The famous Scout motto continues to ring true today, and is perhaps even more relevant. And it certainly should not be ignored despite other concerns about where and from whom it originated.
The strain on resources due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be felt by healthcare systems worldwide for a decade or longer.
Energy ministers have called on the European Commission to back up its focus on hydrogen fuel with funding and legislation. The Commission was set to publish its EU hydrogen strategy as C&I went to press in July 2020.
Three quarters of the world’s most important crops depend on pollination by insects, according to The Insect Atlas, published by the environmental think-tank Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and campaigning group Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE).
Selenium is an essential micronutrient and has been included in animal feed since the 1960s to help prevent white muscle disease in livestock. However, it is not essential for crops, which probably led to it being omitted from the European Fertiliser Directive’s list of micronutrients.
7 mins Abingdon Health is expanding its manufacturing capacity at its headquarters in York. The investment will provide state-of-the-art automation for the manufacture of rapid testing solutions. Abin...
A review of lifetime estimates of plastics in the environment reveals they often vary enormously for the same plastic item. Styrofoam cups last for 50 years in the environment, for example, according to one official source, whereas another states they will persist for thousands of years.
The UK looks set to break with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) after it departs the EU customs union at the end of 2020.
Meat, fish and dairy companies have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and face increased scrutiny and regulation in future, according to a new report.
Scientists have resurrected billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyse an entirely man-made reaction. The approach could be used to develop enzyme bioreactors or degrade environmental toxins such as pesticides.