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Monthly Archives: May 2022

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IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 15 (For UNESCO toolkit)

General news, IYBSSD 2022By Abdulsalam Mahmud31/05/2022Leave a comment

The UNESCO toolkit launched on 14 March 2022, also contained a brief on allocating scarce resources modeling to support food-energy-water sustainability. It was written by Elena Rovenskaya, IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program Director.

Selecting best potato seeds. Copyright: N.Ronoh/CIP, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Food security: AfricaBP to sequence 100,000 species

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud30/05/2022Leave a comment

To produce sustainable food systems, a group of experts who recently launched the African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP), plan to collect over 100,000 plants and animals’ species for breeders’ use.

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Japan agog for ‘GYA International Conference of Young Scientists’

General news, GYABy Abdulsalam Mahmud29/05/2022Leave a comment

All is now set for the Global Young Academy’s ‘2022 International Conference on Young Scientists’ holding in June, reports Abdulsalam MAHMUD.

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IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 18 (International Years)

General news, IYBSSD 2022By Abdulsalam Mahmud28/05/2022Leave a comment

Often decreed by the UN General Assembly, International Years, like the IYBSSD2022, are celebrations that touch on a certain issue of global interest, with the aim of raising awareness among the population or achieving certain goals.

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‘Adopting UNESCO open-science recommendation, a great milestone’

General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud27/05/2022Leave a comment

Key leaders in the open-science movement said the adoption of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO’s) open science recommendation is a ‘huge’ milestone. Abdulsalam MAHMUD writes.

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IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 10 (UN and development goals)

General news, IYBSSD 2022By Abdulsalam Mahmud25/05/2022Leave a comment

A recent post in developmentaid.org recalls how 2022 was proclaimed as the ‘Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’, and also how a newly-formed ‘Global Commission’ will raise $100m for SDGs.

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‘Open Science for Everyone’ webinar June 14

General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud24/05/2022Leave a comment

The Data Access Community of Practice will be hosting its second webinar tagged: “Open Science for Everyone,” billed for June 14, 2022.

Chapman and Prof Zou

Chapman, Zou appointed IUCr editors

General news, IUCrBy Abdulsalam Mahmud23/05/2022Leave a comment

3 The International Union of Crystallography, IUCr, has appointed two main editors for its newsletter. They are Henry Chapman, the Co-editor of IUCr Journal; and Prof. Xiaodong Zou of the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University.

Une pharmacie dans un camp médical au Sri Lanka. Les médecins du pays lancent maintenant un appel aux dons pour soutenir le système de santé, qui a été fortement touché par la crise économique actuelle. Copyright : Direct Relief (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Cette image a été recadrée.

How economic crisis crippled health services in Sri Lanka

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud22/05/2022Leave a comment

Acute economic crisis is taking a heavy toll on Sri Lanka’s health care system. Having run out of funds to buy basic medicines, what the Asian nation now needs are donations to resuscitate its healthcare system. 

Sheila Jasanoff

Meet Sheila Jasanoff, ‘2022 Holberg Prize’ winner

General news, ISCBy Abdulsalam Mahmud21/05/2022Leave a comment

Sheila Jasanoff, Professor of Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Harvard University, has won the ‘2022 Holberg Prize’. She will receive the award during a ceremony at the University of Bergen, Norway, on 9 June, 2022.

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