Anthony King, 13/11/2019
The University of St Andrews has received a £12m boost from the UK’s Faraday Institution to create a safe Na-ion battery with high performance, low cost and a long cycling life.
Cath O’Driscoll, 13/11/2019
Crop protection chemicals play an important role in protecting plants from pests and diseases. However, they are also blamed for widespread environmental problems and for harming beneficial insects and wildlife.
Anna Jagger, 13/11/2019
Aҫaí berries in Brazil have been found to reduce the levels of parasites that cause malaria in malaria-infected mice and prolong their survival.
XiaoZhi Lim, 13/11/2019
In pursuit of ‘blue skies,’ China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) in 2018 vowed to cut VOCs emissions by 10% by 2020.
Keeping below the inter-nationally agreed 2°C climate change target will not only require a transform-ation in global food systems, but also in consumer diets, according to Dhanush Dinesh, Global Policy Engagement Manager at the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Tropical storm Podul and tropical depression Kajiki hit Thailand in late August 2019, inundating northeastern provinces including Ubon Ratchathani, Khon Kaen and Roi Et for much of September.
African swine fever emerged in China in August 2018. By September 2019, the country’s 400m pig herd was down 40%. The fatal and highly contagious disease is caused by a virus that does not impact pig relatives.
Eric Johnson, 13/11/2019
By 2050, the bulk of European refinery feedstock could be vegetable oils, biomass and precursors to so-called ‘e-fuels’, according to a study from Europe’s oil companies’ environmental association CONCAWE (Refinery 2050: Conceptual Assessment, September 2019).
Growing food efficiently spares millions of acres of land from being harnessed for agriculture. It reduces deforestation and protects valuable ecosystems, said Liam Condon, president of Bayer’s Crop Science division, adding that this is the biggest contribution ag companies can make to safeguarding our environment.
A Nair, 13/11/2019
The India Cancer Research Consortium has announced a Grand Challenge for cancer research to develop cost effective and affordable approaches for screening, early diagnosis as well as treatment and palliative care.
Liquid metal alloys can be used to remove pollutants as well as capture carbon from CO2 emissions. The alloys can be cheaply produced in a low-tech environment, while consuming little energy, researchers in Australia report.
Mexico’s Mexichem has changed its name to Orbia as part of plans to increase its focus on water, agriculture and infrastructure and decrease the focus on chemicals.
An anti-viral drug effective against influenza has been developed by researchers in the US.
13/11/2019
Scientists at Aalto University, Finland, and the University of Vienna, Austria, have combined graphene and single-walled nanotubes into a transparent material with conductivity higher than either component.
Farmers could soon benefit from a big boost in corn yields thanks to the development of new shorter and more resilient varieties of its corn.
Along with beta amyloid, another protein called tau is a further hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
Heart drugs can kill so-called zombie or senescent cells associated with a number of age-related diseases, researchers have found.
