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Commentary: AlgaEurope Conference convenes academia and business
The Alga-Europe conference will be held between 7-10 December. It will bring together 350 key players from academia and business from more than 45 countries. Registration for the online event is still open. This annual conference is organised by the…
Commentary: 100 ways to make your business sustainable
The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital has announced their free new online resource featuring 100 ‘nature-based actions’ for businesses. The website lists concrete strategies for any business wanting to practice sustainability with links to relevant external organisations and businesses. Reference:…
Charcoal company spearheads biochar R&D
French charcoal company Bordet has launched a public-private R&D programme into biochar worth more than €150, 000 euros. Finance comes partly from the French government and partly from Bordet. The government funds are part of France Relance, a post-Covid recovery…
Diana Holding backs Moroccan agritech
Food company Diana Holding has signed a strategic partnership with Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) to develop precision agriculture in Morocco. The agreement will underpin collaborative efforts to develop sustainable agriculture in Morocco through precision tech. This programme will emphasise rationalisation…
Robot probes secrets of luminescent roots
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science have unveiled a robot that automatically images underground plant root growth. The GLO-Bot operates using GLO-Root, a root imaging software released in 2015. The system solves many of the problems associated with conventional…
AstraZeneca Launches a new £1billion Research Facility in the UK
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca opened a 1-billion-pound ($1.34Bn) research center near the University of Cambridge on Tuesday, 23rd November. Situated within the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the facility aims to combine the best of Britain’s cutting-edge technology and the nation’s brightest minds.…