Tag Archives: industry
Five Innovative Technologies Improving Pharmaceutical Wastewater Treatment
What Trends Are Driving Commercial Refrigeration?
Technology and the Future of European Industry
Is Greece ready for the Industry 4.0?
Nerves of steel: carte blanche to Europe’s atmospheric polluters
In this investigative piece of pan-European journalism, EuroScientist focuses on a case study showing how an evidence-based approach could inform policies that are better suited to protect EU citizens. In this article, we focus on the case of the steel industry. It appears to have managed to render ineffective in protecting the health of EU citizens a 2010 Directive regulating industrial emissions, due to come into force in 2016. The piece reveals how decision-making mechanisms have ultimately been dampened down by many lobbying and political compromises. As a result, industry has been left to decide which tests are to be implemented to control harmful emissions, without the obligation of implementing what available evidence considers the most effective technology. Read more [...]
Montenegro seeks international science park investors
Montenegro's science ministry is pushing ahead with plans for a science and technology park, despite initial calls for domestic proposals to invest in the park flopping. The government now hopes to reach out to international partners to invest in the science park. The park would link academia with industry as part of the country's recent strategy to renew its science base and make it relevant to development. Read more [...]