Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, thanks to breakthrough nanobiotechnology research from The University of Queensland. The...

Food allergens can now be detected at laboratory quality with the invention of the iTube, a small device that attaches to a standard smart phone. US researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering...

Scientists from the University of Queensland (UQ) are set to revolutionise the fresh fruit industry with a new technology that converts gases into a powder form. Professor Bhesh Bhandari and PhD student...

Russian recycled packaging designers Evgeny Morgalev have created a carboard egg carton that perfectly boils an egg in two minutes while on-the-go. The device has been given the name of the Gogol Mogol....

Woolworths’ has stepped its Christmas campaign up a notch with scented advertising to run in News Limited’s mX community newspaper and Reed Pacific Media. Press advertisements will run in mX this week...

Retailers and chocoholics are looking forward to the results of a technological breakthrough that could see the development of heat-resistant chocolate. Global chocolate company Cadbury has filed a patent...

A partnership in using “peak shift vending machines” has been announced in Japan by Coca-Cola Co Japan and Fuji Electric. The new machines will reduce daytime power consumption by 95 per cent by shifting...

Google is launching a credit card concept that will make payment by ‘one tap of the finger’ a reality. Grocery shopping with just your finger print and your smart phone may sound the way of the...

Four Million uniquely individualised bottles of Absolut Vodka will go on sale this month, made possible with machine modifications by Ardagh Group packaging company, which is claiming ‘packaging history.  Ardagh...

In light of the recent public footage of questionable abattoir practices within Australia, Coles have suggested CCTV cameras may be the way of the future for its farmer suppliers. If the recommended approach...