From the past few decades, consumers' demand for probiotic-based functional and healthy
food products is rising exponentially. Encapsulation is an emerging field to protect probiotics …

The preservation of lactic acid starter cultures by drying are of increased interest. A further
improvement of cell viability is, however, still needed, and the insight into inactivation …

Solid‐state zinc (Zn) batteries offer a new candidate for emerging applications sensitive to
volume, safety and cost. However, current solid polymeric or ceramic electrolyte structures …

This review examines the possible functional roles of liquid natural deep eutectic solvents
(NaDES) in plants. Their cellular localization with biomolecular cell metabolites, a high …

Salt solutions on Mars can stabilize liquid water at low temperatures by lowering the freezing
point of water. The maximum equilibrium freezing-point depression possible, known as the …

Purpose To study the effect of mannitol or trehalose on the crystallization behavior of solutes
in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) when the solutions were frozen and freeze-dried …

The aim of cryosurgery is to kill cells within a closely defined region maintained at a
predetermined low temperature. To effectively kill cells, it is important to be able to predict …

This review examines the fundamentals and challenges in engineering/understanding the
thermostability of biological systems over a wide temperature range (from the cryogenic to …

Background Microbial biofilms represent an incompletely understood, but fundamental
mode of bacterial growth. These sessile communities typically consist of stratified …

Numerous laboratory and field studies have been conducted to evaluate the performance of
deicing and anti-icing products and the resulting friction coefficient of treated pavement …