Day: 17 May 2026

World Food Prize Foundation Selects 13 Students for Distinguished Borlaug-Ruan International Internship

Stuart Mitchell

The World Food Prize Foundation have announced the selection of 13 students for the Borlaug-Ruan International Internship, a unique experience preparing young leaders for high impact careers in science, agriculture and global development. The cohort hails from five U.S. states, India, Mexico and Sierra Leone. The 2026 Borlaug-Ruan intern cohort will explore issues related to global food security and sustainability during eight-week internships in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, Kenya, Mexico, Peru and Taiwan. The prestigious Borlaug-Ruan International Internship provides students with hands-on professional experience working alongside scientists and policymakers…

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Crab Shell By-Products Enable Control of the Lifetime of Marine Biodegradable Plastics – A New Method to Delay PHBV Degradation in Seawater by Remodeling the Plastisphere

Stuart Mitchell

A research group from the Graduate School of Food and Population Health Sciences, the Graduate School of Science and Technology, and the Gunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness (GUCFW), Gunma University, in collaboration with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), has revealed that crab shell by-products generated during seafood processing can be used to regulate the degradation rate of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), a marine biodegradable plastic, in seawater. The study showed that when crab shells were present, the initial attachment of microorganisms to the PHBV surface…

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Vital funding secures youth support in South Lanarkshire

Stuart Mitchell

A COMMUNITY initiative supporting young people and families in South Lanarkshire has been strengthened after new funding helped secure a full-time staff member to lead and expand vital youth programmes. The support has been delivered through a grant from the Renewable Energy Fund (REF), which is funded from the Kype Muir Wind Farm owned and operated by OnPath Energy, and will help the Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill Resilience Group sustain and grow its work across the two rural communities. Based in the villages of Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill, the charity has spent…

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Virgin Media O2 and egg Power begin 10-year solar energy deal to advance net zero ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is doubling down on its commitments to use renewable energy and to achieve net zero carbon emissions after agreeing a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with egg Power.  Under the 10-year agreement, egg Power will supply Virgin Media O2 with solar energy from its new solar farm in Suffolk, which is expected to become operational in 2027. The project is expected to provide around 5% of Virgin Media O2’s total energy supply.   This agreement builds on Virgin Media O2’s ongoing approach to secure a long-term clean energy supply…

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TWI shortlisted for UK Green Business Awards for #TenGreenBottles campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Marketing and communications agency The Write Impression (TWI) has been shortlisted at the UK Green Business Awards 2026 in the Marketing/Advertising Campaign of the Year category for #TenGreenBottles, its sustainability campaign for The Gin Guild. The awards received hundreds of entries this year, with organisers calling it the most competitive year yet. Across the wider shortlist are major organisations including Aviva, Google Cloud UK, NHS England and Octopus Energy. Winners will be announced in London on Wednesday, 24 June. Launched on Earth Day 2025, the campaign was created to support…

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