News tagged with fermentation processes

Commercial yeasts upgraded with an enzyme for biofuel production

Feb 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Eckhard Boles, co-founder of the Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH and a professor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose ...

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Message for women and dogs: keeping ovaries is linked to longevity

Biology / Other

5 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge ...

Manufacturing, reinvented

Technology / Software

5 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the architecture, hardware and software that will enable super-agile distributed corporations capable of reconfiguring themselves on the fly. It promises to make 'made-to-order' ...

Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

8 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive ...

Can cleft palate be healed before birth?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

8 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

In a study newly published in the journal Development, investigators at the USC School of Dentistry describe how to non-surgically reverse the onset of cleft palate in fetal mice - potentially one step in the journey to a b ...

Traditional craft industry with a bright future

Technology / Engineering

9 hours ago | not rated yet | 1

Mary and Joseph, the angels, the manger -- at Christmas time, lots of people still decorate their homes with high-quality wooden figures depicting the nativity scene. Now, the wood carvers of South Tyrol are ...

New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

9 hours ago | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...

New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

10 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...

Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

Medicine & Health / Research

12 hours ago | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...

First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

18 hours ago | 3.4 / 5 (8) | 3

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...