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Innovate UK, the national innovation agency, has up to £15 million for game-changing, cutting-edge or disruptive innovation projects that leads to new products, processes or services.

Leading professional services organization PwC has launched a supply chain opportunity and optimization analytics platform to help accelerate organizations’ digital supply chain journey.

Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), has called for swift action by the new Government to overcome uncertainty and assist the AD sector in boosting the economy, creating jobs and ensuring security of energy supply.

Harnessing bacteria that produce electricity and break down organic waste, a European research project is developing a new, environmentally friendly way to purify sewage water in small communities.

Customer education, infrastructure modernization and the use of data analytics will be key tools to overcoming the water industry’s perennial challenges posed by aging infrastructure, according to the Black & Veatch 2017 Strategic Directions: Water Industry Report.

Morrison Utility Services has introduced groundbreaking Robotics Process Automation (RPA) technology to deliver new safety, quality assurance and efficiency levels to its utility plan (safe dig pack) preparation processes.

insurance banana skinsThe global insurance industry’s ability to confront structural and technological changes is now the greatest risk it faces, according to a new survey of insurers and close observers of the sector.

The U.S. is predicting droughts sooner with satellites to detect the early stages of crop stress from space.

Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are investing up to £8 million (£4 million each) in projects that use cutting-edge technologies to solve agricultural challenges in China.

ATLAS EUEU-funded research is shedding more light on the depths of the North Atlantic maritime region – a better understanding of deep-sea habitats will inform the sustainable management of this vital resource

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