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8 ways the referendum vote could affect your business costs
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...
A new Sustainable Development Strategy for Switzerland
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...
EU Referendum: votes, property, and fish and chips
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...
Identifying research priorities for cancer
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...
£20.6m green transport fund announced by the government
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...
UK science body calls for review of European GM crops ban
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 gets green light
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...
The ocular lens as a tool for developing antioxidant therapies
Peter F. Kador, Ph.D., FARVO, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska and President and CEO, Therapeutic Vision, Inc. discusses antioxidant therapies.
Looking beyond the refugee crisis: what are the long-term impacts?
After 10 years conducting research on the refugee crisis, Professor Michael Nijhawan highlights the resilience and agency of young migrants
The latest edition of AG is now live!
This latest ebook from Open Access Government looks into how the coming months could prove to be very important for the UK.
The lifelong impact of air pollution
Professor Jonathan Grigg, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) writes about the risks air pollution poses to our country’s children…
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, the first air pollution law of its kind. The Act was in response to London’s ‘Great...
Smart cities: the implications for the private sector
Nicolas Reys, Cyber Security Services Consultant at Control Risks looks at the risks of cyber-attacks on smart cities…
Faced with rapid urbanisation, city planners are turning to technology to solve a wide range of problems. Smart cities are the outcome of the deepening integration between technology and the urban landscape.
Smart...
The Importance of Soils
Matt Aitkenhead, a Member at the British Society of Soil Science sheds light on soils and their role in society and economic development…
The importance of soil to people who work the land or study it is obvious, but this importance often remains hidden in political and economic debates. Partly...
EU aviation emissions set to almost double by 2035
A new report from the European Environment Agency has revealed the emissions caused by European planes will increase by 43 per cent over the next 20 years…
By 2035, Europe’s emissions from the aviation industry are forecast to reach nearly double today’s levels.
A study from the European Environment Agency (EEA)...
How much does it cost to save the world?
Georgina Dowling, Associate at Ramboll UK outlines the importance of investment in infrastructure to help tackle climate change
In December, 195 nations reached a landmark agreement ‘to keep a global temperature rise this century well below 2°C and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5°C...
Climate Change: Ignore the ocean at your peril
Niall McDonough, Executive Secretary at the European Marine Board outlines why the ocean should be part of the climate change discussion
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP21 meeting in Paris in December delivered an ambitious agreement on mitigating the effects of climate change. Before Paris, many commentators...
Industrial biotechnology workshops start academia–industry collaborations
Profile by Alison Parkin, the University of York and Jon Lloyd, University of Manchester
A key aim of the Metals in Biology network, one of thirteen UK government-funded Networks in Biotechnology and Bioenergy, is to bring together scientists from academia and industry to work together more effectively. With this remit,...
Inspiring growth in the aerospace industry
John Laughlin, Aerospace Programme Lead at Innovate UK answers AG’s questions regarding investment in the aerospace industry and how Innovate UK play an integral role in this
UK businesses are well placed to take advantage of growing global demand for faster, quieter and greener aircraft. As the biggest aerospace industry...
Drug development for Alzheimer’s disease
Ramón Cacabelos, of EuroEspes Biomedical Research Center discusses the strides being made in drug development for Alzheimer's disease...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a major problem of health and a national priority in developed countries. Despite enormous efforts by governments, the scientific community and the pharmaceutical industry over the past 50 years,...
Cancer not down to ‘bad luck’, suggests new study
A new study suggests that cancer is not largely down to bad luck but overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors…
The study in the journal Nature used revealed that only 10-30 per cent of cancers were down to the way the body naturally functions or luck.
A team of doctors from...
