Preserving fresh food longer without chemicals 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: |
Energy Keeping tenants in retrofitted buildings fully informed about the plans helps foster their acceptance of such change in their housing
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Bioeconomy Retrofitting a district is quite different from retrofitting a single building: the technological challenges involved are far greater. Read more: |
Energy 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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Energy 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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Euroscientist 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: |
Energy A new project explores a new path to reduce energy consumption by combining latest sustainable building technologies in public buildings |
Energy 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 |
Energy Citizens living in near-zero energy districts will make significant savings and benefit from an increased comfort in their homes |
Energy Energy generation and management technologies are both essential to optimise energy efficiency when designing new buildings |
Health New virus serotypes are safely used as ‘DNA transporters’ to successfully deliver genes to deficient cells. |
Health 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. |
Energy 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. |
Health 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. |
Health 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? |
Marta Espar
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. |