Nature response throws doubt on controversial study claims Forest harvest has increased by just 6% in recent years, not 69% as reported by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre Errors due to satellite sensitivity and natural disturbances Is forest harvesting increasing in Europe? Yes, but not as much as reported […]
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University of Limerick is supporting a new outreach engagement project that aims to address the gender imbalance in the take-up of computer science at higher level. With women accounting for just one in five computer science graduates in Ireland, CodePlus, a Computer Science (CS) outreach engagement project is to be […]
Antibody testing can be a powerful tool for tracking the spread of SARS-CoV2 infections, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of scientists from EPFL, UNIGE and HUG have now developed a reliable and cheap antibody test that can analyze more than 1,000 samples at once and requires […]
Broke barriers to become one of Israeli cinema’s first directors The Israel Prize for Film Art was awarded this week – to Michal Bat Adam, a lecturer at TAU’s The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, who has written and directed 13 full sized movies, among them: “Moments“ (1979), “The […]
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University advocates diversity and cultivates a true synergy between research, instruction, and application. It offers a broad choice of courses both in initial and continuing education, coalescing study abroad and field work. Considered as France’s first law University, Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University is dedicated to upholding the tradition from which […]
Astronomers from the Netherlands, Belgium, Chile, the USA and Germany have imaged the newly discovered exoplanet “YSES 2b” right next to its host star. An international research team with the participation of Dr Markus Mugrauer from the Astrophysical Institute of Friedrich Schiller University Jena has succeeded in the direct imaging […]
NSU and Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS scientists were in an international team that demonstrated domesticated animals were introduced to Central Asia 4,000 years earlier than previously believed. Their work was published in the journal “Nature: Human Behavior”. This research began in 2015 using an arsenal of interdisciplinary methods, including […]
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is funding a total of eight interdisciplinary “Global Centers” to address global challenges in a new program. The University of Bonn is involved in two of the projects: One project focusses on the future of African savannahs and the other on early detection and […]
On 26 and 28 April, Vytautas Magnus University will host online events for students who are planning to apply for master degree studies. The event series, titled I Got the Degree… What’s Next?, will offer webinars, present Erasmus+ mobility possibilities, introduce master degree studies at VMU and other activities related to […]
Climate change is gradually changing the conditions of fish farming in the Czech Republic. Rising summer water temperatures will be deadly for some species in the coming decades. Globally, fish production is growing at a rate of about 4% per year. Increasing demand, with stagnant catches from classic ponds, is to […]
