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title: "Thought Piece - AlmaScience"
description: "The latest news and events from AlmaScience and the Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem."
url: "https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece"
date: "2026-10-16T05:29:12+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

# Thought Piece

 [ ![How Green Tech could impact fresh food dispatch]()

 ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/how-green-tech-could-impact-fresh-food-dispatch)##  [ How Green Tech could impact fresh food dispatch ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/how-green-tech-could-impact-fresh-food-dispatch)

  Claudine Boeglin   [Thought Piece](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece)    19 January 2026  6 minutes read

- [ Smart Packaging ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/smart-packaging)
- [ Chipless RFID ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/chipless-rfid)
- [ Food waste ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/food-waste)

MARL, the Greater Lisbon Supply Market, is Portugal’s largest wholesale market where farmers, retailers, and importers collect and dispatch fresh agro-products that feed close to three million people daily. Freshness, traceability, food, and packaging waste are fundamental issues to be tackled in the name of food safety and security. AlmaScience’s green tech, from sustainable chipless RFID to paper-based freshness sensors, is here to help.

 [ Read more > ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/how-green-tech-could-impact-fresh-food-dispatch)

 [ ![AI to Logistics. Human to humans. A vision of retail in 2036]()

 ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/ai-to-logistics-human-to-humans-a-vision-of-retail-in-2036)##  [ AI to Logistics. Human to humans. A vision of retail in 2036 ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/ai-to-logistics-human-to-humans-a-vision-of-retail-in-2036)

  Claudine Boeglin, Rui Braz   [Thought Piece](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece)    09 December 2025  7 minutes read

- [ Smart Retail ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/smart-retail)
- [ Green electronics ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/green-electronics)
- [ PaperWeight AI ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/paperweight-ai)

A speculative narrative exploring how shelf intelligence technology could reshape retail by 2036: freeing human potential, strengthening communities, and proving that AI's greatest power lies not in replacing us, but in amplifying what makes us human.

 [ Read more > ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/ai-to-logistics-human-to-humans-a-vision-of-retail-in-2036)

 [ ![The Road to Comporta: An Open Letter for Environmental Innovation]()

 ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/open-letter-for-environmental-innovation)##  [ The Road to Comporta: An Open Letter for Environmental Innovation ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/open-letter-for-environmental-innovation)

  Claudine Boeglin   [Thought Piece](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece)    17 October 2025  8 minutes read

- [ SmartPack ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/smartpack)
- [ Smart Packaging ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/smart-packaging)
- [ Innovation ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/innovation)
- [ Packaging waste ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/packaging-waste)
- [ Plastic free ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/plastic-free)
- [ Sustainability ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/sustainability)

Comporta's transformation from fishing village to luxury destination reveals environmental challenges. Can sustainable innovation, like what AlmaScience does, help preserve Portugal's pristine landscapes?

 [ Read more > ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/open-letter-for-environmental-innovation)

 [ ![AlmaScience: A day in the life of a collaborative lab]()

 ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/almascience-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-collaborative-lab)##  [ AlmaScience: A day in the life of a collaborative lab ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/almascience-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-collaborative-lab)

  Claudine Boeglin, Rui Braz   [Thought Piece](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece)    17 September 2025  8 minutes read

- [ Sustainable Innovation Ecosystem ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/sustainable-innovation-ecosystem)
- [ Innovation ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/innovation)

From ateliers and brotherhoods to scientific societies and navigation charts, collaboration has always powered discovery and innovation. Today, AlmaScience brings that genuine spirit into its Portuguese green tech lab, where collective efforts for sustainable innovations form the engine behind its ever-greater successes.

 [ Read more > ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/almascience-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-collaborative-lab)

 [ ![Neuroarchitecture, sustainable functional materials, and green electronics]()

 ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/neuroarchitecture-sustainable-functional-materials-and-green-electronics)##  [ Neuroarchitecture, sustainable functional materials, and green electronics ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/neuroarchitecture-sustainable-functional-materials-and-green-electronics)

  Claudine Boeglin   [Thought Piece](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece)    25 June 2025  9 minutes read

- [ CelluGel ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/cellugel)
- [ PaperWeight Digital ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/paperweight-digital)
- [ Green electronics ](https://almascience.pt/component/tags/tag/green-electronics)

Neuroarchitecture is an emerging interdisciplinary field combining neuroscience and architectural design. It can be significantly enhanced by green electronics and smart, sustainable technologies, such as those developed at AlmaScience. Thoughtfully designed and built environments, informed by neuroscience, promote human well-being, with cellulose-based sustainable functional materials and flexible electronics playing a transformative role in this space.

 [ Read more > ](https://almascience.pt/news/thought-piece/neuroarchitecture-sustainable-functional-materials-and-green-electronics)

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