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Apparatus and Methods to Assess Sub-Surface Tissue Properties

BACKGROUND Knowing the optical properties of a material below the layer able to be visualized via machine without contact, invasion, or destruction of the material is highly useful for quality control or monitoring purposes. Unfortunately, current technology cannot provide the ability to non-destructively identify and assess properties beneath the...

Published: 12/18/2023 | Inventor(s): Daqing Piao

Keywords(s): Agriculture & Food Science, Animal Health, Engineering: Ag & Bio, Engineering: Electrical & Computer, Hardware, Medical Device & Diagnostic, Sensors

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Electrical & Computer Engr, Technology Classifications > Research Tools, Technology Classifications > Medical Device & Diagnostic, Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Food Science, Technology Classifications > Animal Health, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Biosystems & Ag Engr

An Eco-Friendly Method to Disrupt Pheromone Perception in Ostrinia nubilalis: Helping Hand to Farmers

BACKGROUND European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, is a very serious pest of grain corn, sweet corn, and other crops. O. nubilalis accounts for about 5.5 to 8.5 million tons of corn loss per year in Europe and other countries. Introduced to the United States in the 1900s, this pest accounts for 20% of yield loss in North America with damages estimated...

Published: 5/31/2023 | Inventor(s): Smita Mohanty, Viswanath Nukala, Shine Ayyappan

Keywords(s): Agriculture & Food Science, Animal Health, Chemistry

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Animal Health, Technology Classifications > Chemistry, Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Food Science

Development of Novel Biocatalytic Conversion Process for Production of Alcohols, Ketones and Organic Acids

BACKGROUND As energy demand increases, efficiently produced biofuels such as ethanol will be preferred over fossil fuels due to their reduced costs. One such biofuel, butanol, has several technical advantages over ethanol including a higher energy density. Butanol is traditionally produced using molasses and starch in the acetone-butanol-ethanol (A-B-E)...

Published: 9/15/2023 | Inventor(s): Hasan Atiyeh

Keywords(s): Agriculture & Food Science

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Biosystems & Ag Engr, Technology Classifications > Chemistry, Technology Classifications > Environment & Energy

Novel Cleaning-In-Place Meat Grinder Sanitization Process

BACKGROUND An estimated 60% of all retail beef sales are in the form of ground beef, which is notoriously associated with foodborne pathogen outbreaks. There are existing protocols and control points in meat processing or retail operations, which specify the frequency and proper procedures for grinder sanitization. Current industry protocol is to...

Published: 12/14/2023 | Inventor(s): Yen-Con Hung, Ravirajsinh Jadeja

Keywords(s): Agriculture & Food Science

Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Food Science