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Future air travel is expected to be quieter, cleaner and more eco-friendly. Experts from the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) are calling for a 50 percent cut in carbon dioxide and noise emissions by 2020 and a reduction in nitrogen oxide output by 80 percent.  The goals are ambitious, said Holger Hanselka, professor and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability in Darmstadt, Germany. European Union's 'Clean Sky' project comprises 86 participating industry and research partners from 16 countries. Their goal is to develop unique technologies for specific applications and to evaluate and advance the entire aeronautics system. 'At every level of the undertaking, goals must be precisely defined, so that everyone knows exactly what he or she has to do,' said John Simpson, the Fraunhofer programme manager and steering member. For the first time, the researchers also intend to take into acco...

With summer holidays and kids at home, here are a few of my favourite ways to recycle.  You can try them with the kids. It will keep them busy.  Don’t throw away empty cereal boxes.  Cut off one side at an angle and get your kids to help decorate the box as creatively as they can to make a great magazine holder. Get creative with newspaper to create wrapping paper for gifts.  You can attach dried and pressed flowers and leaves, strips of cloth, bows etc to trim newspapers and create your own unique wrapping paper Cut and keep embroidery, motifs etc from your favourite saris, shawls or even kids’ outfits.  They can be reused to give a new look to a new plain garment. Look up tailors/boutiques in your area who specialize in creating new from old Use old lightbulbs as indoor planters for money plants.  Don’t forget to cut off the top portion and remove the wires inside.  Fill water and add a fresh long stem of money plant. You can twist ...