A research group led by Professor Satoshi Nakai of the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering at Hiroshima University has demonstrated that DHA and EPA can be produced using the seasoning waste liquid produced when making pickles such as Hiroshima greens. DHA and EPA from seasoning waste liquid from pickles are used in foods and supplements as ingredients that help maintain health. Currently, the main raw material is fish oil, but given the future increase in demand, new production methods that do not rely on fish are required. The research group focused on a microorganism called Thraustochytlid that can produce DHA and EPA. When this microorganism was grown using waste liquid from seasonings from pickles such as Hiroshima greens, it was confirmed that DHA and EPA could be produced without sterilizing the waste liquid. It was also found that DHA and EPA can be produced even if the seasoning waste liquid from Hiroshima greens is used repeatedly. On the other hand, when seasoning waste liquid was repeatedly used, microbial growth and DHA/EPA production decreased. One of the reasons for this is
Two-dimensional layered van der Waals crystals have important application prospects in the fields of flexible electronics, optoelectronics and energy conversion due to their rich electrical, optical, thermoelectric and spin electronic properties. This type of material has intrinsically weak interlayer van der Waals interactions and strong intralayer chemical bonds, which form anisotropic characteristics in structure and performance. Although academic circles have observed macroscale room temperature plasticity in various materials such as InSe, SnSe 2 , GaSe, and defective Bi 2 Te 3 , their tensile strains are generally low. How to improve macroscale tensile plasticity while maintaining excellent electrical properties is a key scientific issue that needs to be solved in the development of high-performance flexible and deformable electronic materials.
Ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, UC San Diego professor of Ethnic Studies Curtis Marez discussed what four nominated shows—Widow’s Bay, Pluribus, DTF St. Louis and Beef—reveal about Hollywood’s effect on the places where television is made.
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UC San Diego's Illustrious Alumni Awards celebrate extraordinary leadership, innovation and impact by alumni. This year's honorees include Marc Brutten ’79, Patricia Brutten ’83, Debby Goosenberg Buchholz ’84, Marina L. Marrelli ’82 and David N. Price, MIA ’17.
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A new report for California policymakers assesses current flood modeling practices and offers eight recommendations to improve how mitigation infrastructure is reflected in the catastrophe models that are used to set insurance prices.
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This September, Scripps Institution of Oceanography invites the community to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC), an interdisciplinary center dedicated to advancing marine biodiversity research and addressing conservation challenges.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...
Kyocera Corporation and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) at Tohoku University have developed a new technology that integrates optical isolators directly onto silicon photonics chips using laser annealing, a method that applies localized heat treatment using a laser. As generative AI and other data-intensive technologies continue to expand, data centers need to process more
University of Michigan researchers will examine whether Michigan's statewide free school meals program is linked to improvements in students' academic performance, attendance, graduation or progression, and discipline outcomes. It will also probe whether the program's effects differ by students' race, ethnicity or economic status to help inform decisions about making free school meals permanent.
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A University of Minnesota Medical School research team has been awarded up to $6 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to develop more effective treatments for people with severe mental health issues, including thoughts of suicide.
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Researchers returned to Milne Fiord year after year to monitor its ice shelf and the freshwater lake beneath the ice. Their measurements ultimately helped reconstruct how Canada’s last epishelf lake disappeared following the ice shelf’s 2020 breakup.
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WSUM rules the airwaves thanks to creative freedom and hard work.
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Lancaster University and Sunway University have won the Sustainability International Impact Award at the PIEoneer Awards 2026 for the work of their joint Future Cities Research Institute (FCRI).
The UAB Publications Service has published the new volume La literatura religiosa del antiguo Egipto (2800 a. n. e. – 1000 d. n. e.) , by Antonio J. Morales Rondán, lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy at the University of Alcalá. The volume was presented on 9 September at the Hotel Exe Campus of the Vila Universitària, as part of the 8th Ibero-American Congress of Egyptology, organised by the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IEPOA) at the UAB.
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Join the Gaines Center for the Humanities at 6 pm on Thursday October 6, 2026, for the 2026 Bale Boone Symposium featuring acclaimed author Ted Chiang.
Agricultural economists from UK's Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment are contributing practical guidance to help producers navigate the recent economic downturn.
Applications for the 7th cohort of the Health Disparities Research Training fellowship will open to students in the UK College of Medicine on October 1, 2026.
A new tool being built by researchers at the University at Albany aims to give utility companies a head start on protecting and restoring the electric grid by predicting power outages before severe weather strikes.
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