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Sustainability

On Oct 9, 2020
@stuartsmyth66 shared
RT @CropLifeIntl: Canadian farmer and business leader Ted Menzies is the latest in our #Biotech #FoodHeroes series. Ted has spent his life fighting for farmers' ability to have the tools they need to grow more food and be better stewards of their land. https://t.co/F9QiDoVo37 @CropLifeCanada https://t.co/b0TxSW0sl8
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Ted Menzies

Ted Menzies

CropLife International is an association, based in Brussels, Belgium, which promotes agricultural technologies such as pesticides and plant biotechnology.

On Oct 12, 2020
@SynBioBeta shared
RT @JonEntine: Pesticide evolution: Can natural chemicals help battle insects, weeds and disease without harming the planet? @johncumbers @synbiobeta https://t.co/tn9U6OraTg
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Pesticide evolution: Can natural chemicals help battle insects, weeds and disease without harming the planet?

Pesticide evolution: Can natural chemicals help battle insects, weeds and disease without harming the planet?

A new collaboration between the two R&D pioneers aims to accelerate the discovery of breakthrough crop protection technologies.If you ask two farmers what

On Oct 7, 2020
@prometheusgreen shared
RT @CoralReefFish: Here we go again. For the millionth time, the taxonomic impediment is not caused by the lack of species discoveries, but rather, by the lack of taxonomists to describe species.DNA barcoding won’t solve it. https://t.co/kXR9T9SoHT
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Counting the species: how DNA barcoding is rewriting the book of life

Counting the species: how DNA barcoding is rewriting the book of life

We do not know how many species live on Earth. Barcoding could change that – and open the way for incredible discoveries

On Oct 12, 2020
@prometheusgreen shared
With $300 Million In New Funding, Zymergen Aims To Sustainably Transform The $3 Trillion Chemical And... via @forbes https://t.co/R0Zf1e1UFF
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With $300 Million In New Funding, Zymergen Aims To Sustainably Transform The $3 Trillion Chemical And Materials Industry

With $300 Million In New Funding, Zymergen Aims To Sustainably Transform The $3 Trillion Chemical And Materials Industry

By making better, greener alternatives to petrochemistry, Zymergen sees a huge economic and environmental opportunity.

On Oct 12, 2020
@Labiotech_eu shared
Rising #emissions, electric power consumption, and freshwater usage are causing considerable damage to the global #environment. What can #lifescience labs do to reduce their environmental impact and improve #sustainability? 🌱 https://t.co/We5oHVl4nE 🌱 @Merck_lifesci #biotech https://t.co/y4JziMjf0S
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Infographic: How to Achieve Environmental Sustainability in Life Science Laboratories

Infographic: How to Achieve Environmental Sustainability in Life Science Laboratories

The increase of CO2 emissions, electric power consumption, and freshwater usage, are causing considerable damage to the global environment. While much focus has been set on the ...

On Oct 8, 2020
@OfficeBECouncil shared
RT @BBI2020: 🆕@euronews features the @BBI2020 @project_barbara project! ▶️ Watch the episode & discover how almond shells and agricultural #waste are transformed into #biobased 🌱 car components. A #sustainable 💚 & #innovative 💡 production model! More 👉 https://t.co/v0CXpHPMhq https://t.co/oGbqw49WkF
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BBI JU BARBARA project featured on Euronews

BBI JU BARBARA project featured on Euronews

Futuris, the Euronews programme showcasing leading scientific and technological research projects in Europe, has devoted one episode to the BBI JU BARBARA project. The video …

On Oct 7, 2020
@pharminews shared
Aspen Technology Delivers New Industrial AI Solutions to Accelerate the Journey to the Self-Optimizing Plant https://t.co/paklTIkYAJ #news #pharma #pharmiweb
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Aspen Technology Delivers New Industrial AI Solutions to Accelerate the Journey to the Self-Optimizing Plant

Aspen Technology Delivers New Industrial AI Solutions to Accelerate the Journey to the Self-Optimizing Plant

Reading, UK – 7th October 2020 – Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:AZPN), a global leader in asset optimisation software, today announced the general availability of the ...

On Oct 8, 2020
@GHGGuru shared
“Colorado State University’s Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative has hired its first director: Kim Stackhouse-Lawson”. Kim was among my first PhD students and I am proud of her excelling, first in industry and now in academia. https://t.co/IVj9EnTyaf
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Kim Stackhouse-Lawson named first director of Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative

Kim Stackhouse-Lawson named first director of Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative

Former director of sustainability for JBS USA will begin her position at CSU Oct. 12.