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In February, the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE) welcomed Grace Liang-Franco as its new division operations officer (DOO). She is charged with overseeing operations, logistics, finance, infrastructure, compliance, and…

The Student Counselling Unit at the University of Pretoria (UP) has designed a first-of-its-kind counselling chatbot as part of the Student Counselling Unit-Bot (SCU-B) initiative.The SCU-B (“Scooby”) initiative aims to provide a primary…

Dr. Asifa Akhtar points to an image of a tangle of deep blue strings, the chromosomes. One of them stands out in bright yellow. “This here is the X chromosome,” says the biologist. “Do you see the yellow markers? We say it’s decorated.”…

Scientists from the Laboratory of Radiophysical and Optical Methods for Studying the Environment (TSU Faculty of Radiophysics) have found a way to determine the pollution of water bodies by studying plankton. The main tool is a digital…

ITMO scientists proposed a simple and affordable method for producing such nanocapsules from various metals. These particles have potential applications in catalysis and biomedicineThe sphere with a heart-shaped hole that you see in the…

The members of the Recording Academy have voted the Random House Audio production of BLOWOUT by Rachel Maddow the winner of the 2021 GRAMMY® for Best Spoken Word Album. The host of her eponymous MSNBC nightly hour, reading from her Crown…

Connecting readers with our books and authors is more important than ever in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing social distancing, racism and police use of deadly force that has mobilized our country. Across Penguin Random…

Polytechnic University has risen to 35th place in THE Emerging Economies University Rankings, which include universities from BRICS countries, Eastern Europe, and other developing countries. SPbPU has become one of the leaders in terms of…

A long clear box with electronic components inside, sitting on grey concreteMuon detector. Each of these detectors is about two meters long. If the complete set of around 5,000 modules is constructed, it will stretch along the full length…

Graphic summary of the study on how activation of astrocytes modulates memory.Researchers used genetically modified mice whose astrocytes can be activated by blue-light stimulation. When activated, astrocytes release lactate, which…