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It’s 100 years since discovery of polarography!

Czech Academy of Sciences, General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud20/04/2022Leave a comment

It is exactly a century since the 1959 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner, Jaroslav Heyrovský, discovered polarography, one of the most important Czech contributions to the world science.

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22% of Slovaks don’t use internet at all–study

General news, Slovak Academy of SciencesBy Abdulsalam Mahmud19/04/2022Leave a comment

A survey has revealed that 22% of Slovakian citizens have never used the internet, while the rest 78% claimed they only used the internet at least a few times, weekly.

The Río de la Plata and the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. A report has warned of the contamination of the world's rivers by active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), especially in developing countries. Copyright: Dan DeLuca/Flickr, (CC BY 2.0).

Drugs polluting rivers, worsening antimicrobial resistance

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud18/04/2022Leave a comment

Aside polluting world rivers, a study has discovered that pharmaceutical pollution could contribute to antimicrobial resistance. Hence, affecting human health, while threatening the United Nations’ goals on water quality.

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ACCTING: 3-year-long ‘European Green Deal’ project launched

General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud17/04/2022Leave a comment

For the next 40 months, ACCTING, an EU-funded project, will mobilize research experimentation and innovation based on a methodological framework to advance a gender equal and socially-just European Green Deal.

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Applications for TWAS-Elsevier gender equity grants close May 19

General news, International Astronomical Union, TWASBy Abdulsalam Mahmud16/04/2022Leave a comment

The ‘TWAS – Elsevier Foundation Project Grants for Gender Equity and Climate Action’ for female scientists will support women’s well-being and mitigate the consequences of climate change through concrete action-based projects.

Sydney Cityscape (Photo: David Iliff; CC BY-SA 3.0)

CAP2022: pre-registration, abstract, grant applications opened

General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud15/04/2022Leave a comment

Pre-registration, abstract and grant applications for ‘SOC of the Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Conference 2022’, holding in Australia, have opened, and will close on April 30, 2022. 

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YPL alumna becomes Italy’s youngest professor

General news, IAPBy Abdulsalam Mahmud13/04/2022Leave a comment

Stefania Mondello, who took part in the ‘Inter-Academy partnership’ (IAP) Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme in 2018, has emerged as the youngest Professor of Biostatistics at University of Messina (Italy). 

Michel Spiro, president of IUPAP (Photo: CERN)

IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 9 (Michel Spiro’s interview)

General news, IYBSSD 2022By Abdulsalam Mahmud12/04/2022Leave a comment

In a recent interview, Michel Spiro, President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), explains why the United Nations will celebrate 2022 as the ‘International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ (IYBSSD2022).

Clients at an internet café at the Jesuit Refugee Service’s community centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A decent internet connection is out of reach for 90 per cent of people in low- and middle-income countries, a report has warned. Copyright: ODI/Gabriel Pecot. (CC BY-NC 2.0).

In developing countries, 90% of citizens lack internet connectivity

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud11/04/2022Leave a comment

According to a report, decent internet connection is out of reach for 90 per cent of people in low- and middle-income countries, while women’s web exclusion cost poorest countries US$1 trillion in GDP.

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IUPAC seeks new Executive Director as Soby retires

General news, IUPACBy Abdulsalam Mahmud10/04/2022Leave a comment

The ‘International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’ has launched the recruitment process to appoint a new Executive Director for the organisation, who will replace the outgoing Dr. Lynn M. Soby.

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