Day: May 28, 2020
MIT researchers discover ‘anti-aging molecule’ that can heal DNA lesions linked with Alzheimer’s | Daily
A new joint study from MIT and Harvard has identified an enzyme that could help reverse the effects of DNA damage associated with aging and Alzheimer’s disease, based on testing in mice.
Urban Regeneration and Sustainability
The International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability addresses all aspects of the urban environment, aiming to provide solutions leading towards sustainability….
How to Create, Improve, and Sustain Trust in Your Workplace
In a cleared business where truth and trust are paramount, there remains an elusiveness around the ability to complicity trust all.
International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Marine and inland fisheries today are an important crossroads. They make a crucial and growing contribution to food, nutrition and livelihood security. Yet, despite significant successes, there is a decreasing overall trend in the proportion of marine fish stocks caught within biologically sustainable levels, especially in the least developed regions. The fisheries sector needs to develop a new vision for capture fisheries in the 21st century, in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, that better reflects the way we perceive and use capture fisheries.
Zayed Sustainability US$3 million Award for Entrepreneurs 2021
Every year, the Abu Dhabi Government offers the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the total Prize fund of US $3 million for Entrepreneurs to celebrates achievements…
Feisty squid and deep-sea fish dazzle potential predators with a bioluminescent flash of light | Daily
To find out how the seals find their prey in the dark, the team attaches GPS trackers and light-detecting sensors to five seals from the Kerguelen Islands in the Antarctic.
Sustainable Living Pods and Pods Ecosystems —
What Are Sustainable Living Pods? Pods are programs and materials to populate common rooms in a home. Ideas like UBI (Universal Basic Income) have been floated by various political candidates- interwoven pods ecosystem standards can assure that those dollars don’t simply get gobbled up by existing consumer systems, but transform them. $1000 or $2000 cash a month can sustain connected civic homes running pods programing based on standards.
West Riverside Energy Center | Institute For Sustainable Infrastructure
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced today that Alliant Energy’s West Riverside Energy Center project recently earned the Envision Platinum rating for sustainable infrastructure – the highest Envision recognition level. This is Alliant Energy’s sixth power generation facility to receive Envision recognition, which demonstrates the company’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure planning and design.
Summer School – SUMA – Master Programme on Sustainable Materials
The SUMA summer school will go ahead as planned, however it will be organized digitally. Metallurgy is a key enabler of a circular economy (CE), its digitalization is the metallurgical Internet of Things (m-IoT). In short: Metallurgy is at the heart of a CE, as metals all have strong intrinsic recycling potentials. Process metallurgy, as a key enabler for a CE, will help much to deliver its goals.
The Corporate Athlete: Sustaining High Performance In a Work from Home Environment
On March 16, all Cerner associates began working from home in an effort to help slow the spread of Covid-19. As Cerner Chairman and CEO Brent Shafer mentioned in a recent note, we have accomplished some amazing things during that time, even while adjusting to a new work environment.
Block Stars: How Sustainable Blockchains Will Boost Adoption
This Block Stars podcast features CEO and Co-founder of AIKON, Marc Blinder, who discusses the environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining.
Wide vessels sustain marginal transpiration flux and do not optimize inefficient gas exchange activity under impaired hydraulic control and salinity
Plants optimize water use and carbon assimilation via transient regulation of stomata resistance and by limiting hydraulic conductivity in a long‐term response of xylem anatomy. We postulated that …
Driving clean and sustainable energy with Acciona Energía | Ormazabal
The Santa Cruz wind farm (Sonora) comprises 45 wind turbines that will supply clean and sustainable energy to more than 275.000 homes. The project for the wind farm of the Spanish company Acciona Energía in the Mexican town of Santa Cruz has been a joint effort by the Ormazabal teams for…
Intel promises more sustainable PCs with “longer-term, energy-efficient architectures”
Intel has laid out fresh plans to reduce the impact the CPU company and its products have on the environment by 2030. The new 2030 goals, as a part of the company's wider RISE strategy, outline the ways in which it plans on going about counteracting its impact on the environment, including…
Is Sustainability a Strategic Part of Your Business?
Discover the importance of sustainability to business in today’s world.