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New study shows we can create value from food waste by turning it into a highly desirable material – nanocellulose

New study shows we can create value from food waste by turning it into a highly desirable material – nanocellulose

Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of food wasted each year throughout the food lifecycle – from the farm to food manufacturers and households. Across the food supply chain, Australians…

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In taking Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s president avenged his father By Reuters

In taking Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s president avenged his father By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev arrives for a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Moscow, Russia May 25, 2023. Sputnik/Ilya Pitalev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Early…

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How to challenge toxic behaviour and help someone being bullied or harassed at work

How to challenge toxic behaviour and help someone being bullied or harassed at work

The average person will spend more than 3,500 days at work, so toxic behaviour in the workplace can have a big impact on your wellbeing. Whether it’s the sexual assault of a theatre nurse by…

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Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human

Will AI kill our creativity? It could – if we don’t start to value and protect the traits that make us human

There’s no doubt generative AI’s ability to rapidly produce new texts, images and audio is shaking up creative jobs. In the long-running Writers Guild of America strike, a central sticking point has been the guild’s…

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Milei picks professor to be (last) central bank governor

Milei picks professor to be (last) central bank governor

The Central Bank of Argentina Argentinian presidential candidate Javier Milei has announced his candidate to take over the central bank — to fulfil his campaign promise of abolishing it. Milei told Radio El Observador he…

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Staff at top US farm research center file new workplace safety complaint By Reuters

Staff at top US farm research center file new workplace safety complaint By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A damaged hallway in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) is seen in a photo taken by an employee after a 2022 Christmas Day flood and…

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Fossil fuel workers have the skills to succeed in green jobs, but location is a major barrier to a just transition

Fossil fuel workers have the skills to succeed in green jobs, but location is a major barrier to a just transition

As the U.S. shifts away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, thousands of coal, oil and gas workers will be looking for new jobs. Many will have the skills to step into new jobs…

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What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? And how should they be fought? An expert explains

What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? And how should they be fought? An expert explains

Picture this: you’re cruising down the Great Ocean Road in your brand new electric vehicle (EV), the ocean to your left and the wind in your hair. But what if I told you this idyllic…

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Gains, pains and oil reigns By Reuters

Gains, pains and oil reigns By Reuters

© Reuters. The chimneys of the Total Grandpuits oil refinery are seen just after sunset, southeast of Paris, France, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The equation for financial markets…

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Wildland firefighters face a huge pay cut without action by Congress – in the midst of strenuous, dangerous work during fire season

Wildland firefighters face a huge pay cut without action by Congress – in the midst of strenuous, dangerous work during fire season

Radios crackle with chatter from a wildfire incident command post. Up the fireline, firefighters in yellow jerseys are swinging Pulaskis, axlike hand tools, to carve a fuel break into the land. By 10 a.m., these…

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