Sacyr's Blog

From beer containers that hold gases better to sensors that change colour to indicate the ripeness of fruit. While nanotechnology promises to revolutionise the food industry, there are some barriers to getting nanofoods onto supermarket shelves.

In the face of rising sea levels and a shortage of housing, making the oceans habitable is an enticing goal. Various projects aspire to enlarge the city of Manhattan into the sea with artificial, self-sufficient floating islands.

If the millions of washing machines, toasters and laptops we use every day are not recycled properly, their components can pollute the environment and interfere with the food chain. This is how electronic waste sent to Africa affects tuna or eggs from free-range chickens.

From height-adjustable tables to sofas, mirrors and lacquered screens to divide up interior space, Eileen Gray, a pioneering designer and architect of the modern movement who went unnoticed for decades, devised some of the most memorable classic and versatile furniture of the contemporary period.