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Researchers recently found a new species of scale worms (Annelida: Polynoidae) living mostly in pairs with a striking difference compared to the almost 900 already known species of scale worms: one was a quarter the size of its mate.

Joint release by Hokkaido University, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Ulsan National Institute of Science...

IMAGE: Development strategy for pepsin degradable BioNylons from itaconic acid and leucine. view more  Credit: Image courtesy: Tatsuo Kaneko and Mohammad Asif Ali from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Point: Chirally interactive BioNylons were prepared. BioNylon showed thermal/mechanical performances than conventional Nylons. BioNylons disintegrated and degraded with pepsin. Summary: Marine plastic waste problems have been more serious year by year. One of the worst ...

February 22, 2021 Critics claim environmental regulations hurt productivity and profits, but the reality is more nuanced, according to an analysis of environmental policies in China by a pair of Cornell economists. The analysis found that, contrary to conventional wisdom, market-based or incentive-based policies may actually benefit regulated firms in the traditional and “green” energy sectors, by spurring innovation and improvements in production processes. Policies that mandate environmen...

BUSINESS/Perspective Nigeria is in dire economic straits and in one of its worst economic crises in its history as recently warned by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund last December. It is so bad that in November the Budget Office stated that 428 of Nigeria’s over 600 agencies would be unable to pay November salaries. In 2015, in order to reduce waste and cost of governance, the Oransanye report recommended the scrapping and merger of many of these federal agencies. For more ...

Bangladesh creates Tk 10bn fund to technologically advance export-focused industries

MOSTI launches Malaysia Grand Challenge, supported by 5 funds 08 Jan 2021 / 15:48 H. PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has launched the Malaysia Grand Challenge (MGC), which is supported by five research and development (R&D) funding schemes amounting to RM220 million under the Pemacu Strategic Technology Fund (PEMACU). The schemes are namely the Strategic Research Fund (SRF), Technology Development Fund 1 (TeD1), Technology Development Fund 2 (Ted2), Brid...

New Catalyst Process Recycles Plastic Waste into Useful Materials Written by AZoCleantechJan 6 2021 Scientists have used an innovative catalyst process to recycle a certain kind of plastic for the first time. This plastic is found in everything, such as food packaging, grocery bags¸ wax, liquid fuels, electronics and toys. Graphical abstract. Image Credit: Tamura/Osaka City University. The researchers published their results in the Applied Catalysis B: Environmental journal on December 10 th...

UET, ECO signs commercial licensing agreement Tue 29th December 2020 | 05:40 PM PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Dec, 2020 ) :University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar and ECO Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd on Tuesday signed a commercial licensing agreement of a project, "Performance of confined dry block masonry against Blast loading", funded by HEC under the Technology Development Fund (TDF). The ceremony was held with Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Hussain in chair,...