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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: food quality + developing nanotechnology + food  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/12/2008)

Luna Innovations Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Business Wire (press release), CA - May 8, 2008
... Cancer Institute for preclinical characterization studies by the Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory. The US Food and Drug Administration and the ...LUNA
Bring on the New ?Green Revolution
Lancaster Farming, PA - Apr 25, 2008
It?sa philosophy that Lal sees as a solution to the current global food crisis ? a phenomenon of skyrocketing food prices, driven by a multitude of factors, ...
Surinder Sud: A `Nano` step
Business Standard, India - Apr 21, 2008
The truth is that nanotechnology can enhance the agriculture sector?s capability to sustain food security even while also meeting the demands for fibre, ...
Nanotechnology funding strategy in Germany shows a growing focus ...
Nanowerk LLC, HI - Apr 16, 2008
The Federal Ministries for Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS), Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Food, Agriculture and Consumer ...

Express Pharma
Small is the New Big
Express Pharma, India - Apr 15, 2008
This would happen through pure water, low-cost energy, food processing, improved agricultural practices, safer workplaces and more comfortable homes. ...
StandoutStocks.com: StandoutStocks.com "Stocks that Standout ...
Trading Markets (press release), CA - May 5, 2008
mPhase/AlwaysReady is a sponsor and participant in the 7th annual NanoBusiness Alliance Conference and Exhibition, the world's leading nanotechnology trade ...PINK:BDGW
Need for Products Seen As Driver
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Online (subscription), CA - Apr 28, 2008
In just three years, WindRose has made a name for itself up and down the corridor for implementing quality-control programs that meet Food and Drug ...
Ocular Biopharmaceutical Company Charlesson announces $1.6MM in ...
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - Apr 21, 2008
"We believe that the application of nanotechnology to drug delivery will allow us to reduce the interval of dosing to patients suffering from AMD and DR. ...
School Life: Winners
HeraldNet, WA - Apr 29, 2008
Taylor has worked for food drives, health and safety campaigns, children's museums, the Everett Parks and Recreation Department, the American Heart ...
Educating the Future
Business Today Egypt, Egypt - Apr 14, 2008
At the same time, the student housing, the athletic facilities, the library, the theater, the bookstore and the food outlets in the new facility that we are ...
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Nanoscale materials development?a food industry perspective -
P Sanguansri, MA Augustin - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2006 - Elsevier
... with the development of nanotechnology in food systems. ... are taken in any
commercialisation development to provide a consistent, quality product to the ...

[BOOK] Fundamental Food Microbiology -
B Ray - 2004 - books.google.com
... HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY ... Microbial control of foods from farm
to table (total quality management) ?Food safety legislation VII. ...

A Meta-Analysis of Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha -
RA Peterson - Journal of Consumer Research, 1994 - UChicago Press
... Assessing the cross-cultural applicability of a service quality measure A ... (1998)
DEVELOPING A SCALE ... British Food Journal 100:4, 184-190 Online publication date ...

[BOOK] Handbook of Biosensors and Electronic Noses: Medicine, Food, and the Environment
E Kress-Rogers - 1997 - books.google.com
... food analysis. and process moni- toring. ... water quality control. ... His major research
interests are the development of biosensors and bioreactor technologies. ...

Nanomaterial Health Effects--Part 2: Uncertainties and Recommendations for the Future -
MC Powell, MS Kanarek - Wisconsin Medical Journal, 2006 - wisconsinmedicalsociety.org
... NANOTECHNOLOGY RISK ASSESSMENT DATA GAPS Risk assessment is the ... promise to improve
food safety and food quality. Scientists are developing nano-sen- sors that ...

Prototypal Ambient Intelligence Framework for Assessment of Food Quality and Safety -
M Lettere, D Guerri, R Fontanelli - 9th Int. Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial … - Springer
... aims at developing a new gen- eration of analytical models based on Micro and
Nanotechnology (MST and MNT) for safety and quality assurance along complete food ...

Sonochemistry and sonoprocessing: the link, the trends and (probably) the future -
TJ Mason - Ultrasonics-Sonochemistry, 2003 - Elsevier
... synthesis, materials extraction, nanotechnology, phase separation ... and nanosciences,
food quality and safety ... friendly solvents, ? developing reaction conditions ...

Application of Atomic Force Microscopy as a Nanotechnology Tool in Food Science -
H Yang, Y Wang, S Lai, H An, Y Li, F Chen - Journal of Food Science, 2007 - Blackwell Synergy
... Recent development in noninvasive techniques for fresh fruit and vegetable
internal quality analysis. J Food Sci 70:131?41. ...

[CITATION] Organic Vapor Sensors for Food Quality Assessment
CL Honeybourne - Journal of Chemical Education, 2000

Seligman Lecture 2005. Food product engineering: building the right structures -
JM Aguilera - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2006 - doi.wiley.com
... An example is the recent development of biomedical engineering. ... borrowed from medical
research, are slowly finding their way into food quality assessment and ...

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Developing Nanotechnology To Test Food Quality
Researchers have created two tiny instruments capable of detecting a range of contaminants, from molecules to whole bacteria, in food and water, according to an article in the August issue of Microbiology Today.

Cantilevers are miniature diving boards that measure 200 micrometers long and 40 micrometers wide, about half the width of a human hair. Two cantilevers are placed in a sensor and liquid is passed through them. When the molecule or microbe that is being looked for binds to its surface, the board bends and its electrical resistance is altered. Detection is achieved by measuring the change in resistance.
The device can be designed to search for specific things, for example, if the organism to be detected was E. coli, the cantilever could be coated in antibodies specific to E. coli cells. Many different molecules or organisms can also be recognized simultaneously. "The sensor can be expanded to contain several cantilevers, each coated with a specific detector molecule" says Professor Anja Boisen.

Lid devices also have a flexible board or 'lid' but it is placed on top of a tiny box that contains marker molecules, which produce colour visible to the naked eye. An organism, for example, binds to the lid, which then opens and releases the colour, indicating the presence of the organism. This can also be achieved by coating the board with 'food' for bacteria instead of binding molecules, so deflection occurs when the coating is removed. It can therefore be used to measure bacterial activity. The device is contained in a 1cm plastic box so, like the cantilever, it is portable.

Cantilevers and lid devices may soon be available to consumers. "We use processes where the cantilevers are fabricated by etching a thin silicon wafer three-dimensionally" says Professor Anja Boisen. "The procedure is suitable for mass production and it might be possible to make sensors so cheaply that they can be disposable."

The applications for this new technology are abundant. The sensors can detect DNA, so may be used to test for human genetic diseases. They are also extremely sensitive and can measure deflections of just 1 nanometre, so are able to detect the presence of very small molecules. Conversely, whole bacteria and even parts of bacteria can be identified, making the sensors ideal for testing the quality of water and food samples.

"The lid device could be included in food packaging since it requires no external energy and is cheap to make. When a food is infected, the control unit in the plastic wrapping becomes coloured. Thus a simple colour indicator can show the quality of the food."

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