Link to the Show / Show NotesChemistry improves brown coal
In the third part of our Coal: beyond burning series, Nicky Phillips talks to Len Humphries, the CEO of Ignite Energy Resources, about a chemical technique his company has developed that can improve the efficiency of brown coal by more than 30%.
Scientists at World Economic Forum meeting
In 2007 The World Economic Forum launched its Annual Meeting of the New Champions. The aim is for business leaders from developing economies to meet with those from developed economies. Young global leaders are invited, as well as technology pioneers and, from 2008, scientists. So how did scientists get invited to a global meeting on business and the economy? Does the mix work? David Fisher reports from the 2009 meeting in Dalian China.

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