The scientific knowledge being lost to conflict
Global conflict displaces millions of people, among which are some of the brightest academic minds. If they are unable to continue their work, we risk losing their knowledge forever.
01.12.2021
Co-designing the science we need for the Ocean we want
A new publication developed with input from the International Science Council aims to build capacity and common understanding on co-design for a transformation in ocean management.
30.11.2021
How collaboration and new drugs could beat malaria
With its rolling hills and traditional thatched adobe houses, Vhembe District may look picture perfect. Yet, many people who call this part of Limpopo, South Africa home, live with the deadly threat of malaria.
30.11.2021
Tomorrow’s visionaries: Medicine’s hidden players
It is hard to imagine the extent that medical physics and engineering have shaped and improved modern healthcare over the last 50 years. Technologies such as X-rays, MRI scans, ultrasound and particle accelerators used in cancer treatment, are all contributions from brilliant medical physicists and engineers and have become vital in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
26.11.2021
If universities want to hit climate targets, they should use their land for carbon offsetting
What are universities doing to reduce their carbon footprint? David Werner explores how universities can lead the way for other land-holding institutions on working towards net-zero.
26.11.2021
Q&A: ‘Unconscious bias’ clouds opportunities for women
Most people don’t even realize they are discriminating against women, according to Ghana’s Priscilla Kolibea Mante, a leading neuropharmacologist who is on the search for plant-based treatments for epilepsy, anxiety, pain and depression.
25.11.2021
Emerging Climate Risks and what will it take to limit global warming to 2.0°C?
The science challenges and gaps for transitioning to a low carbon society and limiting warming well below 2°C - as well as the actions needed.
24.11.2021
The communities using astronomy to bring tourism to their region
In a post-Covid-19 world, tourists are looking for new experiences in remote, safe places.
23.11.2021
Negotiations on ending global plastic pollution must be informed by scientific assessment
Representatives of the scientific community call for a prominent role for scientific evidence and monitoring at the first in a series of meetings on the creation of a legally binding treaty on ending plastic pollution, which takes place this week.
22.11.2021
What Antarctica can teach us about global climate change
Locked away in the ice are clues to how the climate has responded to change in the past.
19.11.2021
