Globally, around 70 million tons of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic are manufactured every year. This equates to around 20% of all plastic produced. However, plastic used in packaging degrades over time through repeated conventional thermomechanical processes, meaning that new virgin plastic is required to retain its quality. Now, French biotechContinue Reading
IMAGE: Nuclei of plant cells are seen before and after the plant was exposed to shade. In the top images (before), the transcription factor PIF7 (red) is confined in speckles that… view more Credit: Chan Yul Yoo, Meng Chen lab, UC Riverside LA JOLLA–(June 30, 2021) Scientists–and gardeners–have long known thatContinue Reading
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Danone Manifesto Ventures (DMV) today announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Harmless Harvest, a leader in organic coconut-based products including coconut water and dairy-free coconut yogurt alternatives, as DMV furthers its investment position and partnership efforts. DMV is the corporate venture arm of Danone, theContinue Reading
SMITHS FALLS, ONT. — A ban on single-use plastics will begin this week in one Eastern Ontario County, and some businesses have already jumped on board. “We’re making our July 1 ban compliance voluntary, where we’re really going towards this as an opportunity to educate, to bring awareness, to tryContinue Reading
The hunt is on to find out why the Champlain Towers South in the Miami suburb of Surfside collapsed. On Friday, reports surfaced that in 2018 Frank P. Morabito, an engineer, assessed the 40-year old building and reported that he had found “major structural damage” in a concrete slab belowContinue Reading
In a move to give a major push to tech startups across the country, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog Wednesday concluded its first fintech cohort of AIM-iLEAP- an initiative to back tech start-ups with much-needed access to industry, markets and investors. The fintech cohort was done through a seriesContinue Reading
In the world of food packaging it has been compared to the search for the Holy Grail – how can technology be used to enable tens of thousands of tonnes of problem plastics to be used again and again to protect the products we eat and drink? While scientists, alongsideContinue Reading
Northampton, MA –News Direct– Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Sheila Rostiac “Obviously, no LGBT person should be denied the ability to be who they are because their boss disagrees.” – Gloria Steinem, American feminist journalist and social political activist At PSEG, we couldn’t agree more with Ms. Steinem. While PrideContinue Reading
Julie Devoll, HBR Welcome to the HBR Video Quick Take. I’m Julie Devoll, editor of special projects at HBR. And today, I’m joined by Jens Rassloff, Head of Strategic Relations and Investments at KPMG International, to discuss how to turn curiosity into capability. Jens, thank you so much for joining usContinue Reading
Mario Belesi, Director of Solidworks for Latin America at Dassault Systèmes, tells us how technological innovations, such as 3D and Virtual Twins, will be necessary to achieve the objectives and goals of protecting the planet. With the level of environmental degradation caused by current production models and with consumption reachingContinue Reading
