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[ASAP] Luminescence “Turn-On” Detection of Gossypol Using Ln 3+ -Based Metal–Organic Frameworks and Ln 3+ Salts Food Industry

[ASAP] Luminescence “Turn-On” Detection of Gossypol Using Ln 3+ -Based Metal–Organic Frameworks and Ln 3+ Salts

Gossypol (Gsp), a natural toxin concentrated in cottonseeds, poses great risks to the safe consumption of cottonseed products, which are used extensively throughout the food industry. In this work, we report the first luminescence “turn-on” sensors for Gsp using near-infrared emitting lanthanide (Ln3+) materials, including Ln3+ MOFs and Ln3+ salts.…
bubmag
February 3, 2020
Truth decay: when uncertainty is weaponized Food Industry

Truth decay: when uncertainty is weaponized

Sugar: multinationals have used the tobacco-industry playbook to stymie legislation aimed at cutting consumption.Credit: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception David Michaels Oxford Univ. Press (2020)In 2017, US presidential strategist Kellyanne Conway coined the phrase “alternative facts” to defend false claims…
bubmag
February 3, 2020
Stock Market News: Beyond Meat Loses in Canada; New Life for Victoria’s Secret? Food Industry

Stock Market News: Beyond Meat Loses in Canada; New Life for Victoria’s Secret?

Stocks were mixed Wednesday as investors weighed different factors affecting markets. Wednesday has been a choppy day on Wall Street, as major market benchmarks initially moved significantly higher but saw those gains diminish as the session went on. News from China on the coronavirus outbreak remains unclear, and U.S. market…
bubmag
January 29, 2020
Scientists create sensors with traps for free radicals Food Industry

Scientists create sensors with traps for free radicals

Sensor operation diagram. Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University and partners from the Czech Republic and France have designed extremely sensitive sensors for free oxygen-containing radicals that are able to disrupt cell function. According to the researchers, these sensors are an alternative to traditional analytical chemical methods…
bubmag
January 29, 2020