Transformation patterns of masked fusarium mycotoxins during barley malting: Mechanistic evidence and multimodal detection in industrial products.

Progress on the addition of exogenous lipids to surimi: A review.

Industrial park planning from the perspective of productive service industries: based on the mechanism of “form-flow synthesis”

Defect-driven material design for high-performance semiconducting gas sensing applications

Discrimination and characterization of the texture and flavor in commercial Chinese steamed breads collected from different regions: An integrated analysis using multivariate statistical models.

Genome-wide analysis of the papaya bZIP gene family identifies CpbZIP52 as a key regulator of fruit postharvest ripening.

Plant-derived aroma glycosides are important sensory enhancers in food, beverages, cosmetics, and fragrance formulations. They have considerable economic value. However, their direct commercial use is limited by their low natural abundance and the lack of efficient, scalable synthetic routes. Synthetic routes have largely targeted aroma compounds derived from specific sources such as tea or grapes. A general, streamlined approach capable of incorporating diverse aglycones - including sterically hindered alcohols and less nucleophilic phenolic groups while maintaining high yields under mild conditions - is still lacking. l-Arabinose sugar is notable for its sweet taste and is a safe additive for diabetic patients. This study reports the synthesis of 14 l-arabinose-containing disaccharides, including α-l-arabinofuranosyl-β-d-glucopyranosides and β-vicianosides (α-l-arabinopyranosyl-β-d-glucopyranosides), incorporating a diverse range of aroma aglycones, including primary, secondary, sterically hindered tertiary, and less nucleophilic phenolic alcohols. All the reactions proceeded under mild, catalytic conditions, providing high yields and purity. Importantly, the scalable method prevented unwanted orthoester formation regardless of the molecular sieve type or reaction concentration. This is an effective and green approach that offers a sustainable route for further industrial production. © 2026 Society of Chemical Industry.

Membrane technologies for ultrapure water production in the semiconductor industry: Recent developments and prospects

Production is fragmented in global production networks, and consumption relies on global markets. Their impacts and profits are unevenly distributed in the international division of labour. Such complexity and entanglement call for footprint approaches that capture these regional and sectoral distributions. We calculate through Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis (MRIOA) the working time, compensation of employees, and GHG emissions and their regional and sectoral distribution in two global value chains related to the Motor vehicles industry in Germany (1995–2020): (1) the Supply system of global Motor Vehicles Industry to Germany, which provides vehicles and replacement parts to Germany and (2) the German Final production system of Motor Vehicles Industry, which manufactures “made in Germany” vehicles sold in global markets. This unravels the uneven distribution of profits and impacts through global trade and enables different perspectives on social and environmental responsibility of consumers and producers. In both systems, but more intensively in the Final production system, Germany kept most of the compensation of employees while generating less than half of GHG emissions and less than a third of employment. The whole supply-chain production of “made in Germany” vehicles generated 73% of salaries in Germany, while it relied on 63% of emissions and 54% of working time in upstream processes abroad in 2018. In terms of sectors, the Motor vehicles industry obtained about half of the salaries with 5% of emissions in both systems. Producing a vehicle in Germany requires approximately 1400 working hours, the equivalent of one year of labour by a German worker. • Salaries due to vehicle production (73%) and demand (44%) in Germany stayed in Germany. • Proportionally, fewer emissions (37%–19%) and jobs (46%–21%) happened in Germany. • The Motor vehicles industry obtained almost half of the salaries in both value chains. • The motor vehicles industry generated 5% of emissions in both systems. • The labour footprint of a German vehicle were 1366 h of paid work in 2018.

Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is a valuable biopolymer with diverse industrial applications, produced naturally by several Bacillus species. The dairy environment is an under-explored niche for identifying efficient, food-grade γ-PGA producers. In this study, four legacy dairy-derived Bacillus licheniformis strains: DPC3803, DPC6338, DPC6339, and DPC6340, producing high γ-PGA titres were examined using whole genome sequencing (WGS) and comparative genomic analysis to evaluate their suitability for future industrial applications. The genomes ranged from 4.19 to 4.29 Mb with an average GC content of 45.8–46.2%. Pangenome analysis of the four strains, together with 51 publicly available B. licheniformis genomes, identified 12,415 gene clusters, of which 18.9% and 81.1% were core and accessory genes respectively. Average nucleotide identity (ANI) analysis demonstrated >99% sequence identity among all 55 B. licheniformis genomes, despite their isolation from diverse environments, indicating strong genomic conservation within the species. Experimental validation confirmed γ-PGA production by all four strains, with maximum titres (g/L) of 43.27 ± 1.49, 59.54 ± 4.33, 27.93 ± 1.87, and 47.74 ± 0.19 for DPC3803, DPC6338, DPC6339, and DPC6340, respectively. Genomic screening revealed multiple γ-PGA metabolism and CAZyme-encoding genes, as well as unique secondary metabolite clusters with potential antimicrobial activity. Although no plasmids or virulence factors were detected, twenty-one prophages were identified, sharing no significant homology with known cultivated phages, and a single β-lactamase gene suggested intrinsic resistance to β-lactams. These findings highlight the genomic and functional potential of these dairy-derived B. licheniformis as efficient, food-grade candidates for industrial γ-PGA production.

Cassava breeding: past, present and future

Morphological classification of Schizochytrium and mutagenic selection of high-oil-producing strains based on deep learning.

Water stress and industrial firm productivity

Development of an automated fruit classification system by using computer vision and deep learning.

Mechanism of chlorine-mediated electrochemical remediation system for contaminated Cl-Na type coastal groundwater.

Valine overproduction in Methanothermobacter marburgensis with temperature-induced promoter system and allosteric resistant acetolactate synthase variants.

Changes in ginseng wine flavor characteristics during fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Engineering of plant-derived P450scc for de novo biosynthesis of pregnenolone.

Mining foreign proteins in honey by shotgun label-free proteomics: Implications for quality and authenticity.

Abundance-stratified microbial succession underlies functional stability in traditional solid-state fermentation.