Biogas from animal waste in need of maturity
Biogas-based energy could solve both the environmental concern of agricultural waste and reduce dependency of fossil fuels, particularly in Eastern Europe, albeit at a steep production cost
Philippe Baralon – Anti-fraud systems could still be improved
Damage to industry brands linked to fraud is almost as important as food safety because of the impact on their public image, while the current measures to prevent fraud could still be improved.
Under the weather, literally
How climate change is likely to increase the occurrence of stomach bugs
Breaking the vicious cycle of antibiotic resistant bacteria
More people die of hospital germs than of HIV every year. The reason is that antibiotics are becoming useless against an ever bigger number of multi-resistant bacteria that are spreading throughout the world. Today, this is not just an issue in hospitals, but throughout society at large. (May '09)
Communist Heritage Turns Green
European architects and civil engineers succeeded to convert a panel housing block in Hungary into passive homes with a promising future. (Apr. '08)