And, only a small portion of solid waste is being recycled or composted. These trends are having effects across society and the economy
and protect the environment, "said CNRS researcher Elise Noujeim.""But recently, sensitivity toward the environment has been growing.
A new generation is becoming aware about issues such as energy and recycling. And as a country, we are trying to do as much as possible."
The environment will not be the only beneficiary of INCAM. CNRS staff members will attend training sessions at EU research institutes
Yet Nanobond has shown the superbugs can be beaten. e proved that even in bacteria rich environments,
it does not leach out into the environment. Nor does it attack good microorganisms on the skin that help protect people.
However, urbanisation, extensive irrigation and variations in rainfall patterns due to global climate change have led to serious water scarcity in many areas of the world.
Areas under increasing pressure from water scarcity, particularly in the summer months, include small cities and islands along the coasts of Spain, Greece and Italy
According to the European environment agency (EEA), 16 to 44 million additional people will suffer water scarcity in Southern Europe by 2070.
The EU has taken a leading role in tackling water scarcity both on a European and global scale.
the Refresh approach is more cost effective than using tanker ships where fresh water is priced around EUR 14/m3 or huge infrastructures, such as pipelines or desalination plants.
while CO2 EMISSIONS will be lower thanks to efficient transport options. e have received considerable interest from stakeholders in the Mediterranean and Persian gulf area,
material waste is reduced considerably and the process has low to zero harmful emissions. Large-scale aerospace parts can
It is owned a wholly subsidiary of Holland Environment Group which has been developing ground and groundwater solutions since the mid-80s.
Soil contamination was a serious issue in The netherlands during the 1980s and that's when we started developing innovative techniques he explains.
however, recent developments have led to a renewed interest in the technology, with the ultimate goal of significantly reducing CO2 EMISSIONS via capture.
The crushing of rubber waste is more environmentally friendly and resource-efficient than producing new rubber products an important aspect in view of the rising costs of energy and raw materials.'
and thus save lives, prevent environmental disasters and recover valuable cargo a European union (EU) funded research project has developed a unique emergency-response system with vast potential.
Plastic waste, which has a tendency to spread to even the remotest environments, can take centuries to decompose,
and is potentially harmful to the environment, human health and wildlife. Although reducing the amount of disposable plastic products manufactured offers the most sustainable way forward,
recycling is also a powerful tool. But recycling faces many challenges. The complex structure of plastic polymers makes the mixing of different plastics difficult
The upshot of this is that a lower proportion of plastic waste is recycled compared with other materials:
However, it should be pointed out that Europe also uses plastic waste as an energy source, and so, together, energy recovery and recycling use up more than half of the Union's plastic waste.
Going with the flow The variability in the quality of inputs also leads to major fluctuations in the viscosity,
resulting in significant waste. The EU-funded project'Sensor-base ultrasonic viscosity control for the extrusion of recycled plastics'(Ultravisc) has broken the mould
The two-year project sought to improve the recycling of post-consumer plastic waste by compensating for impurities
Ultravisc is expected to reduce waste by about 2%,down time by around 5, %and lower energy consumption by 5%when used on extruders.
environment, safety and congestion. With the vehicles drafting a few metres behind each other, SARTRE short for"Safe Road trains for the Environment"can cut fuel consumption by up to 20%.
%Because the sensor-based system reacts faster than people who are the cause of 87%of traffic accidents SARTRE provides safety benefits.
When the granules are saturated they can be buried safely in the ground as inert waste. Behind the development is led by a consortium Loufakis Chemicals SA in association with three SMES involved in water engineering,
lighter, fuel efficient vehicles mean less overall steel use and ultimately less fuel consumption (by some estimates, up to 0. 2 litres per 100 km) and carbon emissions.
However, reheating is an energy-intensive process where the costly energy consumption of furnaces is of increasing concern as it also impacts on the environment and indeed, the profitability of steel mills.
"The project team developed an innovative flame analysis system capable of detecting burner operating parameters such as firing rate, excess air levels and pollutant emissions,
Landslides and ground subsidence are serious problems across Europe and their costs are underestimated largely, according to Fausto Guzzetti of Italy National Research Council,
Examples include landslides riverbank erosion and melting permafrost; and the human contribution can arise from activities such as mining, large construction works or water extraction for irrigation.
representing a wide range of environments and types of ground deformation. They produced accurate deformation
slow-moving rock slides and ground subsidence owing to overexploitation of aquifers in Italy and Spain;
Demand for DORIS Landslides are natural events that shape landscapes. However, they come with a huge cost, both social and economic.
In Italy alone, landslides have caused over 5000 deaths and displaced more than 150 000 people during the last 50 years, at an estimated economic cost of#2 billion annually.
Thanks to the project, civil protection authorities and landslide investigators have access to information that was simply not available previously,
COMET has come up with an integrated programming and simulation environment (PSIR), as developed by partner Delcam,
and waste treatments, such as incineration. In addition, because many of these materials are derived plastics from fossil fuels, they also increase the impact on climate change.
With the above in mind, a European research project has developed new environmentally friendly materials that can replace oil-based plastic films used in packaging for food
but have a much lower environmental impact. Flexpakrenew began in September 2008 and received#3. 28 million in funding under the EU's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7.
"We used life-cycle assessment techniques to look at the impacts on the environment throughout the production, use and disposal of the new materials.
The development of the new packaging products for a global market will make an important contribution towards the reduction of the dependency of the packaging sector on petroleum resources and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
although climate change has made it more aggressive recently, Tóth says.""In Slovakia, in particular, many field plots are infested,
and each one is using slightly different plant's language to communicate with surrounding environment emitting more than 200 different volatile organic compounds,
and Environment (includingclimate change. Established in 2010 and due to continue until2014 the project is focused on developing ahighly integrated multipurpose refinery.
Global agriculture wastes 60%,or 1 500 trillion litres, of the 2, 500 trillion litres of water it uses each year, according to the WWF.
The waste is mainly down to inefficient irrigation systems. But better managed, it could mean more water resources for other basics like drinking, hygiene and cooking.
while being flexible and robust enough to survive in farm environments, says John Olaherty, the technical director of Ireland Limerick-based National Microelectronics Applications Centre (MAC),
Virtual reality reproduces the surrounding environment, but it offers no rewards system. Our aim was to motivate patients to know their body and mind better.
The community of imaging scientists working on Alzheimer's disease need new powerful environments to perform experiments on such datasets.
The neugrid Grid-based e-infrastructure aims building a research environment where a large clinical and image dataset that is being collected Europe-wide can be exploited by a large neuroscience community through the application of sophisticated brain analysis algorithms.
and storage (CCS) technology has the potential to help the European union (EU) significantly cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
However, efficient and reliable pre-combustion capture technologies that can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2 EMISSIONS from fossil fuel power plants at low cost are still missing.
helping achieve the EU 2020 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30%.%The new solutions developed by the DECARBIT team could also see the use of CCS technologies in other energy-intensive industries.
%which is better for people health and for the environment. The team initially tested the eave tubes in 2013 in large outdoor cages in Tanzania.
BIOCOUP will also help to make a significant contribution to the reduction of CO2 EMISSIONS in the transportation sector through the efficient utilisation of biomass material.
What's more, UNESCO-IHE tests indicate the resulting arsenic-covered sand will percolate (leach naturally) back into the environment,
training and capacity building in organisations, knowledge centres and other institutions active in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure, with emphasis on developing countries and countries in transition.
energy security and turning possibly a greenhouse gas into a useful resource. Researchers have demonstrated for the first time successfully the entire production chain for renewable kerosene,
This is because controlled experiments often involve inaccessible or hostile environments such as the combustion of hazardous waste.
These atural barriershave so far prevented scientists from gaining deeper knowledge that could be used to improve design and production processes.
"The site is being transitioned onto a"new safe environment "and is expected to resume service in coming days,
#Factory Dairy farms on the Rise in Asia The expansion of industrial dairy farms in Asia could lead to severe consequences for the environment, public health, animal welfare and rural economies, according to a policy paper by Brighter Green.
they also create high levels of waste and pollution, according to the paper. Factory farms can contaminate local soil
and water supplies and produce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, the paper says. Brighter Green, the organization behind the paper, wants policymakers to take notice of the consequences of dairy CAFOS
pollution and promote sustainable agriculture. While these negative effects are known, the impact of this trend in Asia is undocumented still largely,
#GE HP Walmart Play Regulator in Their Own Supply Chains Where regulation of environmental impacts is weak,
The company was a founding partner of the Environment Health and Safety Academy, launched in China Guangdong Province in 2009.
and product transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions intensity 20 percent by 2020, compared to 2010. It said was the first IT company to set a supply chain emissions goal.
Walmart and HP are innovating new approaches to managing the environmental impacts of their supply chains
climate change poses real financial risks and substantial economic opportunities and we must act now. The letter was sent to the EPA, the Obama Administration,
has helped its commercial real estate clients reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million metric tons while saving them $2. 5 billion in energy costs over the past seven years.
a business-led call to action that urges federal and state policymakers to seize the economic opportunity of addressing climate change e
#Levi s M&s Other Brands Pledge Zero-Deforestation Fashion LLEVI Strauss & Co.,Marks & spencer, Portico Brands and ASOS have joined Canopy Fashion Loved by Forests initiative,
or contribute to deforestation. Most rayon, viscose, modal, lyocell and other trademarked cellulosic fabrics start their journey as trees.
and climate policy for European union states a
#NYC's 10-Year Plan Sets New Standards for Other Cities Last week, the day after the eople Climate Marchand right before the United Nationsclimate Summit, New york city
Mayor de Blasio announced that the City is committing to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent over 2005 levels by the year 2050.
in order to dramatically reduce the city contributions to climate change, while spurring major cost savings and creating thousands of new jobs for those who need them most.
with currently approximately three quarters of the city greenhouse gas output stemming from energy expended to heat,
In addition to the plan leading to considerable carbon emission reductions in the order of 3. 4 million metric tons a year by 2025, the resulting upgrades should help protect many lower-income citizens from rising utility bills
According to respondents their hospitals have plans in place for minimizing environmental impact when using or disposing of medical products.
San jos known as the Capital of Silicon valley is installing a network of sensors to create a sustainability lens that uses Intel technology to measure characteristics such as particulates in the air noise pollution and traffic flow.
This project also aligns with the San jos Green Vision a long-term sustainability initiative adopted by the city in 2007 to protect the environment stimulate economic growth
Because biochar can be produced from various waste biomass including agricultural residues this new technology provides an alternative
and engineered types of cartilage get stronger in a low-oxygen environment researchers report. Lab-grown tissues could one day provide new treatments for injured or damaged joints tendons and ligaments.
and his colleagues put the skin cells in an environment that closely mimics the environment of brain cells.
and we figured that his expertise in pneumatics was perfect for the MRI environment and could be combined with the steerable needles
##This changed flora is spread around the ICU environment to other patients through cross-infection##Hurley says.##
But they can##feel##the physical environment around them according to new research. Platelets respond to surfaces with greater stiffness by increasing their stickiness the degree to
##Platelets are smarter than we give them credit for in that they are able to sense the physical characteristics of their environment
Zaveri also studied the release of Tenofovir from the suppositories in a simulated vaginal environment to ensure that the drug will be released once inserted in the body even in the presence of semen.
##Armed with the knowledge of what occurs in the digestive systems of preemies in a controlled environment the researchers next aim to discern what happens in the systems of preemies who don t fare as well particularly those suffering from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). NEC is a devastating disorder in premature infants that causes tissue death in the lining
The new research suggests that in the brain unique environment, galectin-1 creates an immunosuppressive effect immediately around tumor cells.
In dark environments, for instance, where visual cues are not available localizing events using sound may be critical.
or dispose of its wastes. The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is among the world deadliest pathogens. Malaria is spread mainly by the bite of infected mosquitoes
needing only a warm environment and plenty of food to multiply, most species that grow in
Since bacteria often depend on nutrients and signals from the extracellular environment to support growth, the substances from this fluid were used to recreate this environment within the tiny Slipchip compartment key to successfully growing the difficult organism in the lab. After growing a pure culture of the previously unidentified bacterium,
Ismagilov and his colleagues obtained enough genetic material to sequence a high-quality draft genome of the organism.
and linking the data to the residential addresses of approximately 1000 participants in the Northern California-based Childhood Risk of Autism from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) Study.
Sherwood s colleague Ryan Baugh an assistant professor of medicine showed that hatching C. elegans eggs in a nutrient-free environment shut down their development completely.
Organisms have to monitor their environment and decide whether or not it is amenable to their development.
But that study took place in a controlled hospital inpatient environment where participants essentially stayed in bed for the whole period
allowing participants to stay in something close to their usual environments, exercise, and eat whatever they want,
But developing a device that could be tested safely in an outpatient environment presented several challenges, first
The UK Health and Safety Executive, the UK Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, the UK Department of health,
#Silly Putty component helps build carpet for stem cells The sponginess of the environment where human embryonic stem cells are growing affects the type of specialized cells they eventually become, a new study shows.
Fu says his findings could also provide insights into how embryonic stem cells differentiate in the body. ur work suggests that physical signals in the cell environment are important in neural patterning,
The other end of each tube is open to the environment allowing chemicals dissolved in the water to seep into the capsule.
and use them to map chemical and physical environments deep underground. he capsules would have to be small enough to fit through the cracks in rock layers
and harsh chemical environment below groundtang says. In addition to making the time capsule technology smaller the engineers also plan to experiment with different gels
#Iron-rich biochar filters arsenic from water Biochar may be a fast inexpensive and easy way to remove arsenic one of the world s most common pollutants from water.
and has been shown to cause cancer. ecause biochar can be produced from various waste biomass including agricultural residues this new technology provides an alternative and cost-effective way for arsenic removalsays Bin Gao associate professor of agricultural
The discovery points to new ways to create mart materialscutting-edge materials that adapt to their environment by taking new forms
#This fusion reactor could be cheaper than coal University of Washington Posted by Michelle Ma-Washington on October 16 2014fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true#zero greenhouse gas emissions no long-lived radioactive waste a nearly unlimited fuel supply.
from the environment. The US Department of energy Office of Basic energy Sciences and National Science Foundation funded the project.
Normally mice placed in a new environment will nose around and explore. But when placed in a cage where they have received previously a shock the mice freeze will in place in a ear response. n this study the scientists used mice genetically modified
The program uses the smartphone s built-in camera to register its environment. It does not evaluate depth or color.
Similar patterns to those in solar flares can also be found in earthquakes avalanches or the stock market. olar explosions do not of course have any connection with stock exchange ratessays Hermann
The pile continues to grow until every now and then an avalanche is triggered. Smaller landslides occur more frequently than larger ones.
By organizing itself around a so-called critical state the pile maintains its original height when viewed over an extended period of time.
or biochar to soil to both boost crop yields and counter global climate change the study offers the first detailed explanation for this mystery. nderstanding the controls on water movement through biochar-amended soils is critical
and reduced greenhouse gas emissionssays lead author Rebecca Barnes an assistant professor of environmental science at Colorado College who began the research as a postdoctoral research associate at Rice university.
and gardening buffs took off after archaeological studies found that biochar added to soils in the Amazon more than 1000 years ago was still improving the water-and nutrient-holding abilities of those poor soils today.
The Lifshitz transition does not apply to objects in our normal environment; rather the physicists are researching an abstract topology of surfaces with
The topology of quantum states for example offers a way of decoupling them from their environment
and the transcriptional network work could allow scientists to breed plants that are better able to deal with stressful environments#crucial in a world where farmers attempt to feed an increasing population amid urban development of arable land
and a rising global temperature. lobal climate change suggests that it s going to get warmer and since plants cannot run away from the heat they re going to have to adapt to a changing environmentnagel says. his study suggests one mechanism for us to understand how this interaction works. oth plants
and an inability to move in a crowded environment Martã says. They re forced to align a defining property of liquid crystals
and is particularly significant as climate change brings more moderate winter temperatures. In the United states alone the disease costs the cattle and sheep industry an estimate $125 million annually. y conducting this epidemiological study on a commercial dairy farm in Northern California we were able to demonstrate that the virus overwinters
and temperature fluctuations happen around us all the time in the environment which could provide another source of energy for certain applicationssays Shwetak Patel associate professor of computer science and engineering and of electrical engineering at the University of Washington.
which emits carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas. Most of these vehicles will run on fuel manufactured at large industrial plants that produce hydrogen by combining very hot steam and natural gas an energy-intensive process that releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct.
Although touted as zero-emissions vehicles most of the cars will run on hydrogen made from natural gas a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming.
Principal funding came from by the Global climate and Energy project the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford and by the US Department of energy.
and materials science at Michigan State university. t makes for a very colorful environment like working in a disco.
and chair of the school of plant sciences with a joint appointment in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology. ice will play a key role in helping to solve what we call the 9 billion-people question. he 9 billion people question refers to predictions that the world
and the hardiness of African rice. frican rice is once more at the forefront of cultivation strategies that aim to confront climate change
and more resistant to environmental stress in West african environments than Asian varieties Wing says. African rice already has been crossed with Asian rice to produce new varieties under a group known as NERICA which stands for New Rice for Africa.
but will have less of an environmental impact such as varieties that require less water fertilizer and pesticides. ardy high-yield crops will become increasingly vital for human survival as the world faces the environmental effects of climate change and an ever-growing global population.
Wing s research group specializes in developing what geneticists call physical maps a tool that enables scientists to understand the structure of the genome.
Production of lithium-7 was banned in the United states due to environmental concerns. It unclear whether the current sources, found in China
also has less potential for environmental effects than the chemical process used in producing lithium-7, which has been linked to mercury contamination.
Such a system would create a minimal impact on the environment and would likely be figured cheap,
For the average person this means more sophisticated weather satellites remote controllers satellite communication or pollution detectors. his is a material innovation that s the first part
#Material snags CO2 from natural gas Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on June 9 2014scientists have created an Earth-friendly way to separate carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas from natural gas right
and this week set new rules to cut carbon pollution from the nation s power plants. ur technique allows one to specifically remove carbon dioxide at the source.
and pathogens that can have an environmental impact if not properly managed. While turning the manure into clean water makes environmental sense
It does this by extracting nutrients from the manure that can be harmful to the environment
biodiesel plants may be able to stop creating hazardous wastes and eliminate fossil fuel from their production process.
At the same time, they are taking care of their hazardous waste problem. AIRYBACTERIA The results, which appear in the journal Environmental science
and Technology, show that the key to Reguera platform is patented her adaptive-engineered bacteriaeobacter sulfurreducens.
and eliminate all of the waste. Together, the bacteria appetite for the toxic byproducts is inexhaustible. hey feast like theye at a Las vegas buffet
she adds. ne bacterium ferments the glycerol waste to produce bioethanol, which can be reused to make biodiesel from oil feedstocks.
Geobacter removes any waste produced during glycerol fermentation to generate electricity. It is a win-win situation.
#Small tuning fork lets device find greenhouse gas Scientists have created a highly sensitive portable sensor to test the air for the most damaging greenhouse gases.
greater compared with the most prevalent greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, over a 100-year period. For these reasons, methane and nitrous oxide detection is crucial to environmental considerations.
the team installed it on a mobile laboratory used during NASA DISCOVER-AQ campaign, which analyzed pollution on the ground and from the air last September.
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
and they don t function outside their natural environment whereas DNA-based motors are more stable and might be switched on and off Choi explains. e are in the very early stages of developing these kinds of synthetic molecular motorshe says.
which leads to a current flow in the external load allowing the charge to be used. his generator can convert random mechanical energy from our environment into electric energy. ince their first publication on the research Wang
Such sensors could be used for monitoring in traffic security environmental science health care and infrastructure applications. or the future Wang and his research team plan to continue studying the nanogenerators
With hot gas still expanding at high speeds after the explosion a supernova remnant is a harsh hot and hostile environment
The quantum well as before consisted of stacked blocks of an indium gallium arsenide compound separated by barriers of gallium arsenide. t s a unique solid-state environment where many-body effects completely dominate the dynamics of the systemkono says. hen a strong magnetic field is applied electrons
and yellow hues. o-author Shane Penny a postgraduate student at Charles darwin University says o correctly describe the new species now becomes critical as the effects of getting it wrong can be profound for fisheries ecology
Overconsumption by humans has depleted giant clams populations in many areas and most giant clam species are on the International union for conservation of nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Keyse says the discovery of a new species had implications for management of giant clams. hat we thought was one breeding group
has turned out to be two making each species even less abundant than previously thoughtshe says.
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