Science 105
The plastic-eating worms
Interview with Dr. Federica Bertocchini, Biomedicine Institute of Cantabria You’ve recently discovered an astonishing “talent” of the Galleria Mellonella larvae. Can you tell us more about? With my collaborators Paolo Bombelli and Chris Howe, at the University of Cambridge, UK, we discovered that the wax worm can bio-degrade polyethylene, the plastic of the garbage bags […]
Cockroaches to innovate the food industry in Brazil
Interview with students Andressa Jantzen and Lauren Menegon (photo) and Prof. Myriam Salas Mellado, Food Science and Technology Laboratory of Federal University of Rio Grande (Brazil). You’ve recently concluded a study on producing flour from edible insects. How did you get interested in this topic? While trying to innovate the food industry in Brazil our […]
Food allergies are growing in the West
Interview with Antonio De Gennaro, founder of FoodAllergeni Tell us about your background and the activities of FoodAllergeni I am an entrepreneur, graduated in Communication at the University La Sapienza of Rome. I worked for several years with a known communications company as a trainer for retail. In the last three years I worked as […]
Raising mealworms for human consumption without electricity
Adam Brantley -a 7th Grade student at Oconee County Middle School, Watkinsville, GA USA- wrote us to share his interesting experiment about raising mealworms for human consumption without the use of electricity. We’re happy to share his work with our readers. “The idea of using insects as a major source of protein for humans has […]
Seminar: Hermetia Illucens in zootechny
Hermetia illucens in zootecnia Giovedì 2 Marzo 2017 Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (To) 9:00 -9:15 – INTRODUZIONE – Moderatori Prof.ssa Laura Gasco e Prof. Achille Schiavone 9:15 -9:40 – NSETTI per la ZOOTECNIA e REGOLAMENTAZIONE. Dott. Marco Meneguz 9:40-10:05 – BIOCONVERSIONI di SOTTOPRODOTTI. Dott. Andrea Dama 10:05-10:30 – FONTE PROTEICA ALTERNATIVA nel POLLO […]
The future of insects-based fishfeed industry
Interview with Dr. Sadasivam Kaushik, aquaculture and fish nutrition expert at French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) What’s the aquaculture state-of-the-art in Europe? Europe as a whole (including Norway) produces more than 2 million tons of fish. This figure does not include shellfish production which is also part of Aquaculture. Aquaculture science and sectorial […]
Edible insects. South Italy. Fools.
It’s a paradox that the most advanced european countries in edible insects breeding are the ones in the north of the continent. Everyone knows that the mild climates are those that best meet the needs of this kind of activity, also from an economic point of view, just think about costs related to the environmental […]
