CARBON BALANCE OF A GRAZED GRASSLAND IN BELGIUM JÉRÔME ELISABETH, BECKERS YVES, BODSON BERNARD, MOUREAUX CHRISTINE, AUBINET MARC 1 University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Unit of Biosystem Physics, 8 Avenue de la Faculté, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium 2 University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Animal Science Unit, 2 Passage des Déportés, B5030 Gembloux, Belgium 3 University of Liege, Gemblo...

polymer metal composite actuators with high strain response Sheng Liu, Reza Montazami, Yang Liu, Vaibhav Jain, Minren Lin, James R. Heflin, and Q. M. Zhang Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA Macromolecular Science and Engi...

This interest is fueled by a growing niche market for agricultural commodities that are produced in an environmentally benign and socially responsible manner. This Note builds on the experience from World Bank/Global Environment Facility projects in Mexico, El Salvador, and Uganda to develop more sustainable coffee production (Box 1). Coffee, one of the most widely traded global commodities, is...

Regular readers of this column know that I enjoy perusing management literature, including such classics as Harvard Business Review and The McKinsey Quarterly. A recent piece in the Quarterly by James M. Manyika and his colleagues caught my eye.1 The authors name eight emerging trends that are transforming many markets and businesses, and they suggest that we explore these trends to shape outco...

A collection of technology highlights pulled from recent papers published in ECS journals.