Data from the BME developed picosatellite, which has been orbiting in space for precisely 8 months, help provide valuable lessons about the structure. “The data received show interesting anomalies. Ever since the mission launch, the safety electronics of the power supply system often have had to shut down, due to […]
Month: September 2020
A new online innovation platform has been established at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs. I asked Zsolt Bedő innovational director of the institution celebrating its 50th anniversary about it. A project providing support for Pécs’ economy has been launched this April called: REVIDPécs. As part of the event […]
Although there had been a Studium Generale approved by King Sancho IV in Alcalá since 1293, the University of Alcalá was founded in 1499 as a completely new educational project by Cardinal Cisneros, the Regent of Spain. It combined the best models of the traditions of that era – Paris […]
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters has invited four new members from the University of Jyväskylä: Professor Pekka Abrahamsson and Junior Visiting Professor Nikolay Kuznetsov from the Faculty of Information Technology and Professor Karoliina Honkala and Professor Mikko Salo from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science. The Academy has […]
‘That’s strange.. The training rooms used to be here.’ Physicist Marcel Vreeswijk is standing in the empty theatre hall at CREA: the former diamond-cutting factory where the physics department was located until 2003. ‘It’s nice to be back and have a look around. Look, this used to be de Rode […]
The molecular bases of the placebo effect are poorly understood. A team led by LMU researcher Karin Meissner has now studied the phenomenon in the context of nausea, and identified specific proteins that correlate with its favorable impact. In the case of the proven treatment, a TENS device was used […]
The UK public are more likely to say the Covid-19 crisis has affected men worse than women, people from ethnic minorities worse than white people, and the old worse than the young, according to a new study. The research, by King’s College London and Ipsos MORI, also finds little recognition […]
ETH Zurich is expanding its Executive Board with two new domains. At the request of ETH President Joël Mesot, the ETH Board has appointed Julia Dannath-Schuh as the new Vice President for Personnel Development and Leadership, and Vanessa Wood as the new Vice President for Knowledge Transfer and Corporate Relations. […]
This year, you were awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics as part of the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. Congratulations! Also known as the “Oscars of Science”, the Breakthrough Prize is endorsed by powerhouses such as Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin. Can you tell us a little bit about the […]
More than 80 percent of California youth say they are strictly adhering to social distancing guidelines and 2 out of 3 are concerned about lifting public health restrictions too quickly, according to a new poll the University of California released today. This new survey of Californians ages 18 to 24 […]
