We use silly putty in class, both the Food Systems Chem and my graduate Food Polymer Science classes, to get a handle [literally] on aspects of non-linear visco-elasticity of materials. Mike the Mad Biologist at ScienceBlogs linked to this video story at 30threads. It pays to know your raw materials Don’t mix up your mung [...]
March 7, 2009
Beer wins – beats wine !!!
Dateline 24th October 2008: Researchers Armindo Melo, Olga Viegas, Catarina Petisca, Olivia Pinho, and Isabel Ferreira from Portugal show that beer marinade is more effective at reducing heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAs) in pan-fried beef. HAs, according to Armindo Melo and colleagues, have been identified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as potential [...]
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