Zagier is pioneer holder of ICTP’s Ramanujan Chair
Following his highly-merited appointment, Don Zagier, world-acclaimed mathematician, has become the first holder of the ‘ICTP Ramanujan International Chair’.
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SCAR offers 5 research fellowships worth $75,000
The ‘Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’ has just launched its ‘2022 Antarctic-Related Fellowships for Early-Career Researchers’. But 31st August 2022 is the deadline for the SCAR Fellowship applications.
How IPB celebrated 130 years of promoting peace
The International Peace Bureau (IPB) has commemorated its 130th anniversary of promoting global peace by co-hosting a virtual event with the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
$140bn needed to tackle lifestyle diseases by 2030
Achieving the UN goals on diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes will need an average investment of US$18 million a year, targeting policies to cut smoking, alcohol abuse, and unhealthy diets.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 17 (TAE boss to IUPAP)
The Chief Science Officer (CSO) of TAE Technologies, Toshi Tajima, has been appointed into the ‘International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Commission 16 on Plasma Physics’. He will spearhead dialogue on how to attain SDGs, especially as IYBSSD2022 is celebrated.
To make ‘open science’ a reality, key issues must be advanced
To make open science a reality, three key issues, as a priority, ought to be advanced globally, according to Peter Gluckman, President of the International Science Council (ISC).
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 16 (ASSAf, IYBSSD coordinator)
Basking from the euphoria of having its Executive Officer appointed as Node Coordinator for IYBSSD2022, ASSAf says it will engage stakeholders in South Africa and other African countries, to promote basic sciences.
When IPU mobilized 110 parliaments for climate emergency
Themed, “Getting to Zero: Mobilizing Parliaments for Action on Climate Change,” the 144th IPU Assembly held in Indonesia, attracted lawmakers from around 110 national parliaments.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 15 (For UNESCO toolkit)
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.
Food security: AfricaBP to sequence 100,000 species
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.
