Soft drinks
Technology used for screening liquids can be adapted to provide rapid COVID-19 testing
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 24 2020 Loughborough University researchers are hoping a technology they developed to quickly screen liquids for microorganisms can be adapted to provide rapid testing for Covid-19. The team’s unique device, which uses a technique known as resistive pulse sensing, is being launched as a University spin out for use within …
Companies Dust Off Old Technology in Search of High-Quality Recycled Plastic
Big makers and users of plastic packaging are betting on a recycling technology that has failed for decades to take off, as a public backlash and new rules push them to find ways to cut waste and greenhouse-gas emissions tied to plastic. Plastic makers like BP PLC and Dow Inc., and packaging users like Coca-Cola …
Both sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks linked to a higher risk of death, says study
Consuming two glasses (at around 250ml each) of soft drinks per day was tied to associated with a higher risk of death in the population-based cohort study of 451,743 people across 10 European countries. The authors found that greater consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks was positively associated with deaths from circulatory diseases, and sugar-sweetened …
