University of Rijeka says: “At YUFE we were busy preparing physical mobility opportunities when COVID-19 hit Europe at the beginning of 2020. All physical preparatory meetings were put to hold and eventually physical mobility of students and staff as well. Luckily, we have been able to move most of our […]
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This year, for the third year in a row, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) leads the international rankings of academic and research institutions (SCImago Institutions Ranking) among the higher education institutions Latvia. Overall, RSU ranks 676th in the world, while the University of Latvia ranks 740th, Riga Technical University – 766th, […]
A research team carried out the analysis of iron nanofibers and revealed its special magnetic properties. This work, published in Nanotechnology, paves the way for new developments in MEMS. MEMS, the invisible technologies in daily lives What do smartphones, airbags, and insulin pumps have in common? Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Invisible to the […]
More than 50 sports students at the UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park have benefited from a series of enriching guest lectures delivered by a social enterprise that works to improve the lives of the region’s ageing population. Throughout February and March, Golf in Society, a Yorkshire-based start-up that introduces people […]
The first event of the DataAid programme saw 25 PhD students, including 9 from Swansea University, work together with three UK charities to solve real-world data problems. The charities involved were The Fairtrade Foundation, The Diana Award and Chance to Shine. The event was an opportunity for charities to gain […]
Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy, a substance that makes it possible for the universe to expand at an ever-increasing rate. But in a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers tested a model which suggests that the universe’s […]
Keele University has been named Sustainability Institution of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony to celebrate sustainability in Higher Education. Keele took home the top prize of Sustainability Institution of the Year (Large Institution) at this year’s Green Gown awards, which also saw success for Dr Katherine Haxton, Senior Lecturer […]
Oxford’sFaculty of Classics has seized this year’s opportunity of distance learning to reach out to schools, with professors of ancient subjects going into online classrooms to talk to pupils about everything from who wore togas to the poet Juvenal. Meanwhile, recent research from Oxford and Cambridge shows classical subjects are simply not available in […]
More than half of dogs that are taken to veterinary clinics with severe heatstroke go on to die from the condition, according to a new study. The risks to dogs are much lower, however, if these cases are detected and managed earlier, veterinary researchers at Nottingham Trent University and the […]
On 1 March 2021, the new Emmy Noether research group “Mesoscale Material Modeling and Simulations (3MS)” started working at the Faculty of Mathematics at TU Dresden. Group leader Dr. Marco Salvalaglio, an Italian physicist and material scientist, will benefit from the interdisciplinary research environment at TU Dresden, closely cooperating with […]
