How much energy do we really need?
Reading Time: 3 minutesTWO fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, and it is critical that the world knows whether achieving these goals will involve trade-offs. New IIASA research for the first time provides a basis to answer this question, including the tools needed to relate basic needs directly to resource use. Researchers […]
The need for good toilet science
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN AS we live in the era of Industry 4.0 (IR4.0), IoT, cloud computing, 5G, gene drive and synthetic biology – in some parts of the world and quite pointedly in Asia and Africa, domestic and public sanitary systems remain derelict, dirty and disgusting. Today, November 19, is World Toilet Day. This specified […]
Singapore scientists engineered yeast to produce butanol
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSCIENTISTS from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an efficient way to recycle food waste that the country produces. They have genetically engineered Yarrowia lipolytica to convert fats in food waste into butanol. In 2015, Singapore produced 785,500 tons of food waste in which only 13% was recycled. This prompted the NUS Synthetic […]
Moving but nowhere to go
Reading Time: 3 minutesMANY INSECTS moving north in response to climate change find they have nowhere to go in Britain’s intensively managed landscapes, according to new research. Since the 1970s, insects in the warmer half of Britain have been flying, hopping and crawling northwards at an average rate of around five metres per day. Landscapes that were once […]
Expert: Study and conserve local primates
Reading Time: 2 minutesWORLD renowned primate expert, Jane Goodall, has called on local wildlife agencies to protect and conserve the Malaysian primates. Describing humans as a major threat to efforts in protecting local wildlife, Goodall has called on relevant government agencies to halt the destruction of animal habitat and to establish research programmes to study and research local […]