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Older adults with more harmful than healthy bacteria in their gums are more likely to have evidence for amyloid beta—a key biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease—in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), according to new research from NYU College of…

The outbreak of the corona pandemic presented university lecturers worldwide with the sudden challenge of changing their teaching: Instead of traditional face-to-face teaching, they had to set up digital courses at short notice. A…

What exactly happens when the corona virus SARS-CoV-2 infects a cell? In an article published in Nature, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry paints a comprehensive picture of…

Hygiene concept, online studies, remote examinations and extended deadlines: TUM is starting another extraordinary semester. With a strict hygiene concept, hybrid teaching and deadline extensions, students will be able to study…

Stanley Mabuka, a master’s degree student in Economics at the University of Pretoria (UP), was recently named first runner-up in the postgraduate category of the 2020 Nedbank & Old Mutual Budget Speech Competition.Mabuka, who took…

The staff of TSU Bio-Geo-Clim laboratory and colleagues from St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk are studying the dark coniferous taiga - a territory with amazing biodiversity, which is called the Siberian jungle. Its features are the presence…

The new school will include all the faculties that previously formed the School of Photonics and be chaired by Pavel Belov, the dean of the former Faculty of Physics and Engineering.ITMO’s School of Physics and EngineeringThe School of…

A special “Big Ideas Night” is themed “Job Search,” with a panel of expert authors tackling such topics as resume-writing, interviewing and negotiating at a virtual event hosted by Random House via Zoom on Tuesday, April 13 at 8:00 pm…

Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) invented a durable and compact radiator for lithium-ion batteries, which in the future can be used for electric vehicles. The radiator was developed using…

The architect Francis Kéré, Professor of Architectural Design and Participation at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has been awarded the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture 2021. Prof. Kéré is regarded as a leading…