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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN research project has created sophisticated computer software providing pollution forecasts for industrial plants, cities and air quality authorities. The TEAP project, coordinated by research network EUREKA, uses complex mathematical and chemical models to combine information about local industrial plants with daily meteorological data.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN research project has developed a packing system for large items such as furniture and stone flooring that uses recyclable plastic and which is designed to boost its recovery. Companies from Italy, Spain and Turkey have created this environment-friendly robotic system under the umbrella of Eureka, a pan-European research network.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) research consortium that brought us fully-recyclable thermoplastic lampposts that bend on impact have adapted their technology to create fully recyclable plastic caravans, dispensing with plywood and other less sustainable materials. Also says companies participating in the Eureka network of technological research, the plastic has been adapted to make modular flooring in marquees, truck bodies, water barrier systems and scaffolding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A TEAM of Dutch researchers has offered the PVC industry a possible alternative to using toxic phthalates to soften plastics, in the wake of September’s decision by the European Union (EU) to ban six of these chemicals in toys.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RIGHT of European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF to investigate allegations of wrongdoing in EU programmes will be extended to five non-member countries in the Balkans under agreements signed with Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AUSTRALIA has made a formal bid for an extension of its jurisdiction over its submarine continental shelf, taking it beyond the standard 200 nautical miles from its coasts, granting exclusive rights over potentially lucrative non-ferrous metal seabed deposits.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS a truly global criminal problem, it is only right that fighting money laundering is a key priority of the United Nations (UN). Its general assembly and key committees have made declarations and approved conventions on the subject, and its specialist agencies have also devoted time, money, specialist staff and energy to fighting the problem.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is publicising three research projects designed to improve nutrition amongst old people. They are: LIPIDIET on preventing Alzheimer’s disease through diet (http://www.lipidiet.org/); OPTIFORD on how vitamin D supplements can strengthen bones (http://optiford.org/); and CROWNALIFE on foods that improve digestion, by providing helpful bacteria not produced naturally in older metabolisms (http://www.crownalife.be/).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is hailing the success of a European Union (EU)-funded research project that has created new technology allowing small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) plants to run on biomass fuels. Applicable for the power range of 200 – 1,000 kWel, its key innovation is using a screw-type steam engine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BRITISH and German governments have agreed to combine their efforts to fight climate change, sharing expertise and holding high-level meetings on issues ranging from transport to energy efficient buildings. German and British scientists will also share research vessels and high-latitude long-range monitoring aircraft.…