Magazine and paper publications
Submission deadline: Friday, 31 January 2025. Extended to 30 June 2025.The guest editors are Dr Tao Lyu, Cranfield University and Dr Anjali Jayakumar, Newcastle University –Ā heads of our PFAsĀ and ECR Working Groups respectively. This special issue is open for participants of the EBNet ECR24 conferenceĀ AND alsoĀ the whole EBNet community. Take …
The long-awaited UK Government’s Biomass Strategy has been published. It sets out steps government intends to take to strengthen biomass sustainability and the opportunities for the use of sustainable biomass across multiple sectors of the economy in support of achieving the UKās net zero target. It builds on the 2021Ā Biomass …
Reflections on the move to a double-blind Proof of Concept Call. Recent criticisms within academia and a strong focus on EDI initiatives have highlighted anxieties about inequalities in the workplace. Our diverse research community needs to be assured that we take inclusion seriously and aim to safeguard the quality of …
The Environmental Biotechnology Network (EBNet), based at the University of Southampton, is pleased to announce that the abstract for one of their co-sponsored āFarm of the Futureā reports on āDecarbonising Farm Vehicles and Future Fuelsā has won first place in the Best Scientific Abstracts from the Union of European Academies …
A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity Global understanding of anthropogenic chemical pollution remains fragmented, even though it could potentially pose one of the largest environmental threats to humanity. This article, available here or here, examines the threat of chemical pollution to humanity with a particular emphasis on …
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a technology which utilises microbes to biodegrade organic materials into digestate fertiliser and biogas energy. AD is part of the EB Network remit. The nitrogen in the fertiliser produced by anaerobic digestion is primarily in a readily available form. Readily available nitrogen (RAN) easily volatilises as …
With a challenge of ‘bringing our own energy’ and in temperatures exceeding 30 degrees C, the AD Network legacy Circular Bioeconomy outreach team headed for Glastonbury on 25th June to 1st July, joining scientists from all over the country in order to talk to festival-goers about our work. Big thanks …
