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Freddie Gutfreund – few used his birth name Herbert – joined the then newly established Department (now School) of Biochemistry in 1965. He remained one of the most distinguished members of this University through to his retirement in…

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from Goethe University, Frankfurt, has found the first evidence for ancient honey hunting, locked inside pottery fragments from prehistoric West Africa, dating back…

In the future, our everyday lives will be influenced more and more by electronic components - for example in self-driving cars or service robots. In order to be able to trust these components, the federal government is promoting…

Aerospace engineering students designed an immersive virtual reality flight simulation rooted in real-world dynamics to inspire the next generation of engineers.Courtesy of Team Retro RocketStudents at Texas A&M University are…

A team at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) led by Joshua Kissee worked day, night and weekends to quickly develop a new system for scheduling vaccine appointments at the Brazos County Community…

Income inequality within countries correlates with higher COVID-19 infections rates in those nations, finds an analysis by New York University’s Center on International Cooperation (CIC). The newly released paper, “Inequality, Lockdown,…

A parking lot with solar panels where renewable energy generation, electric charging and energy storage are cleverly integrated. In the municipality of Dronten, the official opening of a parking lot with 1,100 solar panels is taking place…

The Hanseatic League was a confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe, which came to dominate trade in the region for three hundred years. A digital platform has now been built which reveals the…

The European University Alliance 4EU+ has decided to give itself its own legal form. The rectors of the participating universities of Prague, Heidelberg, Sorbonne/Paris, Warsaw, Copenhagen and Milan passed this resolution in early April…

Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic (Designate) and former Executive Dean: Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg. He recently penned an opinion article published in The Daily Maverick, 12 April…