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BY MARK ROWE

NANOTECHNOLOGY can imbue textiles with eye-catching properties, but scientists and watchdogs are increasingly uncertain about the extent to which safety issues surrounding such developments have been explored.

According to the US-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, more than 350 nanotech consumer products are now available, such as stain-resistant clothing, (as well as cosmetics, sunscreens and food containers).…

By Alan Osborn

Many European academics and experts in the study of commercial crime are more than happy to discuss the state of play in the sector in an informal way with outsiders; others may be a little more cautious. But all are likely to suggest ways to gain further assistance.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE WORLD is not over-full of specialist academic experts at universities and colleges teaching anti-money laundering methods. This is partly because the subject is often subsumed into financial crime generally and partly because genuine AML skills can command a useful premium to banks and other major financial institutions better able to support lavish salaries and back-up systems.…

BY BILL CORCORAN

SINCE international football association FIFA awarded South Africa the right to host the 2010 world cup four years ago, the country’s government has been using the event as a driving force to improve transport infrastructure nationwide.

The African National Congress-led government’s commitment to using one of the biggest competitions in world sport as a means to accelerate the delivery of infrastructure can be seen in many sectors, but none more so than in the Airports Company of South Africa’s (ACSA) expansion plans.…

BY CHRIS JONES

EUROPEAN Union (EU) telecommunications Commissioner Viviane Reding faces significant opposition to her proposals for increasing the European Commission’s power of veto over national telecoms regulations (NRAs) and the creation of a new Europe-wide regulatory agency.

NRAs in the 27 member states, which together form the European Regulators’ Group (ERG), have made it quite clear that any attempt by Reding to undermine their authority will face fierce resistance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENERGY companies have been offered a private service helping them certify initiatives to reduce their carbon emissions, maybe allowing them to seek funding from polluters and governments seeking carbon credits under Kyoto Protocol-linked schemes. A Carbon Ratings Agency has been launched at the London Stock Exchange, offering detailed assessments within the protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.…

BY PETER MCCREADY

WALKS in the countryside and visits to nature reserves maybe the ideal settings to view British wildlife, but for many, one the easiest ways can be from the comfort of our own home in the back garden. BBC Wildlife asked city and countryside dwellers how they have specially adapted their gardens to attract wildlife.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

OIL-REFINING and transport industries operating within the European Union (EU) will be under further pressure to produce cleaner fuels and less polluting vehicles through a new air quality directive setting strict limits for ultra-fine PM 2.5 particulate matter in air.…

BY LEE ADENDORFF, in Lucca, Italy

OF the 3,000 students who will graduate from fashion school this year in the UK, only 500 will find jobs in the clothing and textile sector. They may be highly creative and excellent designers, but this is not always what the industry wants: many fashion producers say British graduates are ill-prepared to compete and adapt to a workplace characterised by overseas manufacturing bases, highly computerised environments and complex logistical production scenarios.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE USE of fixed dosing in paediatric trials has been favoured by a GlaxoSmithKline expert speaking at a European Medicines Agency (EMEA) workshop on modelling for testing child medicines.

At this London meeting, Oscar Della Pasqua, of the company’s clinical pharmacology and discovery medicine department in Greenford, Middlesex, said the "use of a fixed dosing regimen results in a dynamic range of exposures" and so may be preferred initially in lieu of a dose escalation approach."…