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Creating innovative value chains from non-food biomass feedstock
AFTER-BIOCHEM project aims at creating innovative and more sustainable value chains from renewable raw materials to multiple high added-value products at industrial scale.
The U.S. Forest Service: Caring for the land and serving people
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has suffered the effects of 2020, and here, Open Access Government examines how it is providing care and relief for both U.S. citizens and forests everywhere.
Smart Management of spent mushroom substrate to lead the MUSHROOM sector towards a circular...
The project aims to obtain a pelletized organic fertilizer from Spent Mushroom Substrate by implementing circular economy process.
Intelligent traffic systems (ITS) in the UK
Wilke Reints, Managing Director of Siemens Mobility Limited’s Intelligent Traffic Systems business, turns our thoughts towards intelligent traffic systems (ITS) including comment on traffic volumes, air quality and electric vehicles.
Why governments need to re-direct funding towards non-traditional education
Mike Feerick, CEO and Founder of Alison, explores how education is evolving, explaining why governments need to re-direct funding towards non-traditional education such as online learning platforms.
Digital power grid: Making energy work harder for us in 2021
Chris Barlow, Innovation Director, Data Communications Company (DCC), discusses how the digitisation of the power grid will aid the UK’s net-zero carbon strategy.
Europe’s green road to recovery
Mauro Petriccione, Directorate-General for Climate Action at the European Commission, illustrates Europe’s plans for a green recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Engineering research keeps America’s future competitive
Robert B Stone and Jordan M Berg, of the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division at the U.S. National Science Foundation, chart precisely how engineering research improves people’s lives.
H2020 Powerskin+: Carbon-neutral non-residential buildings
Here we learn about Powerskin+, advanced next-generation multifunctional building skins for energy and carbon-neutral non-residential buildings.
Farming sustainably with genetically modified crops
Fourth-generation soybean and corn farmer Monte Peterson explains why he uses genetically modified crops (GMOs) to farm more sustainably and safely.
Monte Peterson – U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)
Monte Peterson farms soybeans and corn on 1,620 hectares (4,000 acres) in Valley City, North Dakota first farmed by his great grandfather in the 1890s.
Shaping of post-COVID-19 EU: Only with organised civil society!
Christa Schweng, President, European Economic and Social Committee details the shaping of post-COVID-19 EU and argues that this is only possible with an organised civil society.
Japan: Science, technology and innovation policy
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, HAGIUDA Koichi, explains the priorities for science, technology and innovation policy in Japan.
Circular economy in the dairy industry: Processing wastes to P-rich bio-based fertilisers
Sergio Ponsá talks about the valorization of the wastes generated by the dairy industry to recover phosphorous, a relevant macronutrient for plant growth that currently depends on a critical raw material.
Fighting climate change by closing the carbon cycle using membrane technology
Patricia Luis from UCLouvain highlights fighting climate change by closing the carbon cycle using membrane technology.
How is extensive research informing EU policy-making?
Megan Warrender, Assistant Editor at Open Access Government, investigates the current and future policy priorities of the Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, and what is influencing them.
Dentistry during the pandemic: Is oral health still a priority?
Marco Landi, President of Council of European Dentists, considers dentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic and the extent to which oral health is still a priority.
Generating renewable genetic diversity in purple rice
Purple rice, generating genetic diversity, breeding-by-design, large-scale stabilised mutant collection, forward and reverse screening are all discussed here by Prof Dr Apichart Vanavichit from the Rice Science Center, Kasetsart University, Thailand.
Towards a British-European partnership on a circular economy
The United Kingdom is about to leave the EU – but there are opportunities to rebuild a strong partnership around a more circular economy, states Professor Raimund Bleischwitz, Director of UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources.
The development of a renewable product prepared using economic waste in Taiwan
Ying-Chieh Lee from the Department of Materials Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, explores the development of a renewable product prepared using economic waste in Taiwan.
