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Nov 8, 2022

Overview on Strategies and Assays for Antibiotic Discovery

The increase in antibiotic resistance poses a major threat to global health. Actinomycetes, the Gram-positive bacteria of the order Actinomycetales, are fertile producers of bioactive secondary metabolites, including antibiotics. Nearly two-thirds of antibiotics that are used for the treatment of bacterial infections were originally isolated from actinomycetes strains belonging to the genus Streptomyces.

Nov 8, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Canada Pitches European Gas Exports, But Europe Won’t Be Buying

Canadians are being sold on a future of natural gas exports to Europe just as European countries speed up their exit from all fossil fuels, says a leading energy transition researcher who’s just finished a series two-week fact-finding visits to Ireland, Denmark, and France. “There’s a disjoin between what the industry and governments

Nov 7, 2022

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

Lane V. Erickson/Shutterstock Mathieu Blondeel, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. Despite being the primary culprits of global heating, coal, oil and gas were barely mentioned in the official texts of previous UN climate change summits. That

Nov 7, 2022

Fossil Decline Has Begun, But Time Running Out to Cut Emissions, Agencies Say

Oil and gas demand has levelled off, renewable energy costs are falling, and electric vehicles can dominate major markets by 2030, but countries will still need “unprecedented” emission reductions this decade to keep the worst of climate change under control, according to reports by three international agencies released yesterday and today. “The world

Nov 4, 2022

Meat or vegan ultraprocessed products, does it matter?

A number of people choose to remove meat from their meals, and food items made from vegetables are an option. Several options of meat or vegetable products are in the supermarkets, with similar nutritional values. Sodium contents, however, can be significantly higher in veggie meals, making them less healthy. Beware of ultraprocessed food items.

Nov 4, 2022

Il Poker di Virtù

Le immagini più famose delle Virtù sono quelle del Pollaiolo e di Botticelli, risalenti al Rinascimento (1470) e conservate alla Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze. Ogni donna è raffigurata con oggetti che simboleggiano le caratteristiche di ciascuna Virtù. Il termine VIRT deriva dal latino virtus -utis che significa forza, coraggio, e da vir, che

Nov 4, 2022

The Quadrumvirate of Virtues

The most famous images of the Virtues are the paintings by Pollaiolo and Botticelli, dating from the Renaissance (1470s) and preserved in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Each woman is depicted with objects symbolizing the characteristics of each Virtue. The term VIRTUE comes from the Latin virtus -utis, meaning strength or courage, and

Nov 3, 2022

U.S. Streams Are Drying Up

A new study reports that streamflow drought is getting more intense in some parts of the United States, a phenomenon that is stressing the nation’s water policy and infrastructure. For millennia, communities throughout North America have adapted to the ebb and flow of waterways. Water infrastructure provides reservoirs for times of drought and

Nov 2, 2022

The case for banning fossil fuel ads

by Peter Dietsch, Leah Temper. Originally published on Policy OptionsOctober 28, 2022 Imagine you have an alcohol problem. Would it be a good idea to go to the local pub every night and expose yourself to the temptation to drink? Hardly. In a similar vein, the world has a serious greenhouse gas (GHG)

Nov 2, 2022

Opinion: India unprepared and under-resourced for plastic ban

Four months on from its introduction in July, the Indian government’s single-use plastics ban is already faltering in the absence of strong government enforcement and cross-sector efforts Every year as the seasons start to change, pandals appear all over Kolkata. Many organising committees for the Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival in West

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