Researchers found that combining sucrose with supercritical carbon dioxide significantly improved egg white protein’s foaming capacity, stability, and resistance to repeated freezing and thawing. The treatment produced stronger protein networks, helping preserve foam quality and offering a promising approach for managing frozen liquid egg white products.

Phosvitin, a rich phosphoprotein found in egg yolks, is the starting material for phosvitin phosphopeptides (PPPs), a powerful and potentially impactful dietary delivery agent to relieve oxidative stress that can lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Results show promise with PPPs, including increasing cell viability, free-radical reduction and inhibitory activities that promote cell protection.

Researchers from East China Normal University have developed a vehicle-mounted mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy system that reliably detects methane leaks in real time at speeds up to 100 km/h. Published in Optics Express, the compact, vibration-resistant device operates without pre-deployed field hardware and achieves near-laboratory-grade precision (66 ppb for methane). By mapping 2D gas diffusion patterns alongside GPS data, the system offers a scalable tool to identify hidden greenhouse gas leaks and guide targeted repairs.

Food‑medicine homologous polysaccharides are widely known for safety and immunomodulatory effects. A new Opinion article offers an updated perspective: these glycans are not merely bioactive ingredients, but multi‑role biological materials that can act as immune signaling molecules, structural scaffolds and drug‑delivery carriers simultaneously. The authors analyze key bottlenecks and propose cross‑disciplinary strategies to advance them from empirical natural products to rationally‑designed precision immune‑intervention tools.

For thousands of years, the concept of food‑medicine homology (FMH) has guided health practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine, yet its underlying molecular mechanisms remain poorly defined. A new opinion piece puts forward the “5R Principle” framework and outlines how multiple chemistry disciplines can transform empirical ancient wisdom into precise, testable molecular‑level health strategies, bridging traditional experience with modern quantitative science.

Chinese medicinal cuisine, known as yao shan, has long‑standing cultural roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine. A multi‑disciplinary Perspective puts forward a falsifiable systems‑science framework for its modernisation. Rather than simply adding modern technologies to old practices, the work converts traditional TCM concepts into testable scientific hypotheses, establishes causal research chains, separates quality‑safety‑efficacy evidence, and delivers a four‑stage roadmap to advance reproducible, internationally comparable yao‑shan research and application.