Grist

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You might think a few days in a pregnancy isn’t such a big deal, but those are crucial days of fetal development,” Leonardo Trasande, an environmental health researcher at NYU and lead author of the study, told Grist. Indeed, the new research isn’t the first to raise concerns about phthalates.

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Plastics Packaging Health Recycling 144

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 21, 2024

“The Smart Ops research team has spent the past two years perfecting SABRE Spheres (short for stabilised aerobic or anaerobic bioengineered reaction environment), developed from seaweed waste and containing targeted natural bacteria and enzymes, which mimic the ability of oysters to naturally filter and breakdown substrates.

Biotech 147

Biotech Pollution Biotechnology Technology 147

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October, after event organisers announced they were waiving ticket costs so that more health professionals can benefit from cutting-edge insights to help improve patient outcomes.

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Medicine Health Pollution Sustainability 130

Grist

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Scientists across the country expressed alarm this month over a leaked proposal that details a potential Environmental Protection Agency policy that could significantly limit what research it uses to create public health regulations.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This kind of electronic waste is becoming a serious problem’, says Xiaohong Lan, first author of the paper and postdoc at the University of Groningen Polymer Science group led by Professor Katja Loos. The researchers’ new polymer decomposes, leaving only water and carbon dioxide behind. ‘To Discussion.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has invented a low cost telecommunication system using drones which provides early warning on natural disasters and acts as a wifi ‘hotspot’ when phone signal is disrupted during extreme weather such as earthquakes, tsunamis or hurricanes.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Researchers from the University of Glasgow’s School of Chemistry claim it will lead to the creation of a ‘Spotify for chemistry’ – a vast online repository of downloadable recipes for important molecules including drugs. The post ‘Digital chemistry’ breakthrough turns words into molecules first appeared on Envirotec.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 18, 2022

“We need a lot of publicly-funded open-access research to advance this field as quickly as possible.” A push for open-access research in alternative protein. Kell is an advocate for open-access research, which has not been common in the space. “And there’s a lot of research there that would be needed.”

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Seafood Startups Innovation Agriculture 80

The Verge: Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

A group of researchers who developed the material say it’s evidence that LK-99 is the world’s first room-temperature superconductor. The newly discovered material made headlines after a research team claimed it was the first room-temperature superconductor, which could revolutionize our energy system. Experts are skeptical.

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Power grid Technology Energy Energy 85

Charged

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Associate Professor Alevtina Smirnova says the solid-state batteries developed at the new Center for Green Solid-State Electric Power Generation and Storage (CEPS) will be ideal for portable and medical applications, electric grids and the automotive industry. The university recently held a conference to coordinate support for CEPS.

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Batteries Automotive Technology Electricity 76

Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Researchers have discovered that this material can be used to overcome critical challenges in existing tech. The researchers found that silicon and GaN could be used in an artificial photosynthesis device. The research was recently published in the Nature Materials journal.

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Hydrogen Technology Solar Power Energy 77

Grist

MAY 14, 2024

On board were 4,300 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments , including samples of dwarf tomatoes grown in space; crystals that could be used to make semiconductors; and medical data on the astronauts working in the space station. Russia, and Europe. Mutagenesis is a very slow process on a day-to-day basis,” Mathur said.

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Agriculture Climate change Resilience Organic 77

Charged

APRIL 30, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $18 million for basic research to ensure the continued availability of rare earth elements. DOE national laboratories are invited to submit proposals for breakthrough research in materials and chemical sciences.

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Recycling Recycling Technology Batteries 51

DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2023

Until very recently, if you wanted to know more about a controversial scientific topic – stem cell research, the safety of nuclear energy, climate change – you probably did a Google search. How generative AI could promote science denial Erosion of epistemic trust. Yet you are unlikely to know if what you’re reading was created by AI.

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Climate change Health Education Organic 78

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

1 The research, which looked at the prevalence of five “chemical cocktails” known to have toxic impacts for wildlife, also highlights the lack of official monitoring for known harmful chemical cocktails, as well as the lack of a regulatory framework to address these mixtures.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Another upshot of the 1952 smog was the formation of the world-leading Medical Research Council Air Pollution Unit, which operated until 1978, when the problem seemed to have been solved, and it was closed. It’s one of the most robust findings I think science has generated in the last 50 years,” he said. References.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Xavier Creative House (XCH) is a sustainable marketing agency operating in the healthcare industry, specializing in pharmaceuticals, biotech, and medical devices. XCH promotes this level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) across the industry as a Diversity Alliance for Science member. For instance: Inc.

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Building Energy Monitoring Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Biotech 78

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Today, modern science is taking heed of their message as ecotherapy enters the mainstream medical realm, with gardening, or horticultural ecotherapy, being prescribed to some patients at a medical practice in Manchester, England. ” Ecotherapy is not a modern concept.

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Health Medicine 28

Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Given how crucial perspiration is for survival, you’d think that researchers would have the science of sweat all figured out by now, but there are still open questions. Newer research suggests that the limit might be even lower than 35 degrees C. Exactly how hot is too hot for the human body? How important is humidity?

Climate change 121

Climate change Cooling Health Solar Energy Monitor 121

Better Ventures

MARCH 4, 2020

Harnessing Ubiquitous Computing and Novel Data Science for Better Health Outcomes Image credit: Vigyanix blog. Worst of all, the appointments, tests, medications and stress will turn your life upside down and strain your financial condition. Imagine having a heart attack. You feel pain in your chest. Right, per day!

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Health Patents Investment Technology 52

AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 21, 2020

While the study has proven beyond doubt that plastic bottles are releasing microplastics, the researchers said that there is no need for alarm yet. According to Philipp Schwabl, a researcher at the Medical University of Vienna who has also researched microplastics, parents should not be worried until more information is available.

Microplastics 28

Microplastics Plastics Health Organic 28

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 7, 2021

After I got in, I wanted to be a chemist and go into forensic science. Then I crossed paths with some environmental science officers and I was like, well, what do you guys do? In the military, my roles and time were always in the medical service section. Hopefully, it would result in a relationship.

Health 98

Health Education Sustainability Innovation 98

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I feel very fortunate to pursue both my personal and professional passions in one role, and I think that young leaders can bridge the gap between industry/sector leaders and bring new technology innovation, research hubs, new financing mechanisms and radical collaboration to our conversations on building a truly holistic food system.

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Health Sustainability Agriculture Organic 534

Business Green

MARCH 15, 2020

The new figures, released last week, also propose that by 2050 average meat consumption should fall further to 300g per week - a level that marks a massive reduction of 81 per cent on current levels, but is also in line with some medical recommendations for healthy meat consumption.

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Meat alternatives Agriculture Policy Demand 54

Grist

JULY 11, 2022

Last week, a separate study published by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong projected global crop yields could fall 20 percent by 2050 due to the effects of climate change. We’re talking about millions of years of evolution,” says He, who is also an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Climate change Cooling Organic Carbon 118

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. John Bello (2018). Project Manager, Skanska; Portland, Oregon. Ana Sophia Mifsud (2019).

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Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 492

Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

This carbon dioxide is used widely for purposes that include making dry ice, performing certain medical procedures and carbonating your favorite soda. Carbon capture and use already has bipartisan support in Washington, and the Department of Energy is funding research in carbon management. Read the original article.

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Climate change Plastics Carbon Fossil fuels 72

Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

M Squared Lasers is a leading developer of photonics and quantum technology with products put to use in a wide-range of sectors including advanced manufacturing, oil and gas research, space technology, and the medical sector, according to the company.

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Investment Government Climate change Technology 79

Low Impact

JUNE 30, 2021

They are not aware, perhaps, that modern pharmaceutical research has vindicated the reputation of many an olden ‘simple’. Some of these eg antimalarial atrabine, a spin off from research into the dye industry, had many unpleasant effects. They believe it to be an issue of mere ‘old wives lore’ and superstition.

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Medicine Health Africa Law 90

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In the report a DLA Piper spokesperson said it is “committed as a firm to upholding the highest principles of ethics and professional standards and do not consider this claim to have any foundation.

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Fossil fuels Law Pollution Ethics 96

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 13, 2018

Gregory Jaffe, director of biotechnology at the Center for Science in the Public Interest said that this preliminary work and the possible resultant regulations could avoid a situation where “the products are safe but consumers don’t think they are safe or don’t believe the developers’ determination that they are safe.”

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Startups Agriculture Technology Biotechnology 52

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 13, 2018

Gregory Jaffe, director of biotechnology at the Center for Science in the Public Interest said that this preliminary work and the possible resultant regulations could avoid a situation where “the products are safe but consumers don’t think they are safe or don’t believe the developers’ determination that they are safe.”

Startups 52

Startups Agriculture Technology Biotechnology 52

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 4, 2021

Conducting market research and data analysis. Minimum qualifications: A bachelor’s degree with an energy focus, preference being towards engineering, environmental science or business. Tracking of industry trends and other market changes that impact energy efficiency. Conducting literature searches.

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Energy Energy Packaging Electric vehicle 40

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Grasso recently resigned from his post as director of the “Anthropocene” research unit at Università degli Studi Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy, over the university’s joint research agreement with Eni, one of the world’s biggest and richest oil and gas companies. And there is some progress in the sports world as well.

Fossil fuels 93

Fossil fuels Education Organic South America 93

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

When I was 15 years old, I published my first paper on artificial photosynthesis at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab here in the Bay Area, and that was an initial spark for me of using science to learn how natural systems work and how we can apply it to manufacturing, energy, and other major industries that are important for human prosperity.

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Building Energy Monitoring Fashion Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 86

Grist

JANUARY 30, 2024

McMichael’s research team tallied up how many lives had been lost to diarrheal disease, malnutrition, malaria, cardiovascular disease (a proxy for heat-related illness), and flooding, worldwide, in the year 2000. The researchers then used computer modeling to parse out the percentage of those deaths that were attributable to climate change.

Climate change 145

Climate change Health Medicine Policy 145

GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

Historically, the private sector invested in research and development to produce world-changing innovations. These include genetic research to develop pandemic fighting pharmaceuticals; commercial-scale applications of solar and wind technologies; and rapidly advancing progress in battery efficiencies. Science is on the comeback trail.

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