This post is rather long. For the tl;dr, read the final two paragraphs. Football as played in America is not the same sport as the football they play in the rest of the world. Actually, that is an oversimplification, as a wide range of very different games are called “football” around the world.
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Minuscule pliers made of soft filaments added to the ends of optical fibres can be controlled with visible light, and could be used to grip objects tens of micrometres in size, such as some individual cells.
Piotr Wasylczyk at the University of Warsaw in Poland and his colleagues made the pliers from liquid-crystal elastomer, a soft polymer material. They bend when visible light shines through attached optical fibres.
Almost 40 per cent of distance travelled in Sweden is business travel (including study trips) and 66 per cent of those are by car.This is therefore an area where great environmental gains can be made if more sustainable modes … Continue reading →…
The funding has been provided through the bank’s Clean Growth Finance Initiative (CGFI) which provides discounted lending to help firms invest in sustainable projects.
It will be used to introduce sustainable measures throughout each of the 24 two-bedroom flats, including solar panels on the roof, weather compensators on the boilers, electric charging points in the car park, and increased levels of insulation to efficiently retain heat.
The luxury brand’s three-year partnership with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will create a sustainability leadership programme for employees and accelerate R&D for innovative ideas and prototypes. Chanel will also sponsor students from underrepresented backgrounds for CISL’s Masters in Sustainability Leadership. The news follows LVMH’s announcement earlier this month that it is extending its existing partnership with Central Saint Martins to encourage innovation in the fields of regenerative design and biodiversity.
Mistra Financial Systems (MFS) was set up as an interdisciplinary research program with the goal to assess how the financial sector can contribute to sustainable development. As part of this work, insights from researchers across the program were recorded in a series of discussions on the future of finance.
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