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Berry Plastic Sacks Certificated For Reused Material

The RecyClass recycled content certification covers all Berry’s clear, coloured and black refuse sacks. Credit: Packaging News.Berry Global claims its refuse sacks firm in Heanor, Derbyshire, has turned into the "first plastic packaging maker in the UK" to get RecyClass recycled material certification.Moreover, the packaging fabricator has also declared that its variety of Berry...

Carbon Capture & Storage: Chevron Buying Into U.S. Gulf of Mexico Joint Venture

United state oil companies Chevron and Talos and carbon capture & storage project development & finance firm Carbonvert have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). This allowed for a broadened joint venture to design the Bayou Bend CCS offshore carbon capture and sequestration hub presently held by Talos and Carbonvert.In 2021, a joint venture...

Canadian Natural Resources Profits Double in First Quarter

Caterpillar 797 dump trucks working at the CNRL (Canadian Natural Resources Limited) Horizon oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta. They are the world's largest and carry 400 ton loads of oil sands ore. The Canadian Press Images/Larry MacDougal.Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.'s earnings more than doubled from a year ago in the first quarter....

Wi-Fi From Your Local Lamppost

NIST communications researchers traveled to downtown Boulder, Colorado, to verify their channel model for evaluating high-frequency wireless network designs. Credit: ZDNET.As Wi-Fi is deployed in cities and at greater frequencies, it may rely on an abundant urban resource: streetlight poles.To guarantee these networks work well, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Oil Supply Steady Threatened as EU Plans Russian Sanctions

The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. Credit: The Economics Times.Oil Supplies settled at the highest in almost three weeks after an unstable session that saw the market ultimately pivot back to supply issues coming from a European Union's...

Solar Panels Fully Power Hospital During The Day

An aerial image of Castle Hill Hospital's solar farm. Credit: Open Acess.Solar panels, at Eastern Yorkshire hospital are today producing sufficient energy. To fulfill its whole daytime running needs, officials stated.Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has set up an 11,000-panel solar farm.Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said. The ₤ 4.2 m grant-funded plan...

Single-Photon Emitter Pushing us Closer to Quantum Technology

Single-photon emission by a self-assembled GaN/AlN quantum dot. Credit: J. StachurskiTo achieve quantum technology, we need to create a non-classical source of lights that can produce a single photon at a time and accomplish this on-demand. Researchers at EPFL have now developed one of these single-photon emitter that can operate at room temperature. Based...

Ramboll Selects New Global Wind Director

Tim Fischer takes over from Klaus Jacob Jensen who will leave in January 2023. Credit: RambollRamboll has appointed Tim Fischer as the new administrator for the engineering consultancy's global wind division.So Fischer (pictured) replaces Klaus Jacob Jensen. Who, in joint administration with Fischer, has led Ramboll's wind company since 2011.Jacob Jensen will remain and...

The U.S. is Banning Destructive Anti-Satellite Missile Tests to Avoid an Arms Race

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSAT-9 on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09), launches in Sriharikota in the state of Andhra Pradesh on May 5, 2017. Credit: c4isrnet.This month, the U.S. government announced that it will not perform destructive anti-satellite weapons experiments, which dispersed hazardous "space junk" in low-Earth orbit.The prohibition...

Can Robots Help to Boost Productivity in Logistics Operations?

Logistic supplies organized and sorted by a robot. Credit: logitech.This is a huge question for the logistics sector, is it possible to boost performance with robotics in the logistics industry?The solution to this inquiry is not straightforward because logistics is different from other industries and distinct from other industries. It is unclear how robotics...