Protient, a nutritional protein supplier based in Minnesota, is launching a goat milk protein concentrate for the sports nutrition and weight loss industries, following demand from formulators for rapidly absorbed, less allergenic protein.

The potential for goat protein and its advantages remains virtually untapped in the United States, where cow’s milk predominates, and goat’s milk products are a specialized market. However, more people worldwide consume goat’s milk and its derivatives than those from any other animal.

The advantage of goat’s milk over cow’s milk is that it is more easily absorbed into the system because goat’s milk contains smaller protein molecules, closer in size and composition to human milk. It also contains only trace amounts of the allergenic protein alpha-S1, found in greater quantities in cow’s milk. (more…)

A squid-like underwater robot has been developed by Osaka University in Japan. It was demonstrated in a Kobe swimming pool as part of a recent underwater robot festival. As this robot swims, it resembles a squid. The new robot squid has head fins like a real squid. It has a long, flat body to easily enter narrow spaces. This kind of robot is called "bio-mimetic" because it imitates characteristics of living things. (more…)