Deep underground, France hides deposits of crystallized salts over a large part of its territory. In total, more than 20,000km² of salt, hundreds of meters thick, were deposited by the ocean before being covered by sediments and other rocks. For several decades, industrialists have been exploiting the properties of salt […]
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Promoting multidisciplinary, collaborative research, the launch of educational initiatives that integrate this perspective, and networking to advance the frontiers of knowledge are some of the initiatives implemented. In 2018, UPF launched its Planetary Wellbeing initiative, a concept that defines an ideal state of complete wellbeing for humans and non-humans, their social systems […]
For the seventh time the Pioneers in Health Care (PIHC) fund supports research projects in the Twente and Salland region. The University of Twente, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Ziekenhuisgroep Twente and Deventer Hospital are making these funds available for medical-technological research with an emphasis on the […]
Challenges like the COVID-19 crisis demand innovative responses. Quick and creative solutions can help mitigate the harmful effects of the crisis because the pandemic situation affects the health sector and entails economic and social problems. “The actions taken to control the pandemic present individuals, organizations, and nations with a host […]
Algorithms used for ranking publications and evaluating researchers on the basis of their citations are far from fair. The Velux Foundation has awarded associate professor, Roberta Sinatra, the Young Investigator grant to pursue her ambition of creating the foundation for better algorithms and metrics. Today, university has fast and efficient […]
Frank van der Duijn Schouten has been interim Rector Magnificus of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) since January 1, 2021. He is an experienced administrator and is known as a bridge builder. “It is quite nice to be the first in the Netherlands (as far as I know) to have been rector of […]
Research led by the universities of Kent and Oxford has found that fans of the least successful Premier League football teams have a stronger bond with fellow fans and are more ‘fused’ with their club than supporters of the most successful teams. The study, which was carried out in 2014, found that […]
Researchers from the Faculty of Science MU participated in the development of a new technology for water purification using low-temperature plasma. The device can remove chemical residues such as oestrogens from contraceptive products and kill pathogenic microorganisms such as cyanobacteria and bacteria. Until now, similar devices have only been produced at laboratory […]
A materials scientist at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany has been awarded a prestigious “ERC Proof of Concept Grant” from the European Research Council to further develop and refine a process that enables thermal toughening of very thin glass. For decades, the process of thermal tempering has played a major […]
In 2020, scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) continued their research work in priority areas of the university’s development, including in close cooperation with colleagues from the institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in partnership with leading domestic and foreign scientific and technological centers. The results were […]
