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Health - Life Sciences - 14.11.2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance proved vital in helping understand the evolution and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, an international group of researchers is calling for its potential to be harnessed to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a major global challenge that could ultimately result in many more deaths than the coronavirus pandemic.
Social Sciences - 14.11.2023
Community stepping up for co-op students at non-profits this Giving Tuesday
Computer Science - Innovation - 14.11.2023

In a new ranking, Computer Science at the University of Würzburg has achieved very good positions in a number of areas. In one discipline, it is even ranked 1st in Germany. First place in Germany, third place in Europe, sixth place worldwide: This is the result achieved by the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in the CSRankings in the research field of Virtual Reality.
Health - Social Sciences - 14.11.2023
Training and retaining health-care professionals in northern Ontario
Environment - 14.11.2023
Emissions plans must consider risk of global warming continuing after net zero
Significant warming could still occur after the world reaches net-zero carbon emissions, warn the authors of a new study. The study, led by Imperial College London and University of Exeter researchers, suggests that high uncertainty in how the climate system will continue to react to global warming even after emissions are reduced means urgent action is imperative.
Environment - 14.11.2023

Extreme fluctuations between drought and flooding are devastating communities at greatest risk of climate change impacts, new research reveals A 'whiplash' of extreme climate pressures has had a devastating effect on communities around the world since the turn of the century, new research has found.
Career - Campus - 14.11.2023
’Contacta’ careers fair for Salzburg students
Health - Life Sciences - 14.11.2023

A global programme that aims to modify mosquitoes so they are unable to transmit malaria has received a grant to fund its next phase of expansion.
Agronomy / Food Science - Life Sciences - 14.11.2023
Legume Generation: Plant breeders and researchers collaborate for the next generation of legumes to reduce the protein gap in Europe
Health - Life Sciences - 14.11.2023

Event - Health - 14.11.2023
Cost of Dying exhibition arrives at the Scottish Parliament
A University of Glasgow led exhibition that shares research findings on experiences of dying at home for people facing financial hardship and deprivation in Scotland is on display to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament.
Environment - Life Sciences - 14.11.2023

A UCLA-led international team also found high levels in carnivorous birds and those in aquatic habitats Environment + Climate A UCLA-led international team also found high levels in carnivorous birds and those in aquatic habitats November 14, 2023 Key takeaways Scholars from seven countries analyzed some 2,300 blood and feather samples from more than 320 tropical bird species and found some of the highest-ever concentrations of mercury.
Politics - Social Sciences - 14.11.2023
Jéco 2023 - History of political conflict through an economic lens
The Jéco ("Journées de l'économie" / Economics Days), of which the ENS de Lyon is a partner, will be held from November 14 to 16, 2023.
Environment - Innovation - 14.11.2023
IMF and University of Oxford launch ’PortWatch’ Platform to monitor and simulate trade disruptions
PortWatch is an online platform designed to monitor and simulate disruptions to maritime trade due to climate extremes and other shocks.
Materials Science - Environment - 14.11.2023
$3M to boost state-of-the-art solar manufacturing
An effort led by U-M could enable industrial competitors to collectively build a predictive model that speeds the development of advanced solar cells Clare Langhan, a University of Michigan PhD candi
Health - 14.11.2023
Mike Lean announced as co-winner of 2024 Rank Prize for Nutrition
The University of Glasgow's Professor Mike Lean, along with his long-time collaborator Professor Roy Taylor from Newcastle University, have been awarded the 2024 Rank Prize for Nutrition for transform
Materials Science - Chemistry - 14.11.2023

Non-toxic and scalable water-based flow batteries would be a good solution for storing renewable energy in urban areas - if it weren't for their very low energy density.
Innovation - 14.11.2023

Life Sciences - 14.11.2023

Whether we spontaneously put ourselves in someone else's shoes is a question of effort One of the most important human abilities is to understand what other people are thinking.
Social Sciences - 14.11.2023
Stepping up for co-op students and non-profits
Health - Life Sciences - 14.11.2023
The Rosalind Franklin building opens in Gerland, a new site dedicated to infectious diseases
CIRI and SFR Biosciences inaugurated their new premises on avenue Tony Garnier, on the site of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, on October 25.
Architecture - 14.11.2023
Experts in urban planning, law and housing debate at the University of Valencia about land uses for a better city
Astronomy / Space Science - 14.11.2023

Environment - Pedagogy - 14.11.2023

Health - Social Sciences - 14.11.2023

Social Sciences - Pedagogy - 14.11.2023

Health - Pharmacology - 14.11.2023

A team of Würzburg cancer researcher Hermann Einsele is part of an international consortium funded by the American Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation with a total of 21 million dollars.
Health - Pharmacology - 14.11.2023
University of Glasgow spin-out Glox Therapeutics Secures £4.3M Seed Funding to Develop Precision Antimicrobials Targeting Drug-resistant Bacteria
Health - 14.11.2023

Environment - Earth Sciences - 14.11.2023

Innovation - Environment - 14.11.2023

Astronomy / Space Science - 14.11.2023

During three weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in Bengaluru, India, the joint NASA-ISRO satellite demonstrated its hardiness in a harsh, space-like environment.
Life Sciences - Health - 14.11.2023
Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum named Pew Innovation Fund investigators
MIT researchers will partner on interdisciplinary research in human biology and disease. MIT professors Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum are among the 12 researchers named 2023 Innovation Fund investigators by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Materials Science - Career - 14.11.2023
Materials science and engineering career fair connects students with industry opportunities
Environment - Social Sciences - 14.11.2023
National Climate Assessment: U-M expert can discuss impacts on Indigenous peoples, environmental justice
Environment - Health - 14.11.2023
5th National Climate Assessment authors include UW climate experts
Art and Design - History / Archeology - 14.11.2023

Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess - at least in terms of organizing his works.
Computer Science - Innovation - 14.11.2023

Campus - Career - 14.11.2023
Computational imaging researcher attended a lecture, found her career
Environment - 13.11.2023

New research by the University of Southampton will investigate what allows some reef corals to thrive in exceptionally warm ocean waters, while others perish. Scientists from the University's Coral Reef Laboratory want to identify the mechanisms that allow corals in certain regions of the planet to survive at temperatures that are much warmer than those in the creatures' typical habitats.
Health - Pharmacology - 13.11.2023
AI tool could help thousands avoid fatal heart attacks
An AI tool that can predict 10-year risk of deadly heart attacks, could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest pain, according to British Heart Foundation-funded research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.
Politics - 13.11.2023
Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Hannah Arendt Institute issue joint call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Health - Pharmacology - 13.11.2023
Preventing infections to ensure the long-term effectiveness of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is a silent pandemic. The main objective of the Swiss Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance (StAR) is to ensure the effectiveness of antibiotics for human and animal health over the long term.
Career - Social Sciences - 13.11.2023
Weak incomes and gender pay gap holding back Welsh workers: Labour Market Update
Economics - Innovation - 13.11.2023
Exploring Waterloo global wonders
Health - Innovation - 13.11.2023
Innovative device developed to allow ostomy patients to control their own continence
Computer Science - Life Sciences - 13.11.2023
Carnegie Mellon Unveils Design for New Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences
Campus - Environment - 13.11.2023
’Shortage of engineers is a threat to a sustainable world’
Environment - Media - 13.11.2023
Aerosols: When fragrances influence our climate
One of the great unknowns in climate models: The behavior of certain gases, which often have a strong smell and cause water to condense.
Health - Environment - 13.11.2023
Aging study in Kenya to help Sub-Saharan Africa navigate major shifts in its population
The population of Africa is the youngest in the world-but that is expected to change rapidly in the coming decades.