euronews innovation – Shocking Olives

www.euronews.com There is a electrifying new way to squeeze more from an ancient resource – olives. “We have improved the olive oil extraction process by using a technology based on a pulsed electric field,” explained Arturo Portugal, a research engineer at CRIC. In Malagón in central Spain, a small company is testing out a shocking new form of oil extraction. The idea is to shock the olives with an electrical pulse before squeezing them. The brief pulses of a strong electrical field enlarge the pores in the cellular membranes, simplifying the extraction of oil. Arturo Portugal told us: “The electric pulses, generated by this machine, are directed to this electric box where they pass through the olive paste, pumped through the pipes.” The result is more oil from the same amount of raw material. What is more, punching open the pores of the fruit with an electric pulse makes it simpler to get the best oil from unripe olives. The owner of Aceites Malagón, Aniceto Gómez said: “To ensure the best quality of oil, it’s important to extract it without heating. This project facilitates that process, making it possible to extract oil from the best green olives at ambient temperature.” The pilot plant is treating six litres of olive paste per second. Once proven, the technology, developed within an EU project, will be scaled up to full production levels. Arturo Portugal said: “The emerging markets outside Europe nowadays produce goods at much lower price. This project means we can …
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Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei, the father of science, was born in Pisa, ltaly in February 1564. No one thought that the boy who was born in a poor family running a dry goods store would be a great scientist in future. He received a lot of help and support from Professor Ritch, who also recommended him for a position as professor at the University of Pisa so that he could continue his research. Galilei became a professor, but he was hated by was hated by many people in the university, Because he criticized Aristotle’s teachings, which were sanctified then. Bucause of his criticism, he was called and warned by the dean. “Aristotle was a scholar 2000 Years ago.” “I’ll prove that all his theories are not true.” Galilei performed an experiment in the Leaning Tower of Pisa in order to prove the incorrectness of Aristotle’s theory that ‘a heavier object falls faster than a lighter one.’ Although his argument proved true, no one thought highly of him. Galilei moved to the University of Padova for freer academic study and research. He was very popular there. The classrooms he used for his lectures were always full of students and other professors. One day a German scientist called Copernicus argued, ‘The Earth revolves around the sun.’ His argument brought about a tremendous problem to the people who believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Although they thought Copernicus’ argument was wrong, Galilei agreed with it. ‘Right. The Earth isn’t the center of the …