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For contributing to European Science, Petersen bags ‘Gold Award’

Academia EuropaeaBy Abdulsalam Mahmud26/11/2021Leave a comment

The Academia Europaea has announced that Professor Ole Petersen will be presented with the Gold Award of the Academia Europaea for his contribution to the development of European Science.

NAS ‘3rd Annual Scientific Conference’ billed for January 2022

Nigerian Academy of SciencesBy Abdulsalam Mahmud24/11/2021Leave a comment

The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) will hold its ‘3rd Annual Scientific Conference’ themed: “Science and Technology Innovations for National Growth and Development,” in January 2022.

Ion track nanotechnology from GSI Materials Research creates a highly-sensitive nanopore

Scientists develop sensor for detecting COVID-19, other viruses using saliva

General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud23/11/2021Leave a comment

Based on single-nanopore membranes, a team of researchers have developed a test method that detects SARS-CoV-2 in saliva, without sample pretreatment, in only 2 hours.

Fuli Khatun, a flood victim whose home was submerged in the 2019 floods in Bangladesh. Researchers say climate hazards such as floods and drought are to increase by 2030. Copyright: UN Women Asia and the Pacific. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

By 2030, drought, other climate hazards will worsen food insecurity

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud22/11/2021Leave a comment

The entire world risks facing food insecurity, human displacement, and conflicts by 2030 as extreme weather events persistently increase, reports Ruth Douglas.

Top 10 emerging technologies in Chemistry Credit: IUPAC

Top 10 emerging technologies in Chemistry

IUPACBy Abdulsalam Mahmud21/11/2021Leave a comment

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry has released the ‘2021 Top Emerging Technologies in Chemistry’ with blockchain technology, together with chemical synthesis of RNA and DNA making the cut 10.

Varieties of Chinese foods. Credit: Phys.org

Sketching global environmental impacts of China’s food demand

Chinese Academy of Sciences, IIASABy Abdulsalam Mahmud20/11/2021Leave a comment

A study has revealed that carefully-designed policies for China’s food system and international trade will ensure that food security is attained in the Asian nation, without destroying its environment.

Markku Poutanen - Photo: Sonja Lahtinen

‘Becoming IAG Scribe wasn’t my plan, but the call was irresistible’

IUGGBy Abdulsalam Mahmud19/11/2021Leave a comment

He never aspired for the position, but Markku Poutanen, a Research Professor at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), explains how he became the Secretary General of International Association of Geodesy.

Coronavirus-2 Credit: WHO

Collaboration and innovation to fight COVID-19: Malaysia’s strategies

INGSA, ISCBy Abdulsalam Mahmud17/11/2021Leave a comment

This opinion article by Dr Ir Siti Hamisah Tapsir, former Secretary General, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Malaysia, highlights the efforts of the Malaysian government in combating COVID-19.

Cardiac arrest image. Credit: WebMD

Preventing ‘sudden deaths’ from medication using AI

General news, IRDBy Abdulsalam Mahmud16/11/2021Leave a comment

Rresearch teams from Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP, IRD, Sorbonne University and Inserm recently proposed using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the risks of developing cardiac arrest.

Female journalists. Copyright: TIM DENNELL

As COVID-19 festers, science journalists now work under pressure

SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud15/11/2021Leave a comment

The Global Science Journalism Report 2021, published by SciDev.Net, found that work has become “more intense” for science journalists around the world, amid a ravaging Coronavirus.

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