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More Singapore developers embrace greener buildings as energy costs rise

More Singapore developers embrace greener buildings as energy costs rise From low-carbon building materials to district-wide cooling systems, developers are adopting new technologies and design strategies to reduce energy consumption and operating costs. SINGAPORE: More developers in Singapore are going beyond minimum sustainability requirements as rising energy costs strengthen the business case for greener buildings. Architects say private developers are increasingly pursuing higher...

Microbes turn biodiesel byproduct into three nylon building blocks, opening greener route

Microbes turn biodiesel byproduct into three nylon building blocks, opening greener route Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Nylon is a representative plastic material used throughout our daily lives, from clothing to automobiles. However, most of its raw materials have been produced through petrochemical processes, resulting in large carbon emissions. KAIST researchers have developed a technology that can produce key nylon precursors in an eco-friendly way using...

Greener pasture of a shepherd’s life lures Chinese workers penned in by ‘996’ jobs

Airlines find the grass isn't always greener with new engines

RIO DE JANEIRO — Airplane engine makers have fallen short of what they promised airlines, major carriers' CEOs say, a problem vexing an industry that has struggled for years with aircraft shortages and more recently, a doubling of fuel prices. It's a paradox: Engine makers dazzled carriers with more fuel-efficient options for new planes from Boeing and Airbus. But production shortfalls and disappointing reliability with those engines are becoming costly problems, CEOs said in interviews at...

Designing catalysts during synthesis could speed cleaner fuels and greener industry

Greener pasture of a shepherd’s life lures Chinese workers penned in by ‘996’ jobs

A Chinese farmer in Inner Mongolia successfully recruited two shepherds after his job advertisement went viral on social media. The role involved tending to 3,000 sheep on a large pasture, with duties including indoor feeding and cleaning during harsh winter conditions. This incident highlights the increasing pressures within China's labour market, drawing applicants from diverse backgrounds.

Greener Than Humans? Environmental Attitudes in Large Language Models

arXiv:2606.02741v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in sustainability-related decision support, reporting, and public communication, yet little systematic evidence exists on the environmental attitudes embedded in their outputs. This paper develops a benchmark for evaluating environmental cognition, affect, and behavioural recommendations in LLMs and applies it to 31 widely used proprietary and open-weight models. Drawing on questions from...

Archaeologists uncover centuries of history beneath Notre-Dame square

Archaeologists at Notre-Dame Cathedral are unconvering Roman relics and medieval ruins as Paris digs 4m deep to create a greener square by 2028. Tourists queue in the heat outside Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral, while just metres below them, archaeologists are digging into centuries of history. Four metres beneath the forecourt, a team is uncovering layers of history stretching back nearly 2,000 years, from medieval Paris to the Roman-era city once known as Lutetia.

Texas A&M trying to repeat history with torrid high school recruiting pace during 2027 cycle

As the calendar flips from May to June and official visit season is in full swing, it's fun to take a look at the recruiting landscape in college football and see which teams are making moves during the 2027 cycle. I have been quoted as saying that the number next to a team's name early on in the cycle doesn't carry as much weight as some of the other metrics, but one team who is crushing it in both recruiting rankings and advanced metrics is none other than the Texas A&M Aggies.ZERO BS....

One-pot lactic acid production from rice straw: A consolidated bioprocess with enzymatic pretreatment-saccharification and Microbial co-fermentation

Global demand for platform chemicals and biomaterials urges us to seek sustainable strategies along with waste valorization to produce lactic acid (LA) sustainably. The study has designed a one-pot fermentation strategy by employing in-house produced ligninolytic and saccharifying enzymes on rice straw along with a consortium of hexose and pentose sugar co-fermenting microorganisms. Biological pretreatment with in-house ligninolytic enzyme was selected for the one-pot strategy from a...