Research*EU Magazine | Number 26 (October 2013)

Turning waste into the key resource of tomorrow

Summary:

EU-funded science is playing an essential role in turning waste into a key resource for tomorrow, which is why this issue of research*eu results magazine is putting some of the most ground-breaking waste-related projects under the spotlight. This issue includes an exclusive interview with Dr Sonia Heaven of the University of Southampton — who coordinates an ambitious project aiming to make the recovery of energy from food-waste processes more efficient — as well as with Dr Mario Malinconico from IUPAC, who sheds light on the SUSRAC project, which is making a key contribution to the long-term sustainability of increasingly successful composite materials. Other articles related to this special feature topic are spread throughout the ‘energy and transport’, ‘environment’ and ‘industrial technologies’ sections of the magazine.

But other major EU science issues have not been left out. The ‘biology and medicine’ section begins with ‘Fractures fixed in a fraction of time’, followed by the ‘social sciences and humanities’ section which starts with ‘Learning workplace skills through gaming’. Immediately after the ‘environment’ section, which begins with a special article entitled ‘Assessing the sustainability of aquaculture production’, the ‘IT and telecommunications’ section looks into solutions for ‘Breaking through the fault-testing bottleneck in chip production’.

Finally, the ‘space’ section features the story ‘Keeping an eye on Europe's biodiversity… from space’. The issue ends, as usual, with a list of events and upcoming conferences

Contents:

Digital Economy

Climate Change and Environment

Industrial Technologies

Health

Energy

Food and Natural Resources

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