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Small towns can meet fast-paced world’s challenges

Washington, July 5 (ANI): A new book has said that small towns can meet the challenge of a fast-paced, globalized world.

The book, titled “Small Town Sustainability: Economic, Social, and Environmental Innovation,” has been written by University Distinguished Professor and former College of Architecture and Urban Studies dean Paul L. Knox and Heike Mayer, associate professor [...]

Scientists discover eco-friendly way for wood dissolution (Corrected)

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Scientists at Queen’s University, Belfast, have discovered a new eco-friendly method of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper.

Dr Hector Rodríguez and Professor Robin Rogers from the University’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering worked along with [...]

Scientists discover eco-friendly way for wood dissolution

Washington, May 21 (ANI): Scientists at Queen’s University, Canada, have discovered a new eco-friendly method of dissolving wood using ionic liquids that may help its transformation into popular products such as bio fuels, textiles, clothes and paper.

Dr Hector Rodrmguez and [...]

Grasslands are the future of sustainable agriculture

Washington, May 17 (ANI): In a new book, experts have explained why grassland should be a permanent component of our ecosystem for ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture. itled, ‘Grassland: Quietness and Strength for a New American Agriculture’, the book was written to increase awareness of [...]

Suzlon signs MoU with TERI University

New Delhi/Pune, Mar 31 (ANI/Business Wire India): Suzlon Energy Limited, the world’s fifth leading wind turbine maker, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TERI University for setting up and offering an MTech Programme in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management.

This MoU will facilitate Suzlon Energy to contribute to the Programme through exchange of [...]

Cheap Valentine roses have high ecological price for Kenyan lake

Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A biologist has warned that cheap Valentine roses exported for sale in the UK from Kenya is having a devastating effect on the ecology of Lake Naivasha, which is the centre of Kenya’s horticultural industry.

Dr David Harper, ecology and conservation biologist at the University of Leicester, who has conducted research for [...]