Penn State researchers have discovered that certain natural antioxidants sourced from a plant species exhibited increased antioxidant activity in low moisture content foods containing high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The researchers demonstrated that efficacy rates...

Penn State researchers have discovered that certain natural antioxidants sourced from a plant species exhibited…

Animal Health & Management, Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, Other Ag Technology

The subject invention uses high-pressure jet processing (HJP) to increase casein-cocoa interactions which stabilizes cocoa particles in chocolate skim milk. The subject invention has the potential to be used as an alternative processing method for the stabilization of cocoa...

The subject invention uses high-pressure jet processing (HJP) to increase casein-cocoa interactions which stabilizes cocoa…

Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition

Using a proprietary assay, the researchers discovered extra-intestinal E. coli isolates (ExPEC) that carry multiple bacteriocins. Five (5) isolates were sequenced and amplified. Of which, the researchers discovered a non-pathogenic isolate that encodes the molecule responsible...

Using a proprietary assay, the researchers discovered extra-intestinal E. coli isolates (ExPEC) that carry multiple…

Engineering & Materials, Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, Medical Sciences, Other Medical Technology, Research Tools & Devices

Replacing plastic food packaging using stand-alone biodegradable films represents a difficult task to achieve, given their failure to maintain functional and structural integrity over time. This is due in part to poor mechanical strength and dissolvability of such bio-based...

Replacing plastic food packaging using stand-alone biodegradable films represents a difficult task to achieve, given…

Chemistry & Materials, Engineering & Materials, Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition

This imporoved MAPHEX system recycles the spent diatomaceous earth as the filtration media in a mechanical separation process using a rotating drum. Most of the N remains in the dissolved phase, which can be applied as liquid fertilizer for crops. The low P bulk solids are...

This imporoved MAPHEX system recycles the spent diatomaceous earth as the filtration media in a…

Ag Equipment & Devices, Animal Health & Management, Crop Improvement & Management, Energy & Environment, Food & Agriculture, Other Energy & Environment

This is a multi-camera monitoring system designed to capture video of insects, identify them with artificial intelligence, and selectively release them. Specifically consisting of: 1) an imaging chamber that is designed to guide insects to obtain optimal images using...

This is a multi-camera monitoring system designed to capture video of insects, identify them with…

Ag Equipment & Devices, Artificial Int. & Machine Learning, Crop Improvement & Management, Databases & Data Mining, Food & Agriculture, IT & EdTech

PlantVillage is a platform that automatically diagnoses plant diseases using computer vision tools and machine learning algorithms. It connects people growing food with the largest social network of crop health solutions. The algorithms for classifying diseases have been shown...

PlantVillage is a platform that automatically diagnoses plant diseases using computer vision tools and machine…

Ag Equipment & Devices, Crop Improvement & Management, Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition

DNA methylation motifs identify potential epigenetic regulatory functionalities. The invention comprises a computational heuristic to identify the potential genomic-word-framework (GWF) regions. The inventors employed a programming language for methylation analyses and GWF...

DNA methylation motifs identify potential epigenetic regulatory functionalities. The invention comprises a computational heuristic to…

Artificial Int. & Machine Learning, Crop Improvement & Management, Databases & Data Mining, Medical Diagnostics

Avian necrotic enteritis (NE) is among the major diseases that affect the gastrointestinal health of broiler chickens. Clinical and subclinical forms of NE negatively impact weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and may result in death. NE is caused by pathogenic strains of...

Avian necrotic enteritis (NE) is among the major diseases that affect the gastrointestinal health of…

Animal Health & Management, Food & Agriculture

This technology allows for the cost-effective production of the most potent form of vitamin K, menaquinone-7 (MK-7), under agitated liquid fermentation in a biofilm reactor. Currently, industrial production of MK-7 relies on static fermentation strategies that are costly and...

This technology allows for the cost-effective production of the most potent form of vitamin K,…

Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition

The invention comprises a three-step process for treating high-P fluid involving 1) providing a high P containing stream; 2) chemically treating the high P stream such that a majority of dissolved P in the stream is transformed into a solid form via sorption of P onto particles...

The invention comprises a three-step process for treating high-P fluid involving 1) providing a high…

Ag Equipment & Devices, Animal Health & Management, Crop Improvement & Management, Energy & Environment, Food & Agriculture, Other Energy & Environment

This novel method enables the design of compact, stable DNA sequence cassettes, called Extra Long sgRNA Arrays (ELSAs), that produce up to 20 CRISPR guide RNAs. By combining sequence design, biochemical characterization, and machine learning, the inventors created a large...

This novel method enables the design of compact, stable DNA sequence cassettes, called Extra Long…

Crop Improvement & Management, Engineering & Materials, Food & Agriculture, IT & EdTech, Medical Sciences, Misc. Software & Apps, Research Tools & Devices, Therapeutics

The technology provides a method for ef?cient production of numerous gRNAs in vivo from a synthetic polycistronic gene via an endogenous RNA processing system. The technology represents an improved method that facilitates robust genome editing at multiple loci. Methods could be...

The technology provides a method for ef?cient production of numerous gRNAs in vivo from a…

Crop Improvement & Management, Engineering & Materials, Food & Agriculture, Medical Sciences, Other Medical Technology, Research Tools & Devices

Roughly 50% of antibiotic treatments are started with the wrong antibiotics. Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is urgently needed to assist caregivers in the timely administration of the correct treatments. A lack of reliable and accurate rapid AST contributes to...

Roughly 50% of antibiotic treatments are started with the wrong antibiotics. Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing…

Medical Diagnostics, Medical Sciences

Inventors have developed a novel ‘in utero’ method for gene editing, circumventing the need for embryo injections. A small targeting peptide preferentially binds to oocytes and mediates transduction of a compound to cells which express a suitable receptor. By exploiting an...

Inventors have developed a novel ‘in utero’ method for gene editing, circumventing the need for…

Ag Equipment & Devices, Animal Health & Management, Engineering & Materials, Food & Agriculture, Research Tools & Devices

A growing number of consumers in the U.S. and worldwide are seeking foods that are minimally processed and/or contain familiar ingredients, and rejecting foods containing synthetic components. This technology uses skim milk as an ingredient to impart foaming and emulsifying...

A growing number of consumers in the U.S. and worldwide are seeking foods that are…

Food & Agriculture, Food & Nutrition

The technology is a soft, resilient hemostatic biofoam useful for treating both intracavity and surface wounds. The material conforms to irregular wound shapes to stop bleeding and transitions to a porous gel protecting newly formed tissue. It is naturally bioabsorbable and...

The technology is a soft, resilient hemostatic biofoam useful for treating both intracavity and surface…

Medical Devices, Medical Sciences

Using a proprietary genetically modified mouse model, a group of Penn State researchers identified a critical chemokine that regulates the skin’s immune homeostasis. Using various inflammation models, the researchers demonstrated that inactivating this regulator increases...

Using a proprietary genetically modified mouse model, a group of Penn State researchers identified a…

Medical Sciences, Therapeutics