Treating foods with high pressure rather than high heat or chemicals is a natural choice for better maintaining flavor and nutrients, says biologist Carole Tonello. Read more: |
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Keeping tenants in retrofitted buildings fully informed about the plans helps foster their acceptance of such change in their housing
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Retrofitting a district is quite different from retrofitting a single building: the technological challenges involved are far greater. Read more: |
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Involving all the players in a comprehensive retrofitting project from the start, an approach known as Integrated Project Delivery, could be the key to its success
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The town council of Valladolid , Spain, is renovating its heritage buildings to achieve near-zero energy districts, while involving all stakeholders.
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Doing science in Spain is like crying. This well-known quote from one of the most famous Spanish scientist, Nobel laureate Santiago Ramón Cajal, seems more pertinent today than ever. Read more: |
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A new project explores a new path to reduce energy consumption by combining latest sustainable building technologies in public buildings |
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Zero-energy districts are the only possible future for European cities, as costs associated with palliating the effects of climate change soar, but there are many challenges ahead |
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Citizens living in near-zero energy districts will make significant savings and benefit from an increased comfort in their homes |
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Energy generation and management technologies are both essential to optimise energy efficiency when designing new buildings |
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New virus serotypes are safely used as ‘DNA transporters’ to successfully deliver genes to deficient cells. |
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An early stage clinical trial on patients with the rare metabolic disorder, Pophyria, has shown no side effects—further trials, if successful, could lead to the first gene therapy of its kind. |
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Users' perspectives play a key role in low-energy building. Experts agree that the feedback from people living in energy efficient buildings could help to optimise their overall usability. |
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New research has found some compounds effective in blocking the proliferation of certain bacteria, raising hopes of a new class of drugs to combat antibiotic resistant infections. |
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Blocking how bacteria proliferate has led towards novel compounds that may combat antibiotic resistance. But antibiotics are very poor drugs to sell, so who’s going to pay? |
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I went into science journalism by chance. Now, I love this job, which I’ve been doing now for over 15 years. Telling people's stories makes me feel good because information allows us to make the right decisions. With a background in clinical psychology, I especially like reporting on health, education and gender topics and you can find my clippings here. |
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