The Best Student paper prize at the International Rubber Conference 2019 (IRC 2019) went to Leihao Chen from QMUL, UK for Changes in optical transparency of a soft membrane using a dielectric elastomer actuator. Members can access the paper.
Organised by the Resource Strategy Group (RSG) in conjunction with the Sustainable Development Group, IOM3 held the Balancing Resources Efficiency conference on 26 November 2019 in London. The conference highlighted four areas that require urgent attention to meet the UK Government’s two ambitious and long-term strategic objectives; namely the 25-year environmental action plan and a commitment for the UK to be zero net carbon by 2050.
The Woodland Trust recently announced that England’s Tree of the Year, 2019, is an oak. We have gathered together a few interesting, and random facts about oak.