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Media invitation: Can we deliver Sustainability?
The role of chemical engineers within the sustainability debate is the subject of an evening discussion organised by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) on Thursday 29th January 2004 commencing at 4.30pm. Held at IChemE's London office, 1 Portland Place, speakers will include Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission and well... view more... (2004-01-20)
MEDIA BRIEFING: Sustainable Production: Nanotechnologies Lead the Way
MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 2002, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen Building on the highly successful briefing held in at the MINATEC Centre in Grenoble in June, the European Commission will organise a follow-up, targeted briefing which will focus on the key role of micro and nanotechnologies in sustainable production. Organised at one of... view more... (2002-09-11)
Academic Forum
The creation, at the last Johannesburg summit, of the Regional Government Network for Sustainable Development, was a response to two key ideas at the top of the agenda in many countries at present, particularly in those with a federal political structure. On the one hand, the old International Order in which the only political and economic movers... view more... (2003-04-08)
Towards sustainable agriculture for developing countries: options from life sciences and biotechnologies
Stakeholder conference, Brussels, 30-31 January 2003 The European Group on Life Sciences, made up of eminent scientists advising European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, is inviting stakeholders to take part in discussions to assess how life sciences and biotechnology can foster sustainable agriculture in developing countries.... view more... (2003-01-27)
Scientists investigate impact of climate change on India's monsoon season
Scientists at the University of Liverpool are investigating the anticipated effects of climate change on India's monsoon season and the impact that alterations in India's water cycle will have on the country's people, agriculture and wildlife. view more (2007-03-09)
Abandoned farmlands are key to sustainable bioenergy
Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and Stanford University. view more (2008-06-24)
Nature Points the way to a sustainable hydrogen economy
"This is an exciting early step in developing a sustainable system for producing electricity from hydrogen" said Professor Chris Pickett (Associate Head of the Biological Chemistry Department at JIC). "In Nature iron-sulphur enzymes catalyse a range of important chemical reactions that industry can only do by using precious metal... view more... (2005-02-10)
Plant genes identified that can form basis for crops better adapted to environmental conditions
Roots are crucial for the development of strong, healthy crops. But until recently, exactly which genes are involved in the development of roots was still a mystery. view more (2005-10-26)
PROJECT EXAMINES NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND AGRICULTURE
Professor Joyce Tait of the Research Centre for Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh is joint co-ordinator of the 44-month project, which arose from her earlier work with Scottish Natural Heritage entitled 'Targeted Inputs for a Better Rural Environment' (TIBRE). Says Professor Tait: "In this project, we worked with some of the... view more... (1999-01-22)
The industrial space age
The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I fifty years ago on October 4th, marking the beginning of our use of space for political, military, technological, and scientific ends. view more (2007-10-05)
Stable power supply thanks to wind turbines
Wind turbines can help keep the voltage in the electricity network at a constant level. The power electronics in the turbines can effectively correct peaks and dips in the mains voltage. This is the conclusion reached by NWO-funded researchers. Modern wind turbines are a good means of coping with fluctuations in the mains voltage. Such... view more... (2001-10-08)
Advance in 'nano-agriculture': Tiny stuff has huge effect on plant growth
With potential adverse health and environmental effects often in the news about nanotechnology, scientists in Arkansas are reporting that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could have beneficial effects in agriculture. view more (2009-10-22)
WCMC-Q researchers unlock genetic secrets of date palm
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have mapped a draft version of the date palm genome, unlocking many of its genetic secrets. view more (2009-09-16)
Fishing trade helps Africa
Eating fish imported from poor African countries can help rather than harm those economies according to new research by scientists at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, working in partnership with the University of East Anglia. view more (2006-09-06)
University-NGO partnership announces seven research-and-action projects for developing countries
LEAD International and Imperial College London today announce seven new research-and-action project proposals to address critical problems in water and sanitation, energy, healthcare, agriculture and biodiversity in the developing world. The projects planned for China, India, and countries in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa aim to solve... view more... (2003-01-08)
Dutch government could do more to promote sustainable energy
Dutch researcher Simona Negro discovered that seven key factors exert a major influence on the success or failure of sustainable energy in the Netherlands. view more (2007-02-16)
BBSRC invests over £20M per annum in agricultural sustainability (A response by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to the call by English Nature for a new Sustainable Farming Centre)
"What matters is not how we label our research" says Professor Ray Baker FRS, Chief Executive of BBSRC "but that we have programmes in place to integrate basic and strategic research with more applied studies. These institutes provide precisely this framework, combining as they do £13.7M of MAFF commissioned research with the... view more... (1999-09-17)
International meeting on the Southern Ocean
The Role of the Southern Ocean in Global Processes: an Earth System Science Approach - 14-16 July 2003, London Over 80 experts from around the world will meet next week (14-16 July) to discuss the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica. It's the first attempt by scientists to take a collective approach to investigating an important marine... view more... (2003-07-10)
Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. view more (2007-08-09)
School children could lead the way on sustainability
Many children are not only passionate about environmental issues, but more than capable of driving forward sustainability initiatives, argues new research into the role of schools in developing more sustainable communities. view more (2009-10-21)
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