Packaging

Sustainable food packaging from meat and seafood waste: bioactive compounds, extraction, and innovation

- BackgroundThe growing demand for sustainable alternatives to conventional plastics has intensified research into food packaging materials derived from meat and seafood processing byproducts. These...

Electrochemical biosensors for food spoilage, quality monitoring, and food safety: recent advances, sensor performance, and smart packaging integration

- Ensuring food safety and preventing spoilage are major challenges in today’s globalized food supply chain. Conventional detection methods, such as microbial culture, dye reduction tests, and...

ForestForTrees: An R package to infer forest structure from remote sensing data

- AbstractEstimating forest size?abundance distributions is essential for understanding demographic processes and structural dynamics. Remote sensing provides broad coverage but often misses smaller...

Bacterial nanocellulose composites for sustainable food packaging: a strategy to reduce postharvest loss in fresh produce

- Postharvest losses (PHLs) in fresh produce have significantly affected the economic growth, environmental sustainability, market commercialization, and overall food security. These challenges require...

fastbioclim: An R package for creating custom?time bioclimatic and derived environmental summary variables

- AbstractBioclimatic variables, widely used in ecological and biogeographical studies, are typically derived from 30?year averages of monthly data (e.g. 1971–2000). Unfortunately, the use of these...

Correction to ‘Analysing biodiversity observation data collected in continuous time: Should we use discrete? or continuous?time occupancy models?’

Thymol: properties, synthesis, mechanism of action, and applications

- Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) has long been valued as both a culinary herb and a medicinal plant. Among its constituents, thymol—a key monoterpenic phenolic compound—exhibits a wide range of biological...

A Comprehensive Review on the Significance of Antioxidants and Their Influence on Biopolymer Packaging Films: Recent Advances and Challenges

- Influence of antioxidants?loaded biopolymer films on food security and extended shelf life.ABSTRACTAutooxidation is a significant cause of quality deterioration in food systems, leading to nutrient...

Plant?Based Biopolymer Composites for Smart and Sustainable Food Packaging: Global Insights, Recent Advances, and Future Research Directions

- Plant?based biopolymer composites are promising eco?friendly solutions for sustainable food packaging. This review explores their development, functionalization, and challenges, highlighting...