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ProteoLipins and LipoFishins: Novel nutraceuticals and their effects
Dr Ramón Cacabelos, President of EuroEspes Biomedical Research Center, highlights the potential benefits of novel nutraceuticals including ProteoLipins
Pharmacotherapy is a fundamental cornerstone in the global fight against disease worldwide. The value of drug production has grown four times more rapidly than the world’s income. High-income countries dominate in world...
The future of UK flood policy
The Flood Re scheme may have bought some time, but UK flood policy needs to adapt fast according to the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ Catherine Burtle
As we reflect on the year since storms Desmond, Eva and Frank caused the ‘most extreme floods on record’, the UK is slowly...
Norway’s Arctic strategy: Innovation and sustainability
As M F Warrender writes, Norway’s Arctic strategy revolves around making the region innovative and sustainable - economically and environmentally
Now more than ever the Arctic (a region defined by its natural environment and resources), is facing the serious consequences of climate change. Since 1980, it has seen a 50% loss...
Alternative feed sources for Norwegian sheep
Dr. Vibeke Lind, senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) outlines the work of her research team to develop nutritional alternative feed sources for sheep
I have my PhD from Norwegian University of Life Sciences, department of animal and aquacultural sciences, in animal nutrition. My field of...
Addressing AMR from a food safety perspective
Renata Clarke, Sarah Cahill, and Jeffrey LeJeune, from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, outline the relationship between food safety and antimicrobial resistance
The development and spread of antimicrobial resistant organisms is a complex phenomenon. Antimicrobial resistance is known to develop naturally but extensive use of antimicrobials...
Kid’s health and exercise research: The whole kit and caboodle
Scientists at the University of Calgary’s Human Performance Laboratory take a holistic approach to kid’s health and exercise research
Science that transcends politics for a truly global reach
Politics cannot get in the way of scientific and global collaboration. Professor Colin J Suckling OBE DSc FRSE, Research Professor of Chemistry, Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde discusses
The impact of the referendum debacle will take time to work through in policy and in practice. Meanwhile...
Why cities and regions matter for Energy Union
EnergEuropean cities and regions are vital to the success of the Energy Union, writes European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
On 4 October, the European Parliament ratified the Paris Agreement – the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal. The European Union (EU) is already implementing its own commitments to the...
Redefining child health for the 21st Century
Dr. Benjamin Van Voorhees discusses strategies for redefining child health for the 21st century in clinical practice, education, research and beyond.
Since its inception more than 100 years ago, the Pediatric Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has worked to stay at the forefront of the ever-changing...
Brain disorders and the burden of diseases
Frédéric Destrebecq, Executive Director, and Vinciane Quoidbach, Public Health and Policy Project Manager at the European Brain Council, explain the socio-economic impact of interventions and the importance of early diagnosis with regard to brain disorders…
Depression, stroke, dementia, alcohol dependence, schizophrenia or anxiety will affect at least one in three...
Towards cleaner and smarter mobility
Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director at the European Environment Agency explains how cleaner and smarter transport can meet Europe’s need for mobility…
Transport connects people, cultures, cities, countries and continents. It is one of the main pillars of the modern society and economy, allowing producers to sell their products across the...
The hidden cost of air pollution
Urgent action is needed on air pollution, says OECD Environment Director Simon Upton, particularly in coal-reliant economies like China and India…
Air pollution takes years off people’s lives. It causes pain and suffering through lung and heart diseases. It harms food crops and suppresses agricultural output in a world with...
The value of engineering
Tamzin Caffrey, Head of Communications at Engineering UK highlights how engineering is essential to sustaining the UK’s long-term economic performance…
Engineering sectors produce the majority of the nation’s export and play an essential role in supporting the UK’s international competitiveness by investing in research and development and innovation – a...
The environmental aspect of agriculture
Czesław Siekierski, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Parliament, outlines how agriculture can benefit the environment…
The environmental aspect of farming, and in general the modern agribusiness, is continuously receiving more and more attention and the spread of good practices in agriculture benefits both...
Commission pledges €3.6bn to help farmers innovate
The European Commission has committed €3.6bn to help farmers utilise research and innovation…
European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has pledged funding for research and innovation.
Speaking at the 18th World Congress of Food Science and Technology in Dublin, the commissioner said research had to be adaptable to the farm and...
The future of agriculture and sustainable development
Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development looks at how the Commission is supporting Europe’s farmers to succeed and be resilient…
The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) was originally designed to feed the starving populations of Europe in the post-war era, and it has met that challenge with resounding...
Mapping the Universe to understand its origin
European-supported research in Milan is paving the way to next-generation cosmology experiments, as explained by Luigi Guzzo from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) & Universita’ Statale di Milano (Italy)…
What is the nature of the mysterious “dark energy”? How does it relate to the ubiquitous “dark matter”? These...
Digital economy: Why a brighter future could be in our pocket
The digital economy is here, and growing every day, sometimes in surprising ways. As ministers gather for major meetings in Paris and Cancun, Andy Wyckoff, Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation at OECD outlines how government leaders should be in no doubt about the key role...
Open source towards safe flood defences
Efficient, open minded and international collaboration of research and engineering is vital to safeguard the densely populated and growing urban areas across the world which are facing the consequences of sea level rise and natural hazards...
In times of political uncertainty and economic turbulence, the global challenges of population growth...
Are we prepared for the new industrial age?
Dr. Julian Francis Director of Policy and External Affairs, ACE discusses the impact of automation on the future of industry...
In Britain, and all over the Western world, huge numbers of people feel the system no longer works for them. Globalisation has driven a wedge through our society that affects people both...
