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Identified as the most complete Australopithecus fossil discovered to date 1 , "Little Foot" was buried in sediments whose movement and weight caused fractures and deformations, making analysis of its skull-and more particularly its face-difficult.

VUB researcher Wen-Juan Ma receives ERC Grant to unravel the remarkable diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes Research by Wen-Juan Ma, who leads the Evolutionary Genomics of Sex lab at VUB, sheds new light on the remarkable diversity and evolution of sex chromosomes in the animal and plant kingdom.

Study suggests that one way to foster egalitarian norms in society is to observe and then replicate others' behaviour A new study co-authored by McGill researchers suggests people can be taught to reject unfair advantages. "We often benefit personally from an unequal distribution of resources, a phenomenon known as advantageous inequity - for example, receiving a higher salary than a colleague with the identical role," said senior author Ross Otto, a psychology professor.

The University of Valencia has published on its Scientific Production Portal the results of its research activity in 2025, which amount to 10,082 outputs in journals, books, conferences and other contributions.

1. Introduction The University of Cambridge Research Integrity Advisory Panel provides informal guidance on research integrity and good research practice.

This checklist has been designed to assist supervisors of research students at the University of Cambridge to address issues of research integrity and good research practice as part of the supervision process.

What is the Research Integrity Advisory Panel? The Research Integrity Advisory Panel was developed as a means to offer informal and discipline-specific advice and support for University of Cambridge

A total of 70 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate's annual 'Highly Cited Researchers List' for 2025, which recognises the most influential researchers in their fields.

Five professors from the University of Würzburg are among the Highly Cited Researchers 2025. This list includes researchers whose work is cited particularly often by other scientists.

Rankings A total of 157 research staff members at the University of Barcelona are among the top 2% of the world's most influential scientists.

A large number of University of Limerick researchers have been listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists.

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the ERC Starting Grants for young researchers. Five of them are scientists from TU Delft.

Thanks to ERC support, three VUB researchers are launching groundbreaking research into urban inequality, childhood diabetes, and male infertility.