When Konrad Lorenz celebrated IYBSSD launching
At the Sonia Fajardo Forero auditorium, in Colombia, Konrad Lorenz, joined the global community to officially launch the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD2022).
Chemistry education is the way forward – IUPAC President
In this article, President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Javier García Martínez, highlights the importance of Chemistry Education.
Calls open for 2022 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship
The award, which carries a monetary value of R2 million, is granted to candidates of the highest calibre, to enable them to undertake an internationally-significant research.
Water scarcity among top 10 food security threats
Increased demand for water will be the biggest threat to food security in the next two decades, says a new report that calls for collaboration between scientists and policymakers to boost resilience in global food systems.
Nakajima, Sorger, others emerge IMU new exco
Hiraku Nakajima from Japan, and Christoph Sorger from France, have respectively emerged as the new President and Secretary General of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 33 (Innovative thinking)
Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology, Hoang Thanh Tat, has emphasized the need for innovative thinking in science and technology management, while promoting the spirit of open science and innovation.
Nobel laureate lit ‘scientific torch’ to herald IYBSSD
At a conference in Vietnam, Duncan Haldane who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics with some famous scientists, lit a scientific torch to celebrate the International Year of Basic Science for Sustainable Development.
Russian varsity plans international Olympiad for IYBSSD
In December this year, a student Olympiad organized by the Russian Chemical Technical University in collaboration with leading universities in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, will take place.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 23 (Forest dimensions)
There is no time to waste the opportunities that forest offers us from an economic point of view, but also from an environmental and climate point of view, writes Jorge Cristino.
Award-winning research tests heat tolerance by trees
Rwanda has set itself the ambitious target of becoming a carbon neutral economy by 2050. With forest conservation and expansion central to these goals, ecologist Myriam Mujawamariya, is on the frontline of science aimed at achieving this.
