On 29 November, the newest office of Japan’s national research institute opened its doors in Brussels, Belgium. The current expansion of Japan’s highest-ranking scientific institute was triggered by stagnant government
Archive for November 2018
Cork-based agtech startup ApisProtect is using an Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help bees survive and flourish. The company, founded in 2017, has just raised a €1.5 million of
At a scientific conference on 26 November, a researcher from the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China made the shocking announcement that he has created the world’s
World must triple efforts to prevent catastrophic climate change, according to latest UN report
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World governments will need to triple their efforts to meet the commitments laid out in the 2015 Paris Climate Pact, according to the latest United Nations (UN) report, released on
According to Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science, and Innovation “Science should have no borders.” This is the idea that prompted the setting up of Europe’s “digital coffeehouse” known
Modern aeroplanes achieve flight using propellers and turbines powered by the combustion of greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels. A new paper published on 21 November in Nature has reported the first
“Precision Conservation” could provide economic benefits to farmers while creating a positive environmental impact
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A Canadian case study published in the November edition of Agricultural Systems, an international peer-reviewed journal, shows that by taking unprofitable parts of a field out of production and instead
Reshuffling of DNA in neurons may be linked to Alzheimer’s disease, landmark study finds
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Scientists have known for a long time that certain cells have the ability to shuffle their DNA around ― called somatic recombination ― and now a “landmark study” published on
Scientists set out on an Antarctic mission to learn more about mysterious molecules that clean the sky
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A team of scientists from Australia and the US are heading to Antarctica to research how the atmosphere’s ability to cleanse itself of greenhouse gases and other nasty chemicals has
The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Europe’s largest research agency, has announced its intention to create an office of research integrity for investigating misconduct in scientific research with