Turning skyscrapers into batteries
IIASA researchers have come up with a new energy storage concept that could turn tall buildings into batteries to improve the power quality in urban settings.
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Open science not just for researchers, academics – Camkin
Prof. Jeff Camkin is a water and sustainable development specialist. He told Frontiers Science News the importance of democratizing science worldwide and implementing open science with the help of UNESCO.
IAGA offers sponsorship for 6th IAGA Summer School
The 6th IAGA School will be held in July 2023 at the Niemegk Geomagnetic Observatory, GFZ, just before the IUGG General Assembly, scheduled for 11 to 20 July 2023, in Berlin, Germany.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 32 (System of education)
A ‘National System of Higher Education’ has been created by the Russian government. But it will only be open to interaction with countries and institutions friendly to Russia.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 31 (Mansaf)
Jordan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has submitted the dossier regarding Mansaf’s inclusion on the intangible world heritage list this year.
Principles and values in science cooperation
Peter Gluckman, President, International Science Council, spoke on the title of this post at the ‘Multilateral Dialogue on Principles and Values in International Research and Innovation Cooperation’, held recently.
Yunnanozoans are the oldest known stem vertebrates
A research team in China has conducted a study of yunnanozoans, extinct creatures from the early Cambrian period (518 million years ago), and discovered evidence that they are the oldest known stem vertebrates.
How soil temperature fuels Nitric Oxide emission
To quantify Nitric Oxide emission from forest soils, Prof. FANG Yunting’s team drawn from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has conducted an automated soil NO measurement experiment in Northeast China.
‘Use wild species sustainably for world food needs’
1 in 5 world people rely on wild species for income or food. Therefore, more sustainable use of the species must be prioritized in order to attain UN development goals, authors of a landmark report, have advocated.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 27 (Goiânia College)
In Brazil, a scientific and cultural exhibition by students of Goiânia College, have highlighted the values of sustainably caring for the natural environment.
