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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PortWatch is an online platform designed to monitor and simulate disruptions to maritime trade due to climate extremes and other shocks.

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

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

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.

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.

CIRI and SFR Biosciences inaugurated their new premises on avenue Tony Garnier, on the site of Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, on October 25.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

One of the great unknowns in climate models: The behavior of certain gases, which often have a strong smell and cause water to condense.

The population of Africa is the youngest in the world-but that is expected to change rapidly in the coming decades.