Ugandan researchers offer lifeline to bakers

Pastry chef using icing bag to decorate chocolate cake, (public domain CC0 photo)

Ugandan researchers have come up with a simple set of guidelines to help bakeries comply with food safety standards – potentially saving them from closure. The new standards for bread and cake production were designed to be practical and easily understood by all bakers, regardless of their educational background. Introduced by the Uganda National Bureau…

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Real-time emissions tracker eyes cleaner bill of health

On car free day in Kigali, everyone joins the physical excercises. Copyright: Courtesy of Paul Kagame (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Rwandan innovators are taking on air pollution with a monitoring device that tracks vehicle emissions in real-time, shutting down the engine if levels get too high. Rwanda’s urban population is rapidly growing, deepening concerns about air pollution and the harm it’s causing to public health. “Exposure to harmful emissions can lead to long-term health issues,”…

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