Malta Research News

The sudden, widespread death of bee populations in Europe and around the world is one of the most perplexing environmental mysteries of this century. In 2007, entire colonies of honey bees began to abruptly disappear, first in the US, then in Europe.

The timber industry currently wastes huge amounts of precious wood by-products like chips, shavings and sawdust that could otherwise be put to use. European researchers, with the support of EU funding, are finding new ways to reduce waste.

The University of Malta has appointed BPC, Malta’s leading marketing communications agency, to develop a communications strategy in support of its recently established Research, Innovation & Development Trust (RIDT).

Tomorrow’s plastics could come from an unusual source: slaughterhouse waste. European researchers are developing new approaches to produce biodegradable plastics from the waste products without using fossil fuels.

Malnutrition is the cause of about a third of the annual child death toll and of 20% of death during pregnancy worldwide. For a healthy diet, it is not only the quantity of food that counts, but also its quality.

Bluefin tuna is so highly prized that it is being driven to extinction from the high seas due to intensive and often illegal fishing.

The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project was nominated for the Times Higher Education Award for International Collaboration of the Year.

L-Aġenzija Ewropea għas-Saħħa u s-Sigurtà fuq il-Post tax-Xogħol (UE-OSHA) għadha kif ħarġet ir-riżultati ta' stħarriġ tal-opinjonijiet minn madwar l-Ewropa kollha dwar is-saħħa u s-sigurtà fuq il-post tax-xogħol.

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) has just released the results of a Europe-wide opinion poll on safety and health at work.