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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is designing a CHP system that will simultaneously produce electricity, cold and heat for domestic use, while emitting significantly less pollution than existing technology. The key aim of the PolySMART project is to downsize such technology, already used in large buildings – such as sports centres, hotels and factories – to the home.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A NEW European Union (EU) expert committee, devoted to developing pollution-free energy has issued its first document outlining its goals and potential projects. The European Technology Platform for Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP) will examine a wide area of research into carbon capture and storage, from carbon sequestration to ‘cracking’ fossil fuels to release hydrogen.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EURO 1.8 million European Union research project claims to have reduced the cost of coating aluminium to such an extent, that a potentially lucrative niche could have been created. Project coordinator Germany’s Fischer Oberflachentechnik says its coating can make aluminium tough enough to replace the steel that is usually employed in cars, aeroplanes and other heavy industrial applications.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE US Geological Survey has cast doubt on whether carbon dioxide pumped into spent oil fields would actually stay underground. Researchers found it dissolved some underground minerals by altering their acidity, risking CO2 leaching into groundwater and eventually evaporating into the atmosphere.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project has identified a series of opportunities for further studies that ally the techniques of biomedicine and informatics. The SYMBIOmatics (NOTE: CORRECT USE OF CAPITALS) project has released a list of such potential advances, including developing medical genetics databases; collating gene expression information in medical diagnostics and prognostics; and modelling biological structures, processes and diseases.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCIENTISTS from Bonn University, Germany, have proved that honey can be used to heal wounds, opening up new neutraceutical marketing opportunities, says a European Commission research report.

*http://www.uni-bonn.de/

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

EU research network Eureka has developed a software tool called an ‘uncertainty manager’, which allows food manufacturers to manage unpredictable results when testing food for additive concentration, drug residues and other microbiological issues.

*www.uncertaintymanager.com

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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SLEW of scientific opinions warning about potential consumer health safety issues associated with cosmetics industry products have been released by European Union (EU) scientists, who are calling in many cases for additional research.

The European Commission’s scientific committee on consumer products has for instance warned of the potential risk of allergic reactions to the common scent ingredient coumarin, following patch tests.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

PEOPLE who are continually exposed to low-dose pesticides have a staggering 70% higher incidence of Parkinson’s disease than those who are not, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States. An increased incidence to Parkinson’s did not follow an exposure to other occupational hazards, including asbestos, coal or stone dust, chemicals, acids, or solvents.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) guidance for consumers on their use of sunbeds and other UV devices will be drawn up after an EU scientific committee concluded that they are "likely to increase the risk of malignant melanoma of the skin."…