Graz, Austria (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the aromatic substance vanillin into a redox-active electrolyte material for liquid batteries. The technology is an important step towards ecologically sustainable energy storage. “It is ground-breaking in the field of sustainable energy storage technology,” says Stefan Spirk from the Institute of Bioproducts and Paper Technology at Graz Uhttp://dlvr.it/Rj388b Continue reading Ecological power storage battery made of vanillin

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 01, 2020 Flatworms known as planaria could soon replace rabbits and other animals as reliable test models for topical skin products, according to a new study. The use of rabbits and other animals for product testing has long raised questions of ethics and sustainability. Human skin cells in a petri dish are sometimes used as an alternative, but the medium isn’t … Continue reading Flatworms could replace rabbits as models for skin products

Saint-Martin-Vesubie, France (AFP) Oct 4, 2020 French and Italian rescue services stepped up search efforts Sunday after floods cut off several villages in the mountainous border regions, causing widespread damage and killing at least four people. Others remained unaccounted for on the French side of the border after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the area, washing away roads and houses, cutting off entire … Continue reading France, Italy step up rescue efforts after floods

Beirut (AFP) Oct 5, 2020 Fierce forest fires, a monster explosion that killed friends, then more Beirut blazes; Lebanon’s emergency services are reeling from a devastating year, but are determined to press on. Lebanese firefighter Afraa Obeid, a 27-year-old woman with long black hair, recounted how she lost her close friend Sahar Fares in the August 4 Beirut port blast. Sahar, Obeid’s fellow female emergency … Continue reading Woes of Beirut rescuers ‘microcosm’ of troubled Lebanon

Madrid (AFP) Oct 3, 2020 “Hi, this is the army: you’re going to have to quarantine.” This is the message a Spaniard might now hear over the phone from the country’s military personnel freshly recruited to track and trace those exposed to the virus in the European Union’s worst-hit country. At the headquarters of Spain’s armed forces in central Madrid is a room with a … Continue reading ‘Hi, this is the army’: In Spain, troops tackle track-and-trace

Khartoum (AFP) Oct 3, 2020 Sudan and rebel forces signed on Saturday a key peace treaty, nearly a year and a half since mass protests ousted president Omar al-Bashir from power. The removal of Bashir paved the way for a peace deal with the rebels who had fought his iron-fisted rule for decades. Here is a recap of events since Bashir was toppled. – Bashir … Continue reading Sudan since the ouster of Bashir

Kiev (AFP) Oct 1, 2020 At least nine people have died and 14 others have been injured in forest fires in eastern Ukraine near the front line of Kiev’s conflict with Moscow-backed separatists, the emergency services said Thursday. Ukraine has sent 1,200 firefighters to battle the blaze which officials in one village near the frontline said was detonating unexploded shells previously fired over by pro-Russian … Continue reading Forest fire blazes near Ukraine front line, killing 9

Marketers must adapt to changing circumstances. They also have to play better hunches when handling supply and demand issues. In this constantly changing marketplace, supply and demand are moving targets. So why are advertisers not fully capitalizing on the new situation? Many marketers have not yet figured out how to do so.http://dlvr.it/Rhq9NC Continue reading Supply and Demand: A Moving Target for E-Tail Marketers

London, UK (SPX) Oct 01, 2020 Telecomms provider O2, backed by the Government, has today launched the UK’s first commercial lab – the Darwin SatCom Lab – where businesses will trial driverless cars that use 5G and satellite technology to stay connected. 5G could address many of the technical challenges faced by driverless cars by providing stronger, faster and more reliable data signals. While satellite … Continue reading O2 launches UK’s first driverless cars lab

London (AFP) Sept 30, 2020 Some of Europe’s biggest car giants including BMW and Jaguar Land Rover use leather linked to deforestation in South America, threatening the most vulnerable tribes, environmental campaigners Earthsight claimed on Wednesday. The non-profit organisation said the automakers buy leather for vehicle interiors initially sourced from cattle ranching on illegally razed land in a part of Paraguay thhttp://dlvr.it/Rhp1kt Continue reading European carmakers’ leather use fuelling deforestation: NGO