The new sensor could prove useful for a variety of applications New low-cost, durable carbon nanotube sensors can be etched with mechanical pencils. Carbon nanotubes offer a powerful new way to detect harmful gases in [...]

We can keep bananas fresh for up to 12 days A solution finally may be at hand for the number one consumer gripe about America’s favorite fresh fruit ? bananas and their tendency to ripen, [...]

Our days of crying over spoiled milk could be over, thanks to Cornell food scientists. Milk undergoes heat treatment — pasteurization — to kill off microbes that can cause food spoilage and disease, but certain [...]

A new technology will let you simply wave your phone over it   Sick of finding out that your milk is sour only after you’ve taken a big gulp? A new technology will let you [...]

Advances in sensing technology will help to reduce the wastage from ‘farm to fork’ that’s contributing to the UK’s £10 billion food wastage bill, according to the UK’s Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network.   [...]