月度归档： 2026 年 7 月

According to projections from the United Nations, global food demand could increase by around 60 percent by 2050, while only about two percent additional agricultural land is expected to become available. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) report that they are exploring new approaches to safeguard food security. A team at the TUM Campus Straubing has developed a process for producing crucial amino acids from carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and renewable energy.

New data from a National Institutes of Health-funded study shows that midlife, the immune cell landscape of the hippocampus, undergoes substantial remodeling. It points to a potential mechanism by which aging may contribute to the chronic neuroinflammation commonly seen in neurodegenerative disease. Details are published in a new Science paper titled “ Epigenetic and 3D genome reprogramming during the aging of human hippocampus .”

Samsung Biologics made an all-cash public tender offer of approximately $1.8 billion to acquire Switzerland-based PolyPeptide Group, a CDMO specializing in peptide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).

The protein craze has birthed its newest tech-led innovation: ultra-high-protein chickpeas.Californian startup NuCicer, which uses artificial-intelligence-assisted (AI) technologies to design crops with enhanced functionalities, has launched a new range of chickpeas that contain 50% more protein and 25% less fat than conventional varieties of the bean.

Bezos Earth Fund is extending its future food focus by building on its ongoing partnership with Imperial College London to help startups navigate the food tech ”valley of death”.