Build better bricks with this beer brewing byproduct   Portuguese researchers have found a way to incorporate leftover brewery grains into a paste used to make bricks.
 In particular, the high-fiber waste containing spent grains--barley malt and maize grits--an easily available,
With a clay paste containing 5 percent spent grains, the team was able to create bricks just as strong as the conventional type,
Turns out, the grains make the bricks more porous, so they trap more air, which increases heat retention, according to the team.
U s. brick manufacturer Acme Brick Company had given previously up on experimenting with this material because of the overpowering stench of moist grains, New Scientist reports.
Yes, those tall, sturdy reeds that usually grow in wetlands or marshy areas and that figure prominently in the Moses story.
Though it would take 10,000 such farms to feed all of Berlin--including the grains needed for beer,
where it's not uncommon to see unused parking lots with grass growing through cracks and boarded up windows.
Dell expands use of bamboo for internal cushioningtechnology giant Dell has been transitioning to bamboo for some of its internal packaging for some time,
Over time, a number of the products that are sourced in China--where bamboo is indigenous--will be transitioned over to bamboo packaging,
The company has taken pains to make sure its materials are sourced from places in China where harvesting the bamboo won't be harmful to panda habitats,
Bamboo is strong, with a tensile strength similar to that of steel. The toughest challenge with using new packaging,
Bamboo won't be appropriate everywhere. For example, for products that are assembled or manufactured in other countries, Campbell said Dell is researching different sustainable options,
was open with abundant grass cover. The sparse tree cover and absence of dead wood on the ground reduced the chance of a high severity fire that would kill trees.
growing new meds in cornscientists have found a way to use maize to produce an expensive drug.
Canada, turned to transgenic, greenhouse-grown maize. Actually, they tricked the maize into making certain modifications.
And that's because when human proteins are expressed in plant cells, they're usually decorated with plant-specific sugar molecules,
The engineered maize seeds produced proteins decorated with sugars that could be converted to human forms.
however, maize may one day become the go-to way to make complex protein drugs.
and nuts--cost significantly more than unhealthy diets (for example, those rich in processed foods, meats, and refined grains).
Price differences per serving for healthier vs. less healthy foods were smaller among dairy, grains, snacks/sweets,
A lack of grass is also dramatically raising the costs to farmers in animal Feed in addition, cities with seemingly endlessly-growing levels of pollution, like Madrid, Barcelona,
Cut your grass high 3 to 4 inches. That gives you deeper roots, which hold the soil better
We encourage people to mulch their grass clippings with a mulching mower and put them back on the lawn,
Bamboo is the next wonder material Friends of Earth rain on Lufthansa biofuels parade Biofuels fly mainstream:
if people want to eat grass-fed beef and only what's grown within 100 miles of their homes.
and grass-fed productions into agriculture, and by changing policy incentives, the nation's agricultural system would be equipped better to deal with several environmental impacts such as climate change, biodiversity loss and resource issues.
Salt said rice plants could be modified with the gene to store arsenic in the roots of plants-instead of rice grains-in contaminated paddies.
limiting impervious surfaces, such as concrete, on their property and letting grass grow near stream banks.
and concrete is gradually replacing plants and grass. Water-saving devices are required now in all new buildings
grasses or non-edible plant parts including corn stalks and wheat straw. The remaining amount includes 1 billion gallons of biomass-based diesel fuel
and Matã Â as Carrizo's involved a late-night dinner and a napkin doodle.
says Carrizo, 36. That napkin idea became  Modularflex a foldable modular housing company, launched at the 2012 Expo Logisti-k,
and Carrizo came up with the idea for foldable dwellings, there were still two glaring problems with most modular housing used for disaster relief
says Carrizo. When we went to the expo, we put four on a Sprinter, the equivalent of two 20-foot containers.
Carrizo says. Â The units, which can be connected to create larger dwellings, hospitals, warehouses and the like, can be customized with doors or windows;
Carrizo and Alter Carrizo gives the example of a mining company in Argentina that last year transported ten containers from Buenos aires to a mining camp in San juan, near the Chilean border.
Carrizo says the company is in the early stages of negotiating deals with mining companies as well as with The argentine military.
like lemongrass and kaffir lime. I could not believe there was so much flavor in such a little creature,
expansive tracts of grass. Many cities in the U s. Southwest have had policies that restrict daytime watering in place for years.
Others are stepping up penalties for folks who water their lawns during peak hours or outright banning lush carpets of grass in new developments.
Since then, the water district has paid out nearly $200 million to remove 165.6 million square feet of grass from residences and businesses, according to the NYT report.
provides rebates of up to $1. 50 per square foot of grass converted to xeriscape. Las vegas also has banned grass turf in any new developments.
There are other commercial efforts underway to develop a water-sipping grass for those who don't want to give up their patch of lawn.
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company has a research partnership with Rutgers University, which is developing grass types
and studying drought tolerance. Rutgers East Coast research capabilities in drought-tolerant grass augments our own research facilities in the Midwest
and Southeast-See more at: http://www. grogood. com/corporateresponsibilityreport/Partnerships/Researchpartnerships#sthash. ddsz6kqk. dpuf Rutgers East Coast research capabilities in drought-tolerant grass augments our own research
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there have been numerous reports that PDS grains often find their way into the black market or are sold illegally in the open market.
Wheat (process fuel not specified) â oe 64g Wheat (as process fuel natural gas used in CHP) â oe 47g Corn (Maize) â oe 43g Sugar cane â oe
Image via Flickr/Jon Connell A town in Vermont facing budget constraints has found a creative solution for keeping the grass in their cemeteries well-kept.
The livestock will graze on graveyard grass so that the town does not have to pay humans with high-tech equipment to do so.
as historically livestock were responsible for keeping the grass trimmed. NPR reports that according to Charlotte town's Cemetery Commission Stephen Brooks,
what needs to be chewed down in direct proportion to how fast the grass is growing,
The Los angeles based company Farmscape is trying to challenge the insidiousness of California grass -and not just by promoting succulents.
so that plants and grass will be watered only when conditions call for it. And not when it is raining;
grass-fed cattle made the situation even worse for the environment. Per kilo of beef produced, cattle on grass produce at least 50%more methane than cattle fed grain
because they need more grass, he said, and it s the digestion by the ruminant digestive system that produces the methane.
Farmer Fiona Chambers Singer's argument was counteracted by organic pig farmer Fiona Chambers, who explained that the environment was equipped well to deal with this.
Food security Peter Singer argued that we waste most of the food value of the grains and soybeans we feed to animals.
the animals may return to us somewhere between one-tenth and one-third of the food value of the grains
Bamboo is the next wonder materialstep aside graphene, there's a new super material in town, and it's a lot more common than you and your honeycombed carbon lattices:
Bamboo is being hailed as a new super material, with uses ranging from textiles to construction,
The Bamboo Boom (available for listening through April 9, possibly 10. It also has the potential to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide, the biggest greenhouse gas,
The fast growing rugged grass has unrivaled capacity to capture carbon the article claims. The bamboo industry hails the crop's other environmental benefits.
According to the Bamboo Clothing website it thrives without fertilizers or pesticides, requires little water, grows on slopes too inhospitable for other crops,
It does not uproot soil (harvesting involves cutting it as it's a grass) and it's 100 percent biodegradable, the website notes.
The World Bamboo Organization says today's bamboo market is $10 billion and could double in five years.
In eastern Nicaragua, bamboo was regarded until recently by most of the local population as valueless-more as a nuisance to be cleared than a boon to them and their region
new bamboo plantations are rising. Nicaragua's bamboo boom has given root to what the BBC claims is the world's first bamboo bond,
offered by Britain's Ecoplanet Bamboo with a return of 500 percent over 15 years for the biggest investors,
bamboo has provided biomass fuel at power plants in the Philippines. Don't worry graphene. As far as I know,
Toymaker turns to bamboo for material and inspiration In Mexico city,'bamboocycles'make two-wheeled transport trendy California company offers sustainable packaging for meat,
AND that is made from plant-sourced materials including switch grass, orange peels and potato peels. Actually, the agricultural materials that will go into these bottles are byproducts from its foods business,
Literally Dell shuns paper for bamboo in some packaging
New industry index will create common shade of green for outdoor apparelas house-brand eco-labels go,
--which they say is harder than some forms of diamond the team modified structure of cubic boron nitride by decreasing the size of the grains.
the nanoparticles coalesced into tiny grains comprising numerous nanotwin domains. The resulting transparent lumps of cubic boron nitride (pictured) were riddled with nanotwin segments that are just 3. 8 nanometers thick on average.
That s slightly harder than synthetic diamond but less hard than polycrystalline diamonds that are made of nanoscale grains.
Last week, four sheep have taken up residence outside of the Paris Archives where they will spend the next few weeks trimming the grass.
That boils down to pumping more grains, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables into its product portfolio,
There are young women teaching old women how to plant tomatoes in the grass between high rises;
The district banned soda machines, restricted portion sizes and sodium in snacks, introduced a lunch menu with more whole grains, educated parents about healthy eating and established school wellness councils.
and one of its most popular items is a five-ingredient hotdog made with grass-fed beef. â Å Food has to taste good in order for kids to want to eat it,
If they â â¢re not eating fresh foods and whole grains at home, â  she said,
growing salt-tolerant grasses for fodder or biofuel, and evaporating the concentrated saline the plant emits to produce salt, Science reports.
The grains communicate with each other and form the bonds necessary to create the three-dimensional object,
and then all the unneeded grains just fall away. When the object is needed no longer, the grains detach from each other to become a heap of sand again.
Test with smart pebbles Gilpin and Rus have used already their algorithms on the 10-millimeter-cubed smart pebbles (pictured above) to create a two-dimensional object.
While true smart sand would require the grains to be much smaller than the smart pebbles,
Decades ago, for specific reasons unknown, the strip of grass out front of the homes on my side of the block was paved over.
so that all of our cow leather is sourced from grass-fed, free roaming Argentine cows, providing a better life for the cow as well as preventing marring of the hide.
Whether gluten-free, all-natural, made from whole grains, or including B vitamins and antioxidants, there's no doubt consumers can find a snack packing the healthy punch they want
rice and maize yields around the world, IFPRI researchers have found that drought tolerance technologies for rain-fed agriculture would increase maize output by 27 percent,
wheat output by 30 percent and rice output by 10 percent by 2050, assuming farmers fully adopt the technology over a 30-year period.
Integrated soil fertility management--a term for a variety of nonchemical practices that raise the nutrient levels of soils--could raise maize output by up to 50 percent,
or high technology could improve maize yields by 22 percent, rice yields by 12 percent and wheat yields by 19 percent.
maize prices could shoot up 90 percent, rice by 65 percent and wheat by 70 percent,
%and maize was up 31%.%While grain prices have come down slightly, food prices are still high,
food trends in Asia by the U s. Grains Council (USGC). USGC President and Chief executive officer Thomas C. Dorr presented a preview of Food 2040 at the U s. Department of agriculture annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. oegrowing affluence in China could change people diets
and agricultural organizations that comprise the U s. Grains Council are starting to review possibilities for meeting the needs
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