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Fast Company Samantha Cole	Vodafone Makes A Bold Move In Maternity Leave: Will Others Follow? Vodafone announced today that it will start offering 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave by the end of the year, and full pay for 30-hour weeks for the first six months after they return to work.
Chemistry World March 5, 2015 Emma Stoye	'Pee power' urinal trialled on university campus The system generates power from urine using a microbial fuel cell. The 'fuel' is collected via a urinal and the system could be deployed at a low cost.
Fast Company John Paul Titlow	Self-Driving Cars Will Be The Biggest Auto Safety Innovation Ever Like so many things in life, the future of driving is automated. In fact, autonomous vehicles could reduce traffic accidents by 90%, according to a new report from McKinsey.
HBS Working Knowledge March 4, 2015 James Heskett	Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality? Walmart's recent action to raise wages and offer new career advancement opportunities cheer advocates who believe market forces, not government intervention, offer the best ways to address unhealthy levels of wage disparity.
Chemistry World March 3, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Proposed ozone rule could cut US GDP by $1.7 trillion The US's new, more restrictive ozone standard of 65 parts per billion could cut America's GDP by $1.7 trillion between 2017 and 2040, according to a new report.
Chemistry World March 2, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Meteoritic rise of perovskite solar cells under scrutiny over efficiencies The sun has certainly been shining for perovskite solar cells in recent years. First created in 2012, perovskite solar cells have shown great promise as an affordable alternative to other solar technologies.
Chemistry World March 2, 2015 Emma Stoye	UN proposes Bhopal contamination probe Although the disaster took place over 30 years ago, several campaign groups argue that the resulting contamination was never properly measured or dealt with, and that it still represents a health hazard for local people.
Chemistry World February 27, 2015 Tim Wogan	Sun rises on new solar route to hydrogen A new, more efficient way of using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen has been developed by researchers in China and Israel.
Chemistry World February 26, 2015 Emma Cooper	Engineered bacteria synthesize palladium biosorbent Genetically modified Escherichia coli can synthesize a protein that could work as a palladium biosorbent to recover the precious metal from polluted water, new research shows.
Chemistry World February 24, 2015 Phillip Broadwith	Catalytic carbon dioxide convertors The world's demand for energy, and the resultant carbon dioxide emissions, are drastically changing our climate. UK startup Econic Technologies is developing catalysts that could take some of that CO 2 and lock it up in high-performance polymer materials.
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