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SMF launches 2 awards for innovation in mathematics

General news, SMFBy Abdulsalam Mahmud26/04/2022Leave a comment

Abdulsalam MAHMUD reports that “The Ferrand Prize for Educational Innovation in Mathematics” and “The D’Alembert Prize for the Dissemination of Mathematics to a Wide Audience”, have been instituted by the Mathematical Society of France. 

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Brussels hosts ‘Transforming Science’ symposium May 11, 12

ALLEA, General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud25/04/2022Leave a comment

Themed “Pathways Towards Sustainability and Trustworthiness,” this year’s edition of #TransformingScience symposium will be held in Belgium from May 11 to 12, 2022.

Plastic bottles on a beach. Copyright: Bo Eide, CC BY-NC 2.0

Awaiting a ‘treaty on plastics pollution’

General news, SciDev.netBy Abdulsalam Mahmud23/04/2022Leave a comment

A global treaty on plastic wastes is on the way after the representatives of about 175 UN nations recently endorsed a resolution to end plastic pollution.

A new type of cheap, recyclable, non-flammable battery

Scientists develop non-flammable battery from recyclable materials

Czech Academy of Sciences, General newsBy Abdulsalam Mahmud22/04/2022Leave a comment

Made from cheap and recyclable materials, a new type of rechargeable battery developed by scientists of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), will engineer a revolution in solar energy technologies.

File photo attached to the original post. Credit: CAS

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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