Health
What is ethylene oxide in instant noodles?
Ethylene oxide (also known as oxirane and epoxide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula C2H4O, commonly found as a colorless and highly flammable gas.
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Health
WHO discovered a fatal ingredient in cough syrup circulating in many countries
Hundreds of children have died since the end of 2022, due to using cough syrup contaminated with the toxic chemical ethylene glycol (EG).
Health
What is Ethylene Oxide? How does EO affect health?
Ethylene oxide (EO) with the chemical formula C2H4O is widely used as an agent for sterilizing supplies in the medical field.
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It's hard to believe the sticker helps fresh fruit for 10 days longer and is absolutely safe!
Consumers can also be assured of the safety of Stix Fresh, because it is 100% natural.
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Tips to speed up the ripening butter for 10 minutes
A nutritious fruit, essential vitamins and minerals for the body, butter is praised
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Why would only one rotten apple make other apples rot?
Have you ever seen an apple, or any other fruit, when you bought it in green, but could not eat it, but did you have the item the next day?
Biology
New fruit ripening method
Australian scientists have just discovered how to ripen fruits as soon as they are transported. The new technology promises to revolutionize the fresh fruit industry, ac…
Biology
Why fruits ripen and flowers die
Famous for its effects on ripening fruits and flowers, ethylene plant hormones shorten the shelf life of fruits and plants by putting them in a state of
Biology
The strange sex life of a melon
French scientists have just discovered a gene that can change the sex of the melon flower, so that a plant can produce both male and bisexual flowers.
Biology
Why is the fruit ripe?
Plant hormones (hormones) such as ethylene, gibberelline, auxine, brassinosteroid, abscisic acid, cytokinine ... act at the molecular level and interfere with the regula…
Scientific application
Stamped with ripe fruits
A University of Arizona expert has invented a sticker that can tell users when a bunch of fruits or vegetables has come to harvest.
Environment
Find out how to 'recycle' carbon dioxide into plastic
The focus of the experiment is the reduction of carbon dioxide, which converts this gas into a number of different compounds.
Food safety
Fruits and vegetables cannot be stored together
The obvious fact is, a rotten apple will ruin the basket of apples. However, do you know, even a fresh apple when ripe can damage a watermelon stored right next to it?
Food safety
Ethephon fruit ripening is safe for human health
Many types of agricultural products are applied to dilute chemical solutions, green fruits will ripen within 1-2 days, many times faster than natural ripening. So what i…