Sector movers: Industrial transportation performing well
Forth Ports is higher after agreeing to let its major shareholder Arcus Capital go through its books ahead of a possible £16.30 bid that would value the Scotland-based port group at just shy of £750m.
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Council on anvil to lessen industrial pollution
The dept of biotechnology is planning to constitute a council to facilitate academia-industry interface so that technologies developed for mitigation of environmentally unfriendly industrial practices are adopted by industry.
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BIO Announces Additional Plenary Sessions And Speakers For 2010 Pacific Rim Summit On Industrial Biotech And Bioenergy
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced additional speakers for plenary sessions on future drop-in transportation and aviation biofuels, potential advances in algae and marine biotechnology and efforts to commercialize renewable chemicals. Newly confirmed plenary session speakers include: – Paul Bryan, Biomass Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy; – James Imbler, CEO …
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Biotechnology is everywhere you look – even in places you might not expect. Take a closer look at your laundry detergent, blue jeans, vitamins, or notepad. Chances are, they contain or were manufactured with industrial enzymes. Enzymes are found naturally in most living things. And with the help of biotechnology, they are now being used in numerous applications in the place of traditional chemical processes, which, unlike enzymes, are not always environmentally friendly. Dr. Targan explains how industrial enzymes work to change the way in which many of the products we use on a daily basis are utilized and produced.
Modern developments in biotechnology have created a plethora of practical applications for micro-organisms in scientific and industrial fields. This two part video illustrates some of the ways they are currently employed or will be employed soon. I’ve included some references/sources/interesting stuff below. The following list is pretty ad hoc as it was made several days after the video was put together, so if something is missing please let me know. Wikipedia articles may also be accessed for certain topics where-ever not already explicitly mentioned. Music: Adiemus – adiemus Injection – Hans Zimmer Caribbean Blue – Enya Jigsaw falling into place – Radiohead Reckoner – Radiohead Introduction/General Information (Johnson M, Lucey J (2006). “Major technological advances and trends in cheese”. J Dairy Sci 89 (4): 1174–8. PMID 16537950. Hagedorn S, Kaphammer B (1994). “Microbial biocatalysis in the generation of flavor and fragrance chemicals”. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 48: 773–800. doi:10.1146/annurev.mi.48.100194.004013. PMID 7826026. en.wikipedia.org www.bacteriamuseum.org www.britannica.com en.wikipedia.org www.zdnet.com singularityhub.com www.allheadlinenews.com Biofuel planetsave.com Eviana Hartman (2008-01-06). “”A Promising Oil Alternative: Algae Energy”". Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com Retrieved 2008-01-15. Bioremediation arstechnica.com news.therecord.com www.tgdaily.com www.wired.com www.adn.com en.wikipedia.org science.nasa.gov (Brim H, McFarlan SC …
About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically modified ingredients and is not labeled. The biotechnology industry is spending $50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope for feeding the world and saving the environment. Family farmers are disappearing at an astonishing rate as people continue to go hungry both here and abroad. Toxic agricultural chemicals continue to poison our air, food and water and put farm workers in serious danger. What’s a person to do? Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage (from archive.org) and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, FED UP! presents an entertaining, informative and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it. FED UP! explores the unintentional effects of pesticides, the resistance of biotechnology companies to food labeling and the links between government officials and major biotechnology and chemical companies. FED UP! answers many questions regarding genetic engineering, the Green Revolution, genetic pollution and modern pesticides through interviews with Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey from the Center for Ethics and Toxics, Peter Rosset and Anuradha Mittal from Food First, Vandana Shiva from the Research Center for Science, Technology and Ecology, Ignacio Chapela from UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Martina …
About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically modified ingredients and is not labeled. The biotechnology industry is spending $50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope for feeding the world and saving the environment. Family farmers are disappearing at an astonishing rate as people continue to go hungry both here and abroad. Toxic agricultural chemicals continue to poison our air, food and water and put farm workers in serious danger. What’s a person to do? Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage (from archive.org) and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, FED UP! presents an entertaining, informative and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the Biotech Revolution and what we can do about it. FED UP! explores the unintentional effects of pesticides, the resistance of biotechnology companies to food labeling and the links between government officials and major biotechnology and chemical companies. FED UP! answers many questions regarding genetic engineering, the Green Revolution, genetic pollution and modern pesticides through interviews with Marc Lappé and Britt Bailey from the Center for Ethics and Toxics, Peter Rosset and Anuradha Mittal from Food First, Vandana Shiva from the Research Center for Science, Technology and Ecology, Ignacio Chapela from UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Martina …
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