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What if you wanted to ensure that your product development and packaging processes were sustainable and wasted as little material as possible? You could physically test different options through trial and error, which would inevitably result in waste and contradict the very goal you aim to achieve… Instead, do it the Mars way and rely on #ansys. During my journey to become a SME in #modelingandsimulation, I naturally obtained a very narrow view of that field (focusing purely on #fluiddynamics). A highlight of my time with #ansys has been witnessing the breadth of what simulation can achieve. From spaceships to cell towers to M&Ms to the human heart to babies pooping in diapers (yes, we’ve simulated it), the breadth of #ansys has you covered.

BE Fellows project Mars Materials is transforming CO2 emissions into carbon negative industrial materials. Their innovative nitrilation process converts CO2 into acrylonitrile, the key component in carbon fiber. This tech not only reduces toxic byproducts but also slashes production costs and emissions. With potential gigaton-scale impact, Mars Materials is paving the way for a sustainable future. Learn more about Mars Materials: https://nt-z.ro/3RoGMEU

For your reading pleasure, a paper on new mobility paradigms published at Transportmetrica B... curious to see a combination of agent-based modelling with life cycle assessment applied to the wonderful world of shared, automated and electric vehicles? Look at the paper of Mariana Vilaça , supervised by Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Rodriguez Correia and myself!

Last week we were in Paris, as part of ACCIÓ's mission to VivaTechnology. We detected that companies, such as Airbus and EDF, and investment funds, like Google Ventures and Breakthrough Energy, are aware of the urgency to act in the current climate situation and the need to do so proactively. To this end, they consider it essential to implement a global policy to find high-impact solutions. But what are these solutions? Can we go beyond the capture and/or reduction of greenhouse gases? Opting for actual strategy will achieve climate solutions with minimal impact. If we seek to act in-situ on most of the Earth surface, the impact will be enormous. The application of a disruptive, transcendent, and global technology, like Aircure®Tech, would provide real solutions to solve and improve the economy and the planet in an accelerated way. Science already has these solutions. Why are they not being considered, and we have been making the same mistakes for decades? Major players should ask these questions before defining a new strategy to face the climate situation.

At Atoco we’re taking action to solve one of the biggest challenges facing our planet: carbon emissions—that contribute to rising temperatures and climate change. Read more about our game-changing climate tech at https://lnkd.in/d-779Vve   We’re doing this by leveraging advances in reticular chemistry and materials made by our founder Prof. Omar Yaghi. Put simply, these materials are manmade microscopic structures that can extract and store carbon dioxide and other molecules.   With our novel solid state carbon capture technology, we can efficiently capture the emissions of carbon dioxide, both post-combustion (PCC) and directly from the atmosphere (DAC).   Highly efficient, sustainable and scalable, the solutions based on these materials can lead to substantial and lasting reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide in our air—good news for our climate and the future generations who have to live with it. #CCUS #carboncapture #climatechange

The Digital Ocean Forum 2024 in Brussels unveiled the first demo of the European Digital Twin Ocean 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6i85QSh #EUDTO #DOF2024 #MISSIONOCEAN - Mission Ocean - EDITO - European Digital Twin Ocean - EMODnet - Copernicus Marine Service - Mercator Ocean International - Departement Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie (EWI) - EU Science, Research and Innovation - Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 - European Commissionhow more

Continuing with the introduction of our partners, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft based in Germany answers our Q&A today. ❓𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗵𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗦? 👩🔬🔬 The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the world’s leading applied research organization with a tremendous variety of research fields. This is reflected in a wide range of maritime and marine research areas - from shallow water to the deep sea. Thereby, Fraunhofer is creating a balance between marine protection and economic use. This benefits Innovation Platform Sustainable Sea and Ocean Solutions ISSS in fields such as environmental monitoring, energy generation, disposal of munitions and the prevention and reduction of marine pollution. Extensive test equipment and appropriate test beds are integrated into the practice-oriented research and development infrastructures like the Fraunhofer Digital Ocean Lab underwater test field. ➡https://lnkd.in/evYQBw3C ❓𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺? 🌍Exchanging ideas and knowledge is crucial when it comes to global threads such as #ClimateChange and its accompanying symptoms occurring in our oceans. Applying this in an established platform, enables an efficient and fast workflow whereby the involved partners are complementing each other. The international collaboration is especially valuable for us and facilitates an increased contribution to a sustainable #BlueEconomy driven by the European Union. ❓𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? 🌊Our oceans become more and more important to produce energy, food and raw materials. To avoid exploitation of natural resources and the environment we must learn and know more about this still very unknown ecosystem before we make use of them. Therefore, one of our approaches is to develop technologies for automated underwater assessment and to draw on that with sustainable solutions for a better #MarineProtection while profiting from its resources. ➡for more info www.fraunhofer.de #Synergies #Researchinstitute

The new FCC (Future Circular Collider) is set to be built in Geneva, marking humanity's largest science project to date. This groundbreaking collider will follow in the footsteps of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), but with almost 8 times its diameter, the potential for revolutionary discoveries is immense. The FCC will delve deeper into the mysteries of fundamental particles and core science, promising to unlock new understandings of our universe. From probing the intricacies of dark matter to exploring the origins of the universe, the FCC is poised to push the boundaries of human knowledge. Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this thrilling journey into the unknown! 🌟🔬 https://lnkd.in/eyai5gjy #Science #Research #FutureCircularCollider #FCC #Geneva #ParticlePhysics #Innovation #FundamentalScience #Discovery #STEM #LHC

Noelle Eckley Selin, Amanda Giang, and #MRCBG's William Clark explore the new horizons of sustainability science by shedding light on how modeling dynamic systems can shape the trajectory of sustainable development. From interacting people and ecosystems to technologies and institutions, this paper discusses the future of our nature-society interactions! 🌍 https://lnkd.in/eZYqPC57

“So, we need three transformations: The energy transition (get off fossil fuels), the food system transition (get into green food system technologies) and third, close cycles on resource use. If we can master those three, we will be moving decisively toward a safe landing within planetary boundaries”. Johan Rockström offers some action oriented hope. #supplychains #systemschange #industrialpolicy LKDF - Learning and Knowledge Development Facility