamier: 'Edible antifreeze' puts the smooth in smoothie

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

It's Friday night, and the movie's already spinning in the DVD player. You run to the kitchen to grab a gallon of ice cream and a spoon, but you find the tub nearly empty.


Antifreeze fish make sense out of junk DNA

Other Sciences /

created Apr 04, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered an antifreeze-protein gene in cod that has evolved from non-coding or 'junk' DNA. Since the creation of these antifreeze proteins is directly driven by polar glaciation, ...


Antifreeze

Better antifreezes to preserve donor organs for transplantation

Chemistry /

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Chemists in Canada have developed a new approach for producing more effective medical antifreeze fluids for preserving kidneys, hearts, and other organs donated for transplantation. These next-generation antifreezes ...


Ice Crystals

Fluorescence microscopy reveals why some antifreeze proteins inhibit ice growth better than others

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 06, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Antifreeze or “ice structuring” proteins – found in some fish, insects, plants, fungi and bacteria – attach to the surface of ice crystals to inhibit their growth and keep the host organism from freezing to ...


Mountaintop Soil Sample in Antarctica

How an Antarctic worm makes antifreeze and what that has to do with climate change

Biology /

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Two Brigham Young University researchers who just returned from Antarctica are reporting a hardy worm that withstands its cold climate by cranking out antifreeze. And when its notoriously dry home runs out ...


New antifreeze protein may allow longer storage of transplant organs

Antifreeze protein found in snow fleas may allow longer storage of transplant organs

Other Sciences /

created Oct 21, 2005 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A new antifreeze protein discovered in tiny snow fleas by Queen’s University researchers may lengthen the shelf life of human organs for transplantation.


Researchers discover which organs in Antarctic fish produce antifreeze

Researchers discover which organs in Antarctic fish produce antifreeze

Biology /

created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Thirty-five years ago Arthur DeVries of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first documented antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) in Antarctic notothenioid fishes. This month three colleagues report ...


Global warming threatens Antarctic sea life

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (25) | comments 39

Climate change is about to cause a major upheaval in the shallow marine waters of Antarctica. Predatory crabs are poised to return to warming Antarctic waters and disrupt the primeval marine communities.


Plants see the light to help beat the big freeze

Biology /

created Dec 07, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Plants use changes in light quality to make their own ‘antifreeze’, a new University of Leicester study has shown.


More Chinese-made toothpaste is recalled

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Monday announced the nationwide recall of DentFresh Fluoride Mint Toothpaste because of possible contamination.


Study: China's regulatory system is flawed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 10, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A U.S. study suggests the recent discovery of contaminated Chinese food exports exposes a flawed regulatory system in that nation.


Counterfeit toothpaste is discovered

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 14, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a counterfeit toothpaste falsely packaged as "Colgate" has been found in four states.