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University of Alberta Honors Eight Recipients for Contributions to Building a Better World
A law professor who champions Indigenous Peoples’ rights, a search-and-rescue expert and a Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped make laser eye surgery possible are among this year’s eight inspiring spring honorary degree recipients.…
University of Alberta Research Teams Secure $100 Million for Pandemic Preparedness Efforts
University of Alberta researchers will help Canada get ready for the next infectious disease pandemic, thanks to nearly $100 million in new federal research grants to find and make new vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments against a…
Innovative Flexible-Shaped Mirror Enhances X-ray Microscopes’ Performance
A team of researchers in Japan has engineered a mirror for X-rays that can be flexibly shaped, resulting in remarkable precision at the atomic level and increased stability. The new technology developed by Satoshi Matsuyama and Takato Inoue…
Discovery: Serotonin Neurons Enhance Fertility by Sensing Energy Levels, Potential Treatment for…
Scientists from Nagoya University in Japan have clarified the relationship between energy levels and fertility in animals and humans. They identified signaling from serotonin neurons as important for maintaining reproductive function by…
UC Davis Plant Researchers and Molecular Biologist Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Three professors from the University of California, Davis, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are among 120 new members and 24 international members announced by the academy April 30.
Members are…
UC Davis Coffee Center Officially Opens to Advance Coffee Research and Innovation
The Coffee Center at the University of California, Davis, officially opened Friday, May 3. The Coffee Center is a center of excellence in the UC Davis College of Engineering and the first academic research and teaching facility in the…
William Garrity Appointed as University Librarian and Vice Provost of Digital Scholarship
William Garrity, deputy university librarian and the library’s chief operating officer, has been selected as the next university librarian and vice provost of digital scholarship for UC Davis. Garrity, who has served as interim…
Queen Mary Initiative Addresses Risks of ChatGPT-Like Systems in Healthcare and Law
The Queen Mary University of London professor has been awarded a £4.38 million grant to tackle a pressing challenge in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Professor Maria Liakata, a leading expert in Natural Language Processing…
Queen Mary University of London Signs New Agreement with UESTC, Strengthening International…
The signing of the 4+1 Progression Agreement marked UESTC’s first visit to Queen Mary since 2017.
Both partners further explored opportunities to broaden and deepen the universities’ institutional relationship and discussed …
Genetic Variation Linked to Higher Risk of Viral Infections, Study Reveals
The research, published today in Blood, and funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and Barts Charity, suggests that new drugs which target these immune system mechanisms could improve the treatment of viral infections. …