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Feeding and fueling the future: the bioenergy potential of reviving abandoned agricultural land
Across the globe, hundreds of millions of acres of once-productive agricultural land lie abandoned, according to a new report from researchers at Stanford University and the Carnegie Institution for Science. If this land was used to grow crops for conversion into biofuel, it could help ease the energy crunch without worsening the world food... view more... (2008-06-25)
Vision of European children on sustainability
The world's fastest solar car Nuna 2 will travel through Europe from May 29th untill June 11th: 6500 kilometres from Greece to Portugal, through Western Europe. Never before has a car driven this distance without using a single drop of fuel. Nuna 2 was designed and built by Dutch students and it features the newest in technology to make it as... view more... (2004-05-11)
Heart problem: York academics study cardiac rehab shortfall
Researchers at the University of York are trying to discover why so many heart attack victims in the UK fail to take part in potentially life-saving cardiac rehabilitation. view more (2005-02-24)
Are existing large-scale simulations of water dynamics wrong?
Soils are complicated porous media that are highly relevant for the sustainable use of water resources. view more (2008-03-11)
Energy Lab Sets Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent from 2005 to 2009. view more (2007-12-06)
Accelerating urbanization presents daunting engineering challenge
The stability and livability of the world's growing urban regions is going to depend more than ever on advances in public-infrastructure engineering, says Brad Allenby. view more (2009-02-17)
EU-project strengthens monitoring the impact of climate change on nature
On March 1 the European Phenology Network (EPN) - a network to increase the use of phenological data and to stimulate monitoring and research in Europe in the context of climate change - will officially be launched during the first project meeting at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. The EPN-project has been funded for three years... view more... (2001-02-27)
JOINING FORCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH - EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND USA SIGN FURTHER AGREEMENT
An implementation agreement covering scientific co-operation in the field of environmental research has today been signed by Dr. Margaret Leinen, Assistant Director at the US National Science Foundation and Dr. Christian Patermann, Director of the Environment Research Programme at the European Commission's DG Research. Co-operation is planned to... view more... (2001-10-16)
Small, self-controlled planes combine plant pathology and engineering
A Virginia Tech plant pathologist has developed autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to detect airborne pathogens above agricultural fields. view more (2007-06-14)
Towards an integrated assessment tool for European agricultural and environmental policies
The European Commission asked for the development of an integrated computer toolkit for an ex ante assessment for effective and efficient agricultural and environmental policies for the EU-25 in a changing Europe and world. Thirty research institutes from thirteen European countries are involved in this project 'Seamless'. The project is... view more... (2005-01-25)
Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity
There is growing interest in using crop residues as the feedstock of choice for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol because of the more favorable energy output relative to grain-based ethanol. view more (2009-06-03)
Queen's researchers provide solution to world's worst mass poisoning case
A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. view more (2008-08-29)
DEFRA'S Science and Innovation Strategy published
The final version of 'Delivering the Evidence', Defra's Science and Innovation Strategy, was published today. The strategy - previously issued in draft form - comprehensively sets out the science activities the department proposes to carry out during the period 2003 to 2006. Defra's science minister Lord Whitty said: "From tackling global... view more... (2003-05-30)
North America automobile sector bottom of 'world sustainability league'
The study, entitled Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing, looks at the sustainability performance of 17 leading car manufacturers worldwide between 1999 and 2007. view more (2009-10-30)
£30 Million extra for new research on benefits from knowledge of genes
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) today announces its biggest ever single research initiative, in a bid to ensure that the UK remains a world leader in the race to benefit from new information about the types of genes present in different plants, animals and microbes. Scientists throughout the UK are being invited... view more... (2001-02-01)
Purification of purines through electroflotation
ADE Biotec and the INASMET Foundation, both from the Basque Country, after three years of working together, have developed a new purification technique for purines. The technique is based on electroflotation and could be very beneficial for agriculture as it has a high level (80%+) of purification and very low costs (1 euro/m3). Most of the... view more... (2003-01-14)
Nitrous oxide: definitely no laughing matter
Farmers, food suppliers, policy-makers, business leaders and environmentalists are joining forces to confront the threat of the 'forgotten greenhouse gas' by taking part in an influential new forum at the University of East Anglia (UEA). view more (2008-02-19)
UT Knoxville and ORNL researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source
In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an intensive, high-energy process that outweighs the benefits of not using petroleum to power vehicles. view more (2009-11-12)
RTD info digs below the surface of earthquakes
Issue 43 of RTD info delves into the latest advances in European seismology as scientists grapple to crack the hidden secrets of earthquakes in their bid to minimise the devastating impact of this deadly phenomenon. view more (2004-12-09)
Materials Research: European Commission proposes Framework Five
MATERIALS RESEARCH view more (1999-12-18)
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