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Dr. Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Head of the Green Nanomaterials Research Group at the University of Sheffield highlights nanomaterials and their functions… Nanomaterials are worth multibillions of dollars globally but their production is wasteful and environmentally damaging. At the Green Nanomaterials Research Group, University of Sheffield, we focus on discovery, design...

Better screening is leading to people with cancer surviving at least a decade after being diagnosed… A new report from Macmillan Cancer Support has revealed people with cancer are surviving longer after diagnosis. The charity said more than 170,000 people who were diagnosed with cancer up to 40 years ago are...

Martin Easter, General Manager at Hygiena International Ltd highlights the importance of cleanliness in hospital settings… “Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement.  If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it,...

Markku Markkula, President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) tells AG why Europe needs to connect and deliver better investment in order to benefit cities and regions…  The outcome of the UK referendum was another sure sign that the EU must change the way it does business. It needs...

The City of York Council has revealed 10 key principles that will help improve sustainability in the area… ‘One Planet York’ is a new plan that puts sustainability at the heart of the City of York Council. The plan, which focuses on 10 key principles, aims to address how the city...

Hermona Soreq, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses combining the environmental and personalised medicine aspects of microRNA ‘guardians’ and their target genes into post-trauma risk and resilience... The risk of developing post-trauma symptoms and related diseases due to previous generations exposure presents a persistent burden on holocaust survivors, their descendants,...

AG Editor, Laura Evans, and Adjacent Oil and Gas Editor, Katy Edgington attended the 7th European Regions and Cities Summit in Bratislava. Here they report on the 2 day event and how investment and collaboration is key for Europe to move forward… A week after Slovakia took over the Presidency...

Hermona Soreq, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem discusses how MicroRNA guardians prevent psychiatric disease by controlling brain-expressed non-coding ‘pseudogenes’... Psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia or manic-depressive disorder present an increasingly heavy burden on patients, caretakers and society. These diseases may reflect combined inherited and personal experience-related causes, and currently used psychiatric...

In the past 24 hours new Prime Minister Theresa May has been making ministerial appointments. AG looks at who is in and who is out… As Theresa May settles into her new position as Prime Minister she undoubtedly has a monumental task ahead of her. Negotiating Britain’s exit from the...

AG Editor, Laura Evans speaks to Rachel Steele, National Climate Hub Coordinator at the U.S Department of Agriculture about how they are helping to reduce the impacts of climate change for farmers and foresters… Agriculture plays a key role in society worldwide. Seen as the backbone of the economic systems...

Following the International Year of Soils 2015, the International Union of Soil Sciences has proclaimed the International Decade of Soils to increase the momentum of raising awareness of the importance of soil for life... The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) is the global union of soil scientists and the...

Eastbourne Borough Council has committed to tackling air pollution in the local area… Following a meeting with a local environmental campaign group, Eastbourne Borough Council has promised to deal with air pollution in the local area. Council leader David Tutt met with the coordinator of Eastbourne and District Friends of the...

Phil Foster, Managing Director of Love Energy Savings outlines what impact the EU referendum vote could have on businesses... British history is about to be made, and despite the 23rd June Referendum being on the horizon, we have no clue as to which way the public will be voting. This uncertainty extends...

Daniel Dubas, Head of the Sustainable Development Section at the Federal Office for Spatial Development outlines the Federal Council’s Sustainable Development Strategy and its aims… In Switzerland, sustainable development is a constitutional obligation. To ensure that the country continuously meets this obligation, the Swiss Federal Council (government) recently renewed its...

With the vote now only two weeks away, the EU Referendum campaigns are hotting up. In the week where the deadline to register to vote was extended by a day, due to website issues, we also saw a Tory MP change sides from Leave to Remain. Over the last few...

Pavel Poc, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety at the European Parliament, outlines why cancer research and innovation must not be at the expense of healthcare equity… There is no doubt cancer is one of the greatest challenges of the current society. When discussing healthcare...

The government has revealed £20.6m green transport funding for cycling and walking projects across the country… A £20.6m green transport fund will help to develop cycling and walking projects, it has been announced. The money will act as a stop gap, covering the end of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund...

The Royal Society has called for a review of the decision to ban GM crops across Europe… The president of UK science body the Royal Society has called for a review of GM crop policy across Europe. Professor Venki Ramakrishnan said there is a misunderstanding of the science behind genetic modification...

North Yorkshire fracking proposals were given the go-ahead by the county council yesterday evening, in the face of fierce opposition… The County Council planning committee has given the go-ahead for North Yorkshire fracking proposals put forward by Third Energy, with a vote of seven to four. The planning committee sat for...

Peter F. Kador, Ph.D., FARVO, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska and President and CEO, Therapeutic Vision, Inc. discusses antioxidant therapies.