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Nine University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoctoral researchers have been recognized with the inaugural Postdoc Excellence Awards for their teaching, service and mentoring. The UW–Madison Postdoctoral Association, a volunteer-led advocacy…

New estimates confirm that miscarriages occur in 15% of all pregnancies, with one in 10 women experiencing a miscarriage in their lifetime. Recurrent miscarriage is less common, affecting about 1% of women in their lifetime.Existing care…

• Soft robots must be made of a flexible and damage-tolerant material to avoid tearing• Materials that can self-heal damages are therefore more desirable for soft robots• A self-sensing and self-healing device that mimics a leaf’s motion…

Chitin comes from the husks of Black Soldier Fly Larvae, which are waste products of black soldier fly farming• Black soldier fly farming is commonly done in parts of Africa and South East Asia, as they are used as a source of protein for…

WMG, at the University of Warwick and The Royal Academy of Engineering are inviting entries for a new annual award to celebrate collaboration between UK academics and industry. With a cash prize of £25,000, the Bhattacharyya Award will be…

Celebrating its 110th anniversary, Tsinghua University, a long-standing international partner of École Polytechnique, organized the Global Forum of University Presidents (GFUP) 2021, on the theme “Innovate for the Future: Vision and New…

Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered that autophagy plays a key role in messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation. Using yeast as a model system, they have demonstrated that autophagy-mediated mRNA…

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have experimentally demonstrated a novel cancer diagnosis technique based on the scattering of circularly polarized light. Computational studies revealed that this technique can…

A University of Reading scientist has been awarded a research prize for her work measuring atmospheric electricity in Antarctica, the Middle East and even up volcanoes.Dr Keri Nicoll, an associate professor in the Department of…

A University of Reading scientist has been awarded the Christiaan Huygens Medal by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for his work advancing understanding of electric charge in Earth’s atmosphere.Professor Giles Harrison’s pioneering…