Olive Pits to Plastic???

"When the road appears, you start walking" Rumi

 In yet another wonderful example of how careful olive production can result in a zero or negative carbon footprint, check out this new work in which three scientists from Istanbul discovered a way in which waste pits from olive production can see a new life as a source of plastic to use in electronics and food packaging.....

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Fluorecence Spectroscopy Detects Fraud in EVOO

Some of you may know that one of my research projects has been to understand how the fluorescence spectra of olive oils change with age, origin, and exposure to sunlight and oxygen. While my students have done terrific work over the years - especiall

Emission from olive oil irradiated with laser diode

y SURF student Namita Khanjanchi '19 - we seem to have gotten scooped by this group from the University of Madrid.  Not to worry too much, though because our techniques were somewhat different and there is ALWAYS more to know.  Perhaps a trip to Spain is in order?

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and here.....

Miguel Lastra-Mejías, Regina Aroca-Santos, Manuel Izquierdo, John C. Cancilla, Maria Luz Mena, José S. Torrecilla. Chaotic parameters from fluorescence spectra to resolve fraudulent mixtures of fresh and expired protected designation of origin extra virgin olive oils. Talanta, 2019; 195: 1 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.10.102