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As government reforms of energy subsidies trigger chaos in OPEC-member Ecuador, similar reforms are quietly succeeding in other oil-exporting countries.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its Synergy Grants. Neuroscientist Rufin Vogels is the first researcher at KU Leuven to receive one.

What drives the risks of antimicrobial resistance in Argentinian livestock farms' How can these risks be minimised through effective regulation?

Baker Institute expert examines country's pervasive problem President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has pledged to end corrupt practices in Mexico.

The measurement by which the UK Government attaches a monetary value to saving a human life is invalid and should be overhauled, according to Professor of Risk Management at the University of Bristol, Philip Thomas.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has pulled into the lead among voters likely to participate in California's Democratic primary, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll.

One in four teachers work more than 60 hours a week and many work in the evenings, despite successive government promises to reduce their hours, according to a new UCL-led study.

Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky said the Constitution's "biggest flaw” is its protection of the institution of slavery.

Gabriele Bavota, Assistant Professor at the USI Software Institute (SI), is among the recipients of the latest ERC Starting Grants, the research funds awarded by the European Research Council on a highly competitive basis to the most promising young researchers active in Europe.

The UK's top doctors are recommending over-65s take up dancing, bowls or even activities like tai chi to help stave off injury and illness in old age.

University of Münster consolidates the interdisciplinary research concept of the Cells in Motion Cluster of Excellence / newly created structures reinforce the core research area of "cell dynamics an

Today the European Research Council (ERC) announced the names of the European scientists winning a Starting Grant.