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The ANION Project: Gravitation Funding to Explore Energy Transition at Nanoscopic Level
Bringing together chemists and physicists to thoroughly investigate how electrochemical processes work on the smallest scale. That is the goal of the new Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute of the Netherlands, or ANION for short.…
University of Reading’s Arts & Humanities Program Ranked in Top 100 by QS
The University of Reading continues to feature among the top universities in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, published yesterday (10 April 2024).
At broad subject level, the University’s Arts &…
Cloud Engineering: A Potential ‘Painkiller’ for Global Warming
Cloud ‘engineering’ could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought because of the increased cloud cover produced, new research shows.
In a study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers at the University of…
University of Reading: Landmark Book Chronicles History of Women in Publishing
A new book edited by researchers at the University of Reading is the first international collection to explore the often overlooked role of women in publishing over the past 120 years.
Published by Edinburgh University Press, The…
Childhood Light Physical Activity Crucial in Lowering Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
Increased sedentary time from childhood is associated with a significant increase in blood insulin concentration and therefore the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study has found.
The research, conducted by the University of Exeter in…
Study Reveals COVID-19 School and Daycare Closures Exhaust Working Mothers Physically and Mentally
Home-schooling and caring for children during the COVID-19 school and daycare closures left many working mothers physically and mentally exhausted and with little or no time to switch off, a new study shows.
The experience left working…
Cloud Engineering Could Serve as More Effective ‘Painkiller’ for Global Warming, Study…
Cloud “engineering” could be more effective for climate cooling than previously thought – because of the increased cloud cover produced, new research shows.
In a study published in Nature Geoscience, a research team led by the University…
Exploring Warfare in Animal Societies: New Project Unveiled
A major new research project will investigate how and why groups of animals from the same species fight one another.
By focussing on warlike species – mongooses and termites – researchers aim to understand how evolution can lead to…
University Of Edinburgh: Survey Evaluates Forth Valley’s Unique Versailles
Now experts hope to foster a fresh appreciation of a nobleman’s 18th-century improvement plan, which introduced elements of Louis XIV’s Versailles to the Clackmannanshire countryside.
A specialist team has begun the first-ever survey of…
University of Edinburgh Spinout Tech Firm to Concentrate on Lung Cancer
The investment will launch a spinout company from the Universities of Edinburgh and Bath, named Prothea Technologies Ltd, which is developing technologies to ‘see and treat’ diseased tissue in a single procedure.
The team behind Prothea…