16th ‘TWAS General Conference’ for November 2022
IYBSSD Organized in collaboration with Zhejiang University, in China, the UNESCO-TWAS Sixteenth General Conference will focus on basic sciences for sustainable development.
Rejecting subsidies for ‘Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage’
As the European Union mulls a new legislation to certify carbon removal technologies, experts are afraid that billions of taxpayers’ money will be going to technologies bound to fail.
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 25 (FICOR)
After a two-year break, the Feira Internacional da Cortiça, FICOR, has been held in Portugal with delegates participating in the live conferences, fashion shows and concerts.
Nanotech tool detects diseases using smartphone
Nanotech tool could make disease diagnosis with smartphones feasible. But that is not only it, Neena Bhandari, reports that the device will offer alternative to conventional microscopes and tissue-staining.
Wolfgang Lutz now IIASA Deputy Director General
Senior Population and Just Societies Program Advisor, Wolfgang Lutz, will take up the reins as interim IIASA Deputy Director for Science from 1 August 2022.
French varsity joins IAU ‘Astronomy Office for Education’
The CY Cergy Paris University has joined the Office of Astronomy for Education, OAE, after the International Astronomical Union, IAU, founded a new OAE branch office at the institution.
Malaysian Academy to host ‘Women in Science Forum’
The Malaysian Academy of Science will host the ‘Women in Science Without Borders World Forum’ in September this year.
Measuring global poverty from space
A new study, led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has proposed a novel method of estimating global economic wellbeing, using night-time satellite images.
Website for René-Just Haüy’s 200th death anniversary
A website to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the death of René-Just Haüy has been launched by a renowned French researcher, Francois Farges. Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports.
Countries where gender inequalities are endemic – Diawara
After COVID-19 widened health inequalities facing women and girls, Aïssatou Diawara, Technical Advisor for the Global Institute for Disease Elimination (GLIDE), believes that cutting funding for neglected diseases is also hitting women.
