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Generalize open science, IUCr

About one million girls in Sub-Saharan Africa may never return to school after getting pregnant due to COVID-19 school closures, a development that could derail Africa’s growth, a report says. The Ibrahim Forum Report highlights the COVID-19-related challenges facing Africa, including an increase in sexual and gender-based violence, strain on already weak health services, rising instability and economic hardship. Alarming cases…

Jul282021

Crystallographers unite to tackle coronavirus

With stories about coronavirus dominating the news, it is encouraging to hear that crystallographers around the world are making strong contributions to the efforts to find a vaccine and advance therapeutics.

Jul272021

E-waste in Ghana. Photo: Samuel Abalansa

Electronic Waste: Growing Environmental Problem in Developing Countries

Future Earth

Déchet New Research on Electronic Waste Reveals different Aspects of the growing Issue in Developing Countries

Jul262021

International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem

Today is a special day for mangrove ecosystems throughout the world.

Jul252021

ePOP in the Pacific © Max Bale - RFI Planète Radio

Climate change and the environment: making people’s voices heard

Enhancing inclusive participation in science

Video testimonies collected by young people in their communities around the world form the basis of a network that allows for the expression of their concerns and for a dialogue with scientists and policy makers.

Jul242021

Words of Women in Mathematics in the Time of Corona

Words of Wisdom in Times of Corona

Jul232021

Indigenous Amazonian communities are among those most affected by mercury contamination because their diets are based on fishing. Photo: Jucatili25-Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 4.0

Mercury and lead threaten Latin American communities

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

Artisanal mining as well as industrial activities and waste disposal spread toxic heavy metals in the Amazon region, affecting particularly children health.

Jul212021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: Basic and Space Sciences

The role of basic and space sciences for the achievement of SDGs.

Jul202021

A new Facility in China will help to build Advanced Light Sources

The project that came into operations in June helps to develop key technologies for physics facilities.

Jul192021

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Generalize open science

New business model for fair and sustainable Open Access publishing

Jul182021

Platforms for profit and purpose

Future Earth, Strengthening education and scientific training

Digital platforms are changing the way we do business. A six-year research project tried to understand the consequences of this shift, including how platforms can improve resilience in an uncertain world.

Jul172021

Boreal Forests and Climate Change

World-leading experts, at a recent webinar, presented up-to-date scientific information and guidance for societal, climate and ecological benefits of natural and managed boreal forests.

Jul162021

Karadeniz Powership Onur Sultan 470 MW ©Karpowership

Storm brews over South African ship-based energy plan

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

Deal to end South Africa’s energy crisis in the offing.

Jul142021

The «Mission of wise men and women»: Oceans and Hydrobiological Resources

Examining how SDGs 6 and 14 could be achieved.

Jul132021

Science in Exile : Steering Committee takes office

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, TWAS

One more step towards a global movement for the engagement and support of at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists.

Jul122021

Poplar trees in the Shenandoah National Park | Katy Cain

Improving Drought Tolerance in Trees

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, Future Earth, GYA

With climate change, the frequency of droughts is set to increase. In order to slow down the decline of forests already observed, it is essential to better understand epigenetics, the mechanism for improving drought tolerance in trees.

Jul112021

Early Career Researcher Engagement at SRI2021

An example of how early career scientists from different parts of the world can be better involved in scientific meetings.

Jul102021

Online research seminars’ index

ICIAM

Travel cancelations and lockdowns compelled organisers to hold their conferences and seminars online. A platform proposes to find them.

Jul92021

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito with its abdomen filled. Genetically modified mosquitoes are being deployed to combat diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Copyright: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Public domain.

WHO issues guidance for GM mosquito development

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, virtual meetings

Genetically modified mosquitoes are used worldwide to fight the spreading of diseases. But this technique must be used with care.

Early Career Researcher Engagement at SRI2021

At the first Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress 2021 (SRI2021), Future Earth and the Global Young Academy (GYA) elevated Early Career voices. The two entities encouraged meaningful Early Career participation through different activities, among them: the support of 11 Early Career Champions to contribute to the SRI2021 fourth Closing Plenary. The initiative also provided networking opportunities, as…

Jul72021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: Converging technologies and industries 4.0

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

A conference event has been held to discuss widely the relationships between research, technology and innovation.

Jul62021

EarthLab Outreach Hall (Image by ZHU Jiang)

China’s EarthLab Begins Trials

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, Generalize open science, SciDev.net, Strengthening education and scientific training

China’s First Facility Exploring Earth System Interactions has been launched.

Jul52021

Composite image of the SKA telescopes, blending real hardware already on site with artist's impressions. From left: artist's impression of the future SKA dishes blend into the existing precursor MeerKAT telescope dishes in South Africa. From right: artist's impression of the future SKA-Low stations blends into the existing AAVS2.0 prototype station in Western Australia.

Green light given for construction of world’s largest radio telescope arrays

SKAO

The SKA Observatory saw its Member States approve the start of construction of the SKA telescopes in Australia and South Africa.

Jul42021

Mathematics of COVID-19

ICIAM

ICIAM, a founding union of IYBSSD, produced a directory about how mathematics help to fight the COVID-19.

Jul32021

Raspberry Pi (Image by KRITSADA JAIYEN from Pixabay)

Low-cost computers ‘democratising science’

Using low-cost equipment would boost research and education, especially in developing countries.

Jul22021

Venice calls the Earth

GSSD Foundation

Sustainable development, research and Green Education: a Summer School in Venice, Italy is dedicated to green chemistry.

Jun302021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: Art, Culture and Knowledge

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Generalize open science, Strengthening education and scientific training

Art education and development is necessary for a knowledge society.

Jun292021

Opportunities for mathematicians from developing countries

Financing basic science, IMU

The Commission for Developing Countries of the International Mathematical Union develops programmes to support mathematicains in need for support.

Jun282021

Aerial view of the mangrove in Pongara (Gabon). © IRD - Hubert Bataille

Preserving climate and biodiversity at the same time

Climate and biodiversity experts worked together to determine the best measures to advance the SDGs in both areas simultaneously. Unprecedented changes in climate and biodiversity, driven by human activities, are synergistically and increasingly threatening nature, human lives, livelihoods and well-being worldwide. Biodiversity loss and climate change are both driven by human economic activities and reinforce…

Jun272021

Accessing the latest climate impact science just got easier

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, ISC

A new platform gives a better access to climate science for everyone.

Jun262021

NREL intern takes samples from algae being grown in open raceway ponds in the Field Test Laboratory Building (FTLB) greenhouse. Each pond is 100L at 20cm depth and is equipped with temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH probes. Science in HD, Unsplash

A podcast about diversity in science

A Nature ‘Working Scientist’ podcast series featuring voices from the ISC’s network on the topic of diversity.

Jun252021

Why sharing bio-imaging tech is crucial to global health

Financing basic science, SciDev.net

Bioimaging technologies must be expanded for global health.

Jun232021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: Education

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

A panel and a lecture series to improve education.

Jun222021

A virtual Conference on Women in Physics in July 2021

IUPAP

A postponed conference goes online.

Jun212021

World Meeting for Women in Mathematics

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU

Put this meeting on your schedule to discuss the role of women in mathematics.

Jun202021

The 17th Baltic Conference on Intellectual Co-Operation: Mathematics For Society

Estonian Academy of Sciences

A conference to highlight maths contributions to the fight against COVID-19

Jun192021

Start planning now for Global Women’s Breakfast 2022

IUPAC

You could organise an event next year to link scientists at both local and international levels.

Jun182021

Africa has highest COVID-19 death rate of critically ill

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

A survey of 10 African countries found that a lack of intensive care beds and medical resources led to worse outcomes associated with COVID-19 in Africa than in the rest of the world.

Jun162021

The «Mission of wise men and women»: Sustainable energy

Videos production to explain the energy transition.

Jun152021

Artificial Intelligence for Natural Disaster Management

IUGG

Disruptive technologies can help with natural hazards.

Jun142021

What will be the theme of the next International Day of Mathematics?

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, SciDev.net

It is time to decide the theme of the 2022 International Day of Mathematics.

Jun132021

A conversation about the Square Kilometer Array Observatory

SKAO

SKAO Chairperson, Dr Catherine Cesarsky, and SKAO Director-General Prof. Philip Diamond tell about the new international observatory and its purpose.

Jun122021

ICTP Diploma 30th Anniversary

ICTP

Calling all ICTP Diploma alumni!

Jun112021

U.S. Army medical researchers from Kenya offer mentorship in Nigeria - By Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Africa cc BY 2.0

Research colonialism still plagues Africa – Part 3

Scientists seeking to establish fair collaborations

Jun92021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: Biotechnology, Environment and Bioeconomy

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

Biotechnology knowledge must be used for the benefit of the economy and of populations.

Jun82021

Science in Exile project enters a new phase

IAP, ISC, TWAS

The Science in Exile project is building momentum.

Jun72021

Sublimation of VO(acac)2, by Ian Chagunda, ChemiSTEAM 2020

ChemiSTEAM: putting the a(rt) in STEM

IUPAC

Chemistry is not merely useful, it is also beautiful.

Jun62021

2021 IUPAP Magnetism Awards

IUPAP

The IUPAP Commission on Magnetism annouced the laureates of its 2021 awards.

Jun52021

Women scientists interviews

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, EPWS

A ressource about gender and European issues

Jun42021

Research colonialism still plagues Africa – Part 2

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

Africa shouldn’t try to adopt the scientific system from the global North without criticism.

Jun22021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: social sciences and human development with equity

Bringing more equity in education, information, and gender balance

Jun12021

Artistic imagery about the famous Bell experiments, with ballet dancers personifying experimental arrangements in space-time separated labs. The strings of ones and zeros allude to the violation of free choice while the cloud in-between refers to the lack of locality.(Source: PAS Institute of Nuclear Physics / Iwona Michniewska).

Results in quantum mechanics have general consequences

Polish Academy of Sciences

Physicists reveal a surprising relationship of a fundamental and universal nature between free choice and local realism.

May312021

New monkey species found in Nujiang (upper left, Chen Yixin); new genus Tsaiodendron found in central Yunnan (upper right Tan Yunhong); a newly found rhododendron species (down left Deng Qiang); a newly found ginger species (down right Tan Yunhong)

A new biodiversity inventory in China

Future Earth, Strengthening education and scientific training

3718 species newly recorded in Yunnan over past 30 years

May302021

Past Global Changes magazine is produced by the PAGES project of Future Earth

Past Global Changes launches a paleoscience magazine for young adults

A new paleoscience magazine for teenagers and young adults.

May292021

Physics at Nanoscale

Czech Academy of Sciences, IUVSTA

The 18th IUVSTA International Summer School goes online.

May282021

Research colonialism still plagues Africa – Part 1

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

Tokenism, top-down management and inequality still plague African research collaborations with the developed world.

May262021

The “Mission of wise men and women”: life and health sciences

How to put more science in health policy and planning

May252021

The different types of COVID-19 vaccines

An infographic on Covid-19 vaccines and videos to fight vaccine hesitancy

IAP, Strengthening education and scientific training

Discover IAP’s new communication and outreach tools and use them to explain how vaccines work

May242021

Conference Support for Applied and Industrial Mathematics in Developing Countries

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, ICIAM

Fellowships for mathematicians from developing regions.

May232021

Wind turbines are being built rapidly in Schleswig-Holstein. This is part of the so-called energy transition (Energiewende) in Germany. The country is already barely recognizable. Photo by Holger Wirth (cropped) CC BY-SA 2.0

Empowering citizens for successful energy transitions

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IIASA

A new study explored options for empowering citizens as a driver for moving from awareness about the need to transform energy systems to action and participation.

May222021

Gradient of vulnerability of Central African forests to climate change and increased human pressure by 2085. The purple areas are the most vulnerable to climate change and human pressure; the green areas are the least vulnerable to both; the blue areas are very vulnerable to climate change and not very vulnerable to human pressure and vice versa for the orange areas.

Central African forests are unequally vulnerable to global change

Thanks to an inventory of over 6 million trees across five countries, scientists have produced the first continuous maps of the floristic and functional composition of the tropical forests of Central Africa, allowing them to identify the most vulnerable areas to climate change and human pressure.

May212021

8 December 2012. El Fasher: A medical staff member works at the laboratory of the Emergency Area in El Fasher Hospital, North Darfur. Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID (cropped). cc BY-NC-SA

Three-drug combo ‘cures 90 per cent of severe TB cases’

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences

A promise for shorter and less expensive treatments

May192021

The “Mission of wise men and women” follow up

Colombian academy of sciences prepares proposals for the sustainable development of the country.

May182021

Zoom University Class of 2020 - Johns Hopkins University. Photo by Austin Kirk (cropped) CC BY 2.0

Covid-19 threatens to lead to a “lost generation” of researchers, say international scholar networks

ICIAM, Strengthening education and scientific training

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Global Young Academy (GYA) lay out recommendations to mitigate the harms of COVID-19 and seize on the opportunities to improve higher education systems around the world.

May172021

Creation of the “Institute of the Mathematics for Planet Earth”

An interview with Laure Saint-Raymond and Arnaud Guillin, director and executive director of the new institute.

Jan42021

Science for the SDGs – Part 39 – Partners for transformation 6/6 – Advancing research in society

To keep their academic freedom, scientists must be accountable to society.

Dec282020

Science for the SDGs – Part 38 – Partners for transformation 5/6 – How to boost science capacity in the Global South

Open access and new kind of partnerships are ways to develop science all over the world.

Dec222020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 11/11

Torsten John, Ph. D. Candidate Leipzig University, Germany, is Lead.

Dec212020

Science for the SDGs – Part 37 – Partners for transformation 4/6 – Not enough scientific capacity in the Global South

There are not enough scientists in developing countries. It must change.

Dec152020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 10/11

Victor Sabanza, Undergraduate Student, University of La Rioja, Spain, is Meitnerium.

Dec142020

Science for the SDGs – Part 36 – Partners for transformation 3/6 – Forging new partnerships

Scientists must accept to engage in partnerships with all parts of society for their work to be used.

Dec82020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 9/11

Lori Ferrins, Research Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, United States of America, is Nickel.

Dec72020

Science for the SDGs – Part 35 – Partners for transformation 2/6 – Introduction

All knowledge that could help to achieve SDGs should be shared.

Dec42020

Research at risk as UK abandons global aid commitment

Research projects in the global South should brace for funding restrictions as the UK government announced it would slash overseas assistance to £10 billion next year, say academics.

Dec22020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 9/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

The future of the Gender Gap in Science project and the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science

Dec12020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 8/11

João Borges, Research Fellow, University of Aveiro, Portugal, is Rubidium.

Nov302020

Science for the SDGs – Part 34 – Partners for transformation 1/6 – Key messages

New relationships between science, policy making and society could help to achieve the SDGs.

Nov292020

A new model to predict the speed of propagation of earthquakes

The dynamics of earthquakes are better understood thanks to three-dimensional modeling of fault sliding.

Nov282020

We are A.I.

An online conference about Artifical Intelligence with a focus on Africa.

Nov282020

Denisovan DNA Found in Sediments on Tibetan Plateau

The first genetic evidence of a Denisovan population outside Denisova

Nov272020

Drones safely check volcano emissions

Specially outfitted drones are helping scientists get close to active volcanoes in a quest to measure and better understand their carbon dioxide emissions.

Nov252020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 8/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

Recommendations for scientific unions

Nov242020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 7/11

Strengthening education and scientific training

Marian Asantewa Nkansah, Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana is Neodymium.

Nov232020

Science for the SDGs – Part 33: Sustainability science 8/8 – Education for sustainable development

Education is one of the roots of sustainable development. And it is not only for the younger ones.

Nov222020

Combating climate change – how to best use new technologies?

A new grant from the European Research Council will fund an international research project on negative emissions technologies.

Nov212020

International Collaboration Reveals China’s Carbon Balance

An international team of researchers has compiled and verified newly available data on the country’s CO2 sink, and, for the first time, they have quantitatively estimated the effect of China’s carbon mitigation efforts.

Nov202020

Level the playing field for science in the global South

Community engagement, open access will strengthen science research in developing countries, writes Nyovani Madise.

Nov182020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 7/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

Recommendations to instructors and parents and for local organizations

Nov172020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 6/11

General news, Generalize open science

Fun Man Fung, Assistant Director (Education) & Chemistry Instructor, National University of Singapore is Fluorine.

Nov162020

Science for the SDGs – Part 32: Sustainability science 7/8 – Open access to published scientific knowledge

Basic sciences are a common good, and as such must be accessible to everybody.

Nov152020

EASAC Commentary on Hydrogen and Synthetic Fuels

EASAC

No climate benefit from hydrogen unless EU stops subsidies for fossil fuels, says EASAC.

Nov142020

The Second Global Sustainable Development Report on its tracks

UN Secretary-General appoints 15 independent scientists to draft the second quadrennial Global Sustainable Development Report.

Nov132020

Wheat disease common to South America jumps to Africa

“Wheat blast” appeared in fields in Zambia. Fear is that it spreads in other countries.

Nov112020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 6/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

The data base of good practices

Nov102020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 5/11

Cynthia Ibeto, Senior Lecturer, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria is Argon.

Nov92020

Science for the SDGs – Part 31: Sustainability science 6/8 – New scientific organizations

Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, General news

Structures are important to define the way you do science, and the kind of science you can do.

Nov82020

Colombia looks to the future of science and education

In Colombia, the “Mission of Wise Men and Women” discussed, and made proposal, about the future of the country, with a lot of science.

Nov42020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 5/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

Publication patterns (Part 2)

Nov32020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 4/11

Sadhna Mathura, Lecturer and Academic Coordinator, University of the Witwatersand, South Africa, is Cobalt.

Oct292020

Inter-Parliamentary Union supports IYBSSD 2022

The international secretariat of IYBSSD 2022 received the following letter of support from the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Oct282020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 4/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

Publication patterns (Part 1)

Oct272020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 3/11

Xuefeng Jiang, Professor, East China Normal University, China, is Sulfur.

Oct252020

Quality Research in Africa and Why It Is Important – 5/5 – What Are the Challenges to Scientific Research in Africa?

Generalize open science, IMU

Scientists in Africa meet more or less the same challenges as their colleagues in other parts of the world.

Oct242020

Threat over electronic publications sustainability

Sustainability is also a serious matter for open access electronic publications.

Oct232020

“Save Mekong’s rich biodiversity for future generations”

Dang Thuy Binh, a scientist who studies river biodiversity in Vietnam tells about her work, and being a woman in science.

Oct212020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 3/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

The Global Survey of Scientists (Part 2)

Oct202020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 2/11

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, General news

Jovana Milic, Scientist, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, is Dubnium.

Oct192020

Science for the SDGs – Part 30: Sustainability science 5/8 – Gender gap in science

Gender equality in science (as elsewhere) will lead to substancial gains.

Oct182020

Quality Research in Africa and Why It Is Important – 4/5 – What Is the State of Scientific Publishing in Africa?

AAS is pushing for Open Access publishing of scientific results.

Oct172020

Ramanujan Prize 2020 goes to Brazilian mathematician Carolina Araujo

ICTP, IMU

A prize for mathematicians from developing countries.

Oct162020

Folakemi Odedina: “How I turned brain drain to brain gain”

Folakemi Odedina, the founder and principal investigator at the Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium, tells how she is turning brain drain into “brain gain” for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Oct142020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 2/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

The Global Survey of Scientists (Part 1)

Oct132020

Reflecting on a Year of Elements 1/11

How young chemists mobilized for the International Year of the Periodic Table 2019

Oct122020

Science for the SDGs – Part 29: Sustainability science 4/8 – Transforming science institutions

Some transformations to harness basic sciences for sustainable development may be controversial. What are the main points to be discussed?

Oct112020

Quality Research in Africa and Why It Is Important – 3/5 – Is There World-Class Research in Africa?

Excellent research in Africa is mainly related to biology and health.

Oct102020

Webinar: Ensuring food security in Africa through sustainable aquaculture

An online seminar and discussion to learn more about the future of sea food.

Oct92020

‘Act now’ to save Brazil’s rivers, avoid water crisis

Water demand will continue to increase as its quality goes lower, espacially because of vegetation losses.

Oct72020

The gender gap in science, how to measure it, how to reduce it? 1/9

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IMU, ISC, IUBS, IUHPST, IUPAC

What is the Gender Gap in Science Project?

Oct62020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 10/10

Sharing the Recommendation.

Oct52020

Science for the SDGs – Part 28: Sustainability science 3/8 – Indigenous knowledge for sustainable development

How can indigeneous knowledge and science cooperate for sustainable development?

Oct42020

Quality Research in Africa and Why It Is Important – 2/5 – Why Is Scientific Research in Africa Important?

Discovering new knowledge in the African context is good for Africa, and for the world.

Oct32020

An award for environmentally friendly vacuum science and technology

IUVSTA

Thanks to the EBARA company a new IUVSTA award has been introduced, in 2018.

Oct22020

Climate change to alter Africa’s malaria map by 2100

An hydrological model reveals new zones where malaria may develop due to climate change.

Sep302020

Supporting the SDGs: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies – 6/6: Some example from over the world

Many academies are already engaging with the SDGs.

Sep292020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 9/10

Some ideas about how tho use the Recommendation.

Sep282020

Science for the SDGs – Part 27: Sustainability science 2/8

What is sustainability science?

Sep272020

Quality Research in Africa and Why It Is Important – 1/5 – Introduction

A perspective on African research by two members of the secretariat of the African Academy of Sciences.

Sep262020

Forgetting How to Tend the Soil

IUBS

To survive, the modern civilization must never ever “forget how to tend the soil”.

Sep252020

Keep focus on emerging infections

Research funding for emerging infectious diseases rarely reaches the countries where such diseases do the most harm.

Sep232020

Supporting the SDGs: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies – 5/6: How can academies support?

The many ways in which academies can advance SDGs.

Sep222020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 8/10

Applying and using the Recommendation.

Sep212020

Science for the SDGs – Part 26: Sustainability science 1/8 – Key messages

For the development of a new kind of science.

Sep202020

Bending the curve of biodiversity loss

Without ambitious, integrated action combining conservation and restoration efforts with a transformation of the food system, turning the tide of biodiversity loss by 2050 or earlier will not be possible.

Sep192020

Mapping IUGG to Sustainable Development Goals

IUGG, which is a founding union of IYBSSD 2022, is mobilized toward SDGs. Here is the first mapping of their activities that are useful to tackle the goals.

Sep182020

Burkina Faso reaches a milestone in the conquest of space

The reception of a satellite ground receiving station prefigures the mastery of space techniques for Earth observation.

Sep162020

Supporting the SDGs: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies – 4/6: How are the SDGs being implemented at the national level?

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, General news

Implementation at national level depends… on the specific nation. However, a common reporting system has been set up by the United Nations.

Sep152020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 7/10

Inclusive access to science and human capital.

Sep142020

Science for the SDGs – Part 25: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 7/7

Generalize open science, IRD

A dialogue with society, more funding, and more women in science are keys for sustainable development.

Sep132020

Image SPOT du Piton de la fournaise (juillet 2019), volcan de la Réunion, disponible sur le portail DINAMIS. © ADS GeoIntelligence

DINAMIS facilitates the access to spatial images

A new public portal to access satellite imagery for research and service delivery.

Sep122020

Fake Vaccines, Medicines and other Medical Products can kill you

IAP

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) recommends a set of actions and urges politicians and all stakeholders to join forces and solve the urgent issue of falsified and substandard medical products.

Research, innovation vital in new COVID-19 world

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, Financing basic science, SciDev.net

In an interconnected world, with pandemic or climate change, development funding must also go to research.

Sep92020

Supporting the SDGs: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies – 3/6: How are the SDGs being implemented at the international level?

Several groups, panels and forums are sharing the responsibility to follow the implementation of SDGs in the UN system.

Sep82020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 6/10

Science for and with society.

Sep72020

Science for the SDGs – Part 24: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 6/7

Promises and risks of the digital revolution for sustainable development.

Sep62020

Modeling ancient history to inform the future

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, General news

Knowledge about prehistoric farming cultures can be used to provide insights on human societal responses to climate change.

Sep52020

Falling Walls Remote 2020: The Breakthroughs Of The Year

Nominate scientific breakthroughs before 7th September.

Sep42020

Malaria: Artemisinin resistance emerges in Africa

Locally emerging resistance to treatment is major health threat in sub-saharan Africa.

Sep22020

Supporting the SDGs: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies – 2/6: Why should academies support the SDGs?

There are two good reasons for science academies to work on SDGs.

Sep12020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 5/10

Law and rights in science.

Aug312020

Science for the SDGs – Part 23: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 5/7

The SDGs must be a compass, but which direction is not fixed once and for all.

Aug302020

Satellite Technology Gives Developing Nations Food Security Boost

Enhancing inclusive participation in science

A partnership will help more countries to use a well proven technology to have more informations about their crops.

Aug292020

20%: a podcast where women in science and tech talk about themselves

Listen to women scientists!

Aug282020

Climate change to steepen food prices

An example of a worsening retroaction between two SDGs : climate action (SDG13) and zero hunger (SDG2).

Aug262020

Supporting the SDGs: A Guide for Merit-Based Academies – 1/6: An Introduction

Why a guide about SDGs for science academies?

Aug252020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 4/10

What are the key messages of the recommendation?

Aug242020

Science for the SDGs – Part 22: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 4/7

Chilean Academy of Sciences

Several international scientific assessments are today produced on a more or less regular basis. How can they really inform, and influence, policies?

Aug232020

Two new doctors distinguished by the Chilean Academy

Hollow nanoparticles and trace elements in the environment were rewarded.

Aug222020

Raising Next-Generation Entrepreneurs Towards A Globally Sustainable Future

An online meeting that may interest scientists beyond chemistry.

Aug212020

Robot hikes the Andes to cross Peru’s digital divide

Enhancing inclusive participation in science, Strengthening education and scientific training

In remote villages of the Peruvian Andes, a robot has taken over the classrooms.

Aug192020

Your Digital Mentor Podcast

A podcast to help early carrer scientists with mentorship.

Aug182020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 3/10

As per its title, this recommendation has two concerns: science, and those who make it.

Aug172020

Science for the SDGs – Part 21: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 3/7

Some organizations that are already leading the action of linking science and technology with society.

Aug162020

Mahathir Science Award: Science for the Tropics

Nominate a scientist, a team or even an organization that should be honored for their contribution and innovations towards solving problems in the tropics through science and technology.

Aug152020

Ebola Survivors Present Severe Immune System Abnormalities Two Years After Recovery

Do people who got Ebola in Guinea in 2013 – 2016 and survived have long term health conditions? Yes, answers a new study, that show that research must be made even when ther is no urgency any more.

Aug142020

Cameroon on the verge of destroying a unique ecosystem

The Cameroonian government has decided to create logging concessions in a biodiversity sanctuary.

Aug122020

Institutes and Funding in the Age of Pandemic

The president of the Clay Mathematics Institute, a major research center in the US, shares his thoughts about how research meetings and interactions could go on during the pandemic. A question that doesn’t concern only mathematicians. Leave your comments!

Aug112020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 2/10

Some background before we go into this UNESCO recommendation.

Aug102020

Science for the SDGs – Part 20: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 2/7

Some means to articulate science and the needs of societies, expressed by SDGs.

Aug92020

Award for technical and scientific research goes to mathematicians

Turkish Academy of Sciences

The inventors of two mathematical theories that have transformed signal processing have been honored.

Aug82020

A Report on Climate Change and Public Health in Turkey

The Turkish Academy of Sciences just published a report about climate change and its impact on health.

Aug72020

Maize gene could lure natural enemies of crop pests

Scientists have identified genes in local maize varieties that can fight off stemborers by summoning their natural enemies, raising hopes for pest-resistant varieties for African smallholders.

Aug52020

Strategy for Site-selective Chiral Drug Synthesis in Living Systems

Why not producing drugs directly where it is needed in a living body, and with the right shape?

Aug42020

Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 1/10

The United Nations organization in charge of science produced a text in 2017 which, without having the status of law, should inspire States, as well as researchers, around the world.

Aug32020

Science for the SDGs – Part 19: The 2030 Agenda: a shared compass to harness advances in science and technology 1/7

ASRT, Enhancing inclusive participation in science, IUPAC, Strengthening education and scientific training

How can we articulate curiosity driven science and the solving of problems that we have today, or that we already foresee for tomorrow?

Aug22020

An Arabic version of the periodic table challenge

The flagship educationnal tool of IUPAC is talking to more people worldwide.

Aug12020

Making a list of all creatures, great and small

IUBS

A new paper about taxonomy comes out of a IUBS supported workshop.

Jul312020

Journals opening up to science expertise from South

Growing trend towards science research from global South given boost by COVID-19 interruptions.

Jul292020

A Low-cost, High Power Density Vanadium Flow Battery Stack

African Physical Society, IUPAP

Better batteries thanks to improved stack technology.

Jul282020

IUPAP Acknowledges Contributions to the Enhancement of Physics in Developing Countries

Paul Woafo, professor at the University of Yaounde 1, receives the 2020 IUPAP Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Enhancement of Physics in Developing Countries.

Jul272020

Science for the SDGs – Part 18: Science for sustainable development 6/6

An evaluation of scientific success based on interactions with societies.

Jul262020

International research collaborations: how can we shift the power towards Africa?

Could the COVID-19 crisis help to have more balanced research collaborations between the Globla North and the Global South? Some insights from Africa.

Jul252020

Making comprehensive water resources modeling more accessible

A new large-scale, open source hydrological and water resources model will support different stakeholder groups and scientific communities investigations.

Jul242020

More conservation ‘could create US$454 billion a year’

Protecting wildlife on land and in the sea (SDGs 14 and 15) would have favorable economic consequences, improving several other SDGs.

Jul222020

Rejuvenating Biomass with Its High Value-added Outputs

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Financing basic science, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, GYA, Indian National Science Academy, Nigerian Academy of Sciences, Strengthening education and scientific training

Biomass pyrolysis produces coal, an energy vector, but also nanomaterials.

Jul212020

The science academies for basic research 6/6

The five recommendations from the science academies are also part of IYBSSD 2022 programme.

Jul202020

Science for the SDGs – Part 17: Science for sustainable development 5/6

We definitely need interdisciplinary science to take the challenges that humanity faces today, that are highlighted by SGDs.

Jul182020

Vacuum science meets industry

IUVSTA

How can SDG 17 “Partnerships for the goals” be implemented? IUVSTA recently took an initiative.

Jul172020

HIV testing ‘powered by football’ increase to 30 per cent

In Malawi, a project that used football to attract the youth and educate them on HIV/AIDS increased testing for HIV by about 30 per cent within this population.

Jul152020

Novel Electrode for Efficient Synthesis of Ammonia

Nanostructured black phosphorus has been introduced as electrode material for ammonia photoelectrochemical synthesis.

Jul142020

The science academies for basic research 5/6

More public money is needed for basic research.

Jul132020

Science for the SDGs – Part 16: Science for sustainable development 4/6

A vademecum to associate scientific research and the SDGs.

Jul112020

Scientific diver in a closed circuit rebreather, exploring the mesophotic coral zone during the Lengguru 2017 expedition. © IRD - Gilles Di Raimondo / Lengguru 2017

Coral Triangle Fish Diversity Revealed by Environmental DNA

In 2019, the report of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) recalled the extent of biodiversity loss worldwide. In this context, the improvement of biodiversity exploration techniques is essential to implement targeted actions to protect ecosystems.

Jul102020

Neuroscientist Luiz Eugênio Mello has taken over as scientific director at FAPESP. Copyright- Léo Ramos Chaves Pesquisa FAPESP

Luiz Eugenio Mello: “An opportunity to change the world with science”

Luiz Eugenio Mello, who has recently been appointed as the scientific director of one of Brazil’s major research funding agencies shares his vision for this agency and for science.

Jul82020

Big Data Platforms for a Global Pandemic

Data science mobilized against COVID-19.

Jul72020

The science academies for basic research 4/6

A few examples of how basic sciences changed our everyday lives (and other things too).

Jul62020

Science for the SDGs – Part 15: Science for sustainable development 3/6

ISC, Strengthening education and scientific training

Scientists shouldn’t be afraid of working for and with society.

Jul52020

Global Science TV: a new webcast about science in the world

An initiative that gives a voice to science experts.

Jul42020

Sand, dust and wind

In arid and semi-arid environments, the land is vulnerable, densely populated and exposed to the wind. In these regions, wind erosion must be taken into account to the same extent as water erosion to anticipate soil changes for agriculture.

Jul32020

New strain fears as fresh Ebola outbreak emerges

Scientists fear a new Ebola strain might emerge in the Democratic Republic of Congo if two versions of the disease mix together to form a new, potentially deadlier version.

Jul12020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 10/10

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Financing basic science, General news, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, GYA, Indian National Science Academy, Nigerian Academy of Sciences

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG16 and SDG17.

Jun302020

The science academies for basic research 3/6

Some developments about why we need basic sciences to achieve the SDGs.

Jun292020

Science for the SDGs – Part 14: Science for sustainable development 2/6

Difficulties on the road toward SDGs depend both of the state of the scientific knowledge and social and political agreement.

Jun282020

An economy based on precarious employment

IUPAC, President's schedule

Informal economy is not black or illegal economy: it corresponds with unreported precarious jobs, which in some countries account for the overwhelming majority of jobs. Hence the importance of quantifying it.

Jun272020

IUPAC becomes officially a founding union for IYBSSD 2022

The signature of a MoU between IUPAC and IUPAP about IYBSSD 2022.

Jun262020

Flowering plants boost maize yields by half

Climate Smart Agriculture helps to preserve the environment together with food security in Malawi.

Jun242020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 9/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG14 and SDG15.

Jun232020

The science academies for basic research 2/6

Why is basic research needed today? Some historic arguments.

Jun222020

Science for the SDGs – Part 13: Science for sustainable development 1/6

It is always good to remind some statements that may seem obvious. For instance, that sciences are at the base of sustainable development.

Jun212020

TWAS-NRF Doctoral Programme for Developing Countries Scientists

TWAS

Are you a young scientist from a developing country who wish to get a PhD in natural sciences? South Africa may be your next home.

Jun202020

Sterile insect technique - Cyrille Lebon (researcher at the MIVEGEC IRD unit) collects nymphs of tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) in a breeding tank in the laboratory. ©IRD/Thibaut Vergoz

Developing mosquito factories

Carrying diseases such as chikungunya or dengue fever, the tiger mosquito is found in French overseas territories but also in the south of France. It is therefore essential to control this species, which raises new issues about control methods.

Jun192020

Upcycling e-waste trash into innovative treasure

In Ghana, a huge amount of electronic waste is imported from the Global North. It is pollution, but it also can be used as a ressource for new devices.

Jun172020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 8/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG12 and SDG13.

Jun162020

The science academies for basic research 1/6

Fourteen science academies call for a better funding of basic sciences.

Jun152020

Science for the SDGs – Part 12: Global environmental commons 4/4

Science diplomacy deserves a special attention, as more and more issues of national concern can only be treated at an international level, with the help of science.

Jun142020

A praise for patience about research and innovation

Technological innovation is rooted in basic sciences research, which produces knowledge without emergency. “Finders” need researchers.

Jun132020

Rehabilitation of infrastructure in Niger - A road programme financed by the European Union aims to improve people's mobility and living conditions, promote trade, contribute to economic growth, open up rural areas through efficient infrastructure and improve national and regional integration. ©IRD/Philippe Lavigne Delville

Questioning the development process

In the 1980s, the development community realised that many initiatives in favour of Global South countries were partial successes, sometimes even blatant failures.

Jun122020

“Oceanography should be a core discipline in Africa”

The importance of oceanography is massively underestimated in Africa, according to Rondrotiana Barimalala, the only woman from francophone Africa to be named a 2020 fellow of the Future Leaders-African Independent Research (FLAIR) programme.

Jun102020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 7/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG10 and SDG11.

Jun92020

Exploring the impacts of climate change on hydropower production

Hydropower electricity generation would benefit more from a 1.5°C than a 2°C global climate warming scenario, shows a case study in Sumatra.

Jun82020

Science for the SDGs – Part 11: Global environmental commons 3/4

Pathways to transformation related to the global environmental commons also need more science.

Jun72020

A Global Young Chemists’ Survey

IYCN

How do young chemists envision sustainability in chemical education?

Jun62020

Flooding caused by downpours

Since the 1950s, the number of deaths caused by floods in Africa has increased fivefold. Human and cimatic factors are responsibles.

Jun52020

Science journalism needed now, more than ever

As coronavirus emergency requires accurate and reliable information, more media outlets should have journalists trained in science.

Jun32020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 6/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG9.

Jun22020

Life in a carbon-neutral world

Some interesting reading about carbon neutral european cities.

Jun12020

Science for the SDGs – Part 10: Global environmental commons 2/4

We continue to read the SDGs science report, and come to the Science and technology part about Global environment commons.

May312020

Defining a safe and just space for people and planet

A new working group of the Earth Commission, with renowned scientists from institutions around the world including IIASA, will investigate future pathways of how humanity might develop sustainably to ensure a safe and just world for all.

May302020

Gauging rivers from space

Knowledge of river flow, which is crucial information for agriculture, research or power generation, is not available everywhere from the ground. Satellites can remedy this.

May292020

Fellowship awardees to boost Africa’s knowledge economy

AAS, SciDev.net

The first cohort of awardee for FLAIR AAS Fellowship has been presented.

May272020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 5/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG7 and SDG8.

May262020

Sustainability Research and Innovation 2020 Congress becomes SRI 2021

IRD, ISC

The important congress about research and innovation for sustainable development has a new date, one year later.

May252020

Science for the SDGs – Part 9: Global environmental commons 1/4

The governance of the global environmental commons is based (in principle) on results of basic science.

May242020

SDGs in the report of the International Year of Light (2015) 4/4

Light sciences can help to achieve the SDGs, found the International Year of Light some years ago. Let’s have a look at SDG7 and SDG13.

May232020

Public data on West African fisheries

IRD has made public and free data gathered in West Africa’s estuarine, lagoon and continental ecosystems.

May222020

Initiative for fighting COVID-19 with data launched

Data collection and processing will help to fight the COVID-19 in Africa, and to tackle other sustainable development issues on the long term.

May202020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 4/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG5 and SDG6.

May192020

Photo by: Flickr user Joise Showaa, CC BY 2.0

Five years after the Paris Agreement: The gap between promises and implementation

The results of a new study show that achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement will require a deep reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions, ideally by around 40% to 50% by 2030.

May182020

Science for the SDGs – Part 8: Cities

Cities are places were science is produced. They also need new scientific knowledge to improve.

May172020

SDGs in the report of the International Year of Light (2015) 3/4

Light sciences can help to achieve the SDGs, found the International Year of Light some years ago. Let’s have a look at SDG6.

May162020

Today is the International Day of Light

Every year, 16th May is the day to celebrate light all over the world.

May152020

British Rotarians immunize children in the streets of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, during the polio immunization campaign in Northern India in 2009. Photo Jean-Marc Giboux/RIBI Image Library - cc BY

Polio, measles outbreaks ‘inevitable’, say vaccine experts

Interruptions to vaccination programmes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could result in new waves of measles or polio outbreaks, health experts warn.

May132020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 3/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG4.

May122020

Old Government House, University of Auckland (Photo: Richard001)

The second Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings

The SDGs compliant university ranking.

May112020

Energy decarbonization with universal access

Science for the SDGs – Part 7: Energy

There is a double challenge, to change competely global energy production so that everybody get enough without adding greenhouse gases emissions.

May102020

SDGs in the report of the International Year of Light (2015) 2/4

Light sciences can help to achieve the SDGs, found the International Year of Light some years ago. Let’s have a look at SDG4, SDG5 and SDG10.

May92020

Peruvian industrial purse seiners in full activity of anchovy fishing. © IRD - Arnaud Bertrand

Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture around the world

A report synthesize the current knowledge from oceanic and atmospheric sciences about the El Niño -Southern Oscillation, one of the most influential weather phenomenon over the world.

May82020

Africa to gain from COVID-19 clinical R&D coalition

African institutions are full members of a worldwide coalition to fight COVID-19.

May62020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 2/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs. Let’s have a look at SDG3.

May52020

Provincial Changes in the Number of People Gaining Access and the Number of New People with Access to Electricity between 2014 and 2019 The color scheme categorizes the data across two dimensions: the growth in the population without access and the growth in the electrified population. Two additional categories identify provinces where the population with and without access have declined.

Can sub-Saharan Africa achieve sustainable access to energy for all by 2030?

A combination of a new satellites data processing and economical modelling helps to evaluate the possibility to achieve one of the SDG7 target in sub-Saharan Africa: universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.

May42020

Science for the SDGs – Part 6: What about food? 2/2

Genetically Modified Organisms and Information Systems to the rescue of sustainable agriculture.

May32020

SDGs in the report of the International Year of Light (2015) 1/4

Light sciences can help to achieve the SDGs, found the International Year of Light some years ago. Let’s have a look at SDG1, SDG2 and SDG3.

May22020

Aquaculture must deal with global warming and antibiotic resistance

The use of antibiotics in aquaculture is likely to increase with climate change, leading to the emergence of more resistant bacteria.

May12020

Satellite positioning system ESAIL / SAT-AIS testing at OHB LuxSpace- Photo: ESA - S. Corvaja

Satellites to protect the world, if data is open to all

It is a wonder all we can do with satellites for development.

Apr292020

The Science Council of Japan and the SDGs 1/10

The Science Council of Japan made the very interesting exercise of classifying the resolutions it adopted in the period 2014-2017 according to the SDGs.

Apr282020

Exploring the link between education and climate change

Education reduces the vulnerability of populations toward climat change, but also can increase slighlty greenhouse gases emissions.

Apr272020

Food systems and nutrition patterns- changing food systems is essential for sustainable development

Science for the SDGs – Part 5: What about food? 1/2

Can we produce enough food, in a sustainable way, at affordable prices? Agriculture is one of the nexus of SDGs.

Apr252020

School of fish in the coral reefs in New Caledonia © IRD - Jean-Michel Boré

Preserving both coral reefs and fisheries

How can marine areas to be protected be most effectively defined by reconciling several SDGs?

Apr242020

“Only ecology-based economies can avoid future catastrophe”

In this opinion piece, Fazlun Khalid gives his view about what we should aim after the COVID-19 pandemics. Scientific research is in the programme, and not only for vaccines

Apr222020

Smaller scale solutions needed for rapid progress towards emissions targets

Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions.

Apr212020

Engaging the Next Generation: An IYCN outreach competition

IYCN

Recognising exemplary contributions to chemistry outreach.

Apr202020

Sustainable and just economies: the facts

Science for the SDGs – Part 4: Sustainable and just economies

How can science help to progress toward economics systems that would be more sustainable (and more fair)?

Apr192020

TROP-ICSU after 3 Years

ISC

We already told you about TROP-ICSU (aka Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding), lead by IUBS and the International Union for Quaternary Science. ISC three-year funding ended at the end of 2019, and a recent blog post by ISC (a partner of IYBSSD 2022) reports on the main results. Three achievements…

Apr182020

The populations of Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad share this freshwater resource in the heart of the Sahel, Lake Chad. © Cnes - Jean-François Créteaux

Lake Chad doesn’t dry up

General news, IRD

A recent work shows that the total water stock in Lake Chad has been increasing over the past 13 years. This is encouraging because the lake concentrates environmental, economic and political issues.

Apr172020

An image taken from Copernicus Sentinel-2 featuring an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for agricultural use. Copyright: European Space Agency (CC BY-SA 2.0) This image has been cropped.

Satellites for development: facts and figures

Satellite technology is being increasingly seen as a tool to reduce inequalities in the crucial development decade to 2030.

Apr152020

International Science Programme and the Basic Sciences

ISP

The International Science Programme at Uppsala University supports IYBSSD 2022. Let’s have a look at their vision on the relationships between basic sciences and sustainable development.

Apr142020

COVID-19 Pandemic: Time to take science seriously

The coronavirus pandemics should remind governements that supporting science and scientist is an important long term effort. The case for Nigeria.

Apr132020

Science for the SDGs Part 3: Human well-being and capabilities

The current pandemics gives a peculiar look to some content of the report published in September 2019.

Apr122020

GYA works for open access science in Europe

GYA

Open access of scientific results will be an important topic during IYBSSD 2022. GYA, one of our supporters, is involved in this field.

Apr112020

Peatlands accumulate organic matter, filter water and provide forage, Bolivia. ©IRD, O. Dangles

Sequestering carbon in soil

Appropriate agricultural practices reduce greenhouse gas emissions and store carbon in the soil.

Apr102020

Leaders from 21 academies discussed the importance of basic sciences

An annual meeting organized in Japan talked about the need for basic research.

Apr72020

Physics for Development Commission at IUPAP

IUPAP

Unions are already working for sustainable development.

Apr62020

Science for the SDGs – Part 2

The SDGs science report “The Future is Now” talks about inclusivity.

Apr52020

Global Leadership in the 21st Century

WAAS

A project intend to fill the global leadership vacuum in order to address the complex and pressing challenges confronting humanity.

Apr42020

Representatives from the Ngata Toro Community in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia with a sign announcing their community is locked down. Indigenous communities fear the coronavirus pandemic could exacerbate their lack of medical services and food. Copyright: Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN)

Coronavirus ‘could devastate’ indigenous communities

Indigenous communities around the globe are closing borders in an effort to avoid a potentially devastating coronavirus outbreak in their territories.

Apr32020

Left: Number of known COVID-19 cases as to 30/03/2020 - Right: Average household income (2017)

COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, IIASA researchers are working to visualize key demographic and socioeconomic information to help inform decisions by health professionals, governments, and policymakers.

Apr12020

COVID-19 in Africa

TWAS

As Africa braces for the full impact of the novel coronavirus, two TWAS Fellows who are experts in contagious diseases say key challenges include coordination, capacity and public hygiene.

Mar312020

Left: Mohamed Kasem and Ahmed Elnewishy, from Cairo University, studied mummy bone samples at Beamlines 5.4, 1.4, and 7.3.3. (Credit: Marilyn Chung/Berkeley Lab) - Right: Alfredo Romero-Contreras and Julio Villanueva-Cab, from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, and Wanli Yang studied solar cells at Beamline 8.0.1. (Credit: Cindy Lee/Berkeley Lab)

LAAAMP Brings International Researchers to the Advanced Light Source

ISC, IUCr, IUPAP

As light sources push the limits of research and innovation, it’s important not to leave any regions in the dark. One effort to increase access to these rare and complex facilities is LAAAMP—Lightsources for Africa, the Americas, Asia and Middle East Project.

Mar302020

Science for the SDGs – Part 1

We are continuing our reading of the SDGs science report “The Future is Now”.

Mar292020

The Amazon Delta, photographed here from NASA's Terra satellite, pours its freshwater into the Atlantic Ocean in a 3,000 km long plume © Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC

The plume of the Amazon regains its tides

A new numerical model of the tropical Atlantic, integrating for the first time the significant role of tides on the Amazon plume, will provide a better understanding of the river’s impacts on oceanic circulation and on climate.

Mar282020

When physics cures

You want a more effective healthcare? Fund physics.

Mar272020

The first International Day of Maths

On 14th March 2020, the first International Day of Mathematics took place around the world.

Mar252020

Already, in 2013…

“Global sustainable development, implying the environmental, economic and social dimensions of sustainability, as well as the need to face the challenges of growing complexity, requires intense research efforts, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.” This quote could be from the UNESCO resolution for IYBSSD 2022. It comes in fact from the final declaration of the 2013 Rio…

Mar242020

Plastic could be more fantastic

EASAC

A scientific report proposes a better use of plastics.

Mar232020

Why Sustainable Development Goal 3 needs physics

A recent paper by Physics World explains how physicists help fight the COVID-19.

Mar212020

Dance your SDG Research

Who ever said that SDG research should be boring? Enjoy the presentation that Samuli Junttila, from University of Helsinki, Finland, made about his research on health condition of trees in the context of climate change.

Mar182020

Technologies against Viral Epidemics in Africa

Despite their dramatic consequences, the Ebola epidemics in West and Central Africa have contributed to capacity building in affected countries.

Mar172020

Sharing the Passion about Science

GYA

The Global Young Academy (GYA) gathers 200 young scientists from all over the world (each member is elected for a 5 years period). They are all selected because they are brilliant scientists, but also because they want to enhance the role of science on the planet. Their programme is then totally coherent with IYBSSD 2022,…

Mar162020

A Difficult Balance

The 15 authors of the report Our Future is Now made an alarming evaluation of the pathways that we are collectively following relatively to the SDGs.

Mar152020

The African Science Decade that wasn’t

In a recent editorial piece published by Research, Linda Nordling explains why the planned “decade of science and technology” in Africa didn’t happen. However, situation has changed.

Mar142020

“ISC Presents” : a New Podcast about Basic Sciences

ISC

ISC Presents is a podcast by the International Science Council. It discusses the challenges, stories, and celebrations of science while seeking to encourage international action on concerns to both science, and society.

Mar132020

Trans-disciplinary Research Oriented Pedagogy for Improving Climate Studies and Understanding (TROP-ICSU)

IUBS

Together with the International Union for Quaternary Science (INQUA), IUBS is the leading scientific organisation in this project funded by the International Science Council for Science (ISC). Importance Understanding the dynamics of Earth’s ecosystem and identifying measures to sustain it for the future requires immediate action with multidisciplinary approaches. Research efforts to identify key factors…

Mar112020

The Altiplano stretches from southeastern Peru to the extreme north of Chile.

Climatic Turmoil in the Tropical Andes

A newly described atmospheric mechanism explains the recent evolution of the rains falling on the heights of Peru and Bolivia and shows that damage to the Amazon rainforest could affect the Andean rains.

Mar102020

Protective Bio-shell could extend Egg Shelf Life

A biofilm developed in Brazil could extend the shelf life of eggs in the world’s poorest and hottest regions, where they spoil faster and are vulnerable to germs.

Mar92020

Projected distance from reaching selected targets by 2030 (at current trends)

Where are we with SDGs?

If we want to reach the 17 SDGs in 2030, as the UN General Assembly decided in 2015, we must know where we are regarding to the goals, and to the detailed targets, and on which trajectories we are. The report The future is now, published in september 2019 gives an evaluation. In some fields,…

Mar82020

Egypt’s ScienceUp Initiative

ASRT

Academy of Scientific Research and Technology has launched a new initiative to develop basic sciences in Egypt.

Mar72020

SciDev.Net Media Partner for IYBSSD 2022

The Executive Board of IYBSSD 2022 is pleased to announce the involvement of the online media SciDev.Net, which focuses on the relationships between science and sustainable development. The news section of our website will regularly (once a week hopefully) publish articles written worldwide by SciDev.Net journalists. Anyone who is interested in the contribution of science…

Mar62020

Global Academy Network stands up for Tropical Forests

IAP

IAP outlines a set of measures to protect forests and fight climate change in response to the ongoing global crisis surrounding deforestation and forest burning

Mar42020

A coal mine in Australia. Photo:Lock the Gate Alliance cc BY-2.0

Containing Methane and its Contribution to Global Warming

Methane is a gas that deserves more attention in the climate debate as it contributes to almost half of human-made global warming in the short-term. A new IIASA study shows that it is possible to significantly contribute to reduced global warming through the implementation of available technology that limits methane release to the atmosphere.

Mar32020

Global South Research Challenges ‘Can be Overcome’

Research in the global South is frequently underfunded and overlooked, but a new initiative is boosting a range of studies, from sustainable development, to soil salinity, and care for the elderly suffering chronic diseases.

Mar22020

SDGs are All Interconnected

As we wrote in a previous post, we post here some content from the science report about SGDs The Future is Now. A first point made by the report may seem obvious but is worth saying again : SDGs are all interconnected. The figure that opens this post gives a summary of these interconnections, and…

Feb292020

Cover of the report Interdisciplinary Research in Epidemic Prepairedness and response

Interdisciplinary Research in Epidemic Preparedness and Response

IAP

A workshop report on interdisciplinary research in epidemic preparedness, a topic of high relevance as the world watches the outbreak of the novel coronavirus unfold has just been launched by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Medical Research Council.

Feb242020

SDGs: The Science Report

In September 2019, a group of 15 independent scientists co-chaired by Peter Messerli, University of Bern, Switzerland, and Endah Murniningtyas, National Development Planning Agency, Republic of Indonesia, submitted the first scientific report about SDGs to the United Nations Secretary General. They gave this report the title The Future is Now – Science for Achieving Sustainable…

Feb212020

2022: a Year to Celebrate Mineralogy

IMA

The International Mineralogical Association will celebrate mineralogy throughout the world in 2022. These celebrations will be within IYBSSD 2022. 2022 will be the bicentennial of the death of René Just Haüy (born 1743) who is a father of modern mineralogy and crystallography. 1822 is also when Haüy’s Traité de minéralogie and Traité de cristallographie were…

Feb192020

Cancer Burden could Balloon in Poorest Countries

Low- and middle-income countries could see an 80 per cent rise in cancer over the next 20 years if treatment and prevention services are not stepped up, according to the latest World Cancer Report. The report, compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO), warns that cancer prevention is taking a back seat in poor countries,…

Feb152020

West Africa’s First Female Astrophysicist

Last year, Marie Korsaga became the first female astrophysicist in West Africa after completing her PhD in astrophysics at South Africa’s University of Cape Town on the theme ‘The distribution of dark and visible matter in spiral and irregular galaxies’. It was the culmination of seven years of intense research. The Burkinabe says she had…

Feb142020

Mathematics is Everywhere

On November 26th 2019, the 40th session of the General Conference of the UNESCO proclaimed March 14th as the International Day of Mathematics. The first official celebration will be on 14th March 2020 with the theme “Mathematics is everywhere”. The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is a worldwide celebration. Each year on 14th March, all…

Feb132020

Intervention at the IDWGS Celebration in UN Headquarters in New York

President's schedule

Michel Spiro, President of the Steering Committee of IYBSD 2022, gave the following comment during the official celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science In New York United Nation Headquarters on 11th February 2020. “On behalf of IUPAP (the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) and, I am sure I…

Feb122020

Call for Application – Congress on Sustainable Research and Innovation SRI2020

IRD, ISC

The Sustainable Research and Innovation 2020 Congress (SRI2020), of which IRD is a partner, will be held from 14th to 17th June 2020 in Brisbane, Australia. The call for papers is now open. On this occasion, “popcorn sessions“ and “demonstration sessions“ will be organised to allow different audiences to learn and exchange on the latest…

Feb102020

5th International Day for Women and Girls in Science

President's schedule

The 11th February 2020, we will celebrate the 5th International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This annual celebration is particularly important as we are preparing IYBSSD 2022: the suppression of the gender gap in any field is the SDG n.5, and it is particularly important in science. On this occasion, Michel Spiro, president…

Jan162020

Jean-Paul Moatti, PDG de l'IRD (à gauche), et Michel Spiro, président de l'IUPAP (à droite) ont signé un accord pour l'organisation de IYBSD 2022.

Signature of a Partnership Agreement between IRD and IUPAP

IRD, IYBSSD 2022, President's schedule

The first Memorandum of Understanding for the organization of IYBSSD 2022 was signed in Paris on Thursday 16th January 2020 by Jean-Paul Moatti, President and CEO of IRD, and Michel Spiro, President of IUPAP. This signature took place after a lunch with some French science journalists, who had confronted transport difficulties in the French capital.…

Nov232019

The final declaration of the World Science Forum 2019 has been promulgated during the closing session held in the Hungarian House of Parliament. (Photo: WSF)

The World Science Forum 2019 supports IYBSSD

“We acknowledge that scientific freedom can only be respected by society if it is based on strict ethical principles. We call on the international scientific community to develop new standards for the fulfilment of academic freedom, and to create tools to describe, monitor and measure its integral conditions. We acknowledge the vital nature of curiosity-driven…

Nov222019

HRH Princess Sumaya bint el Hassan at WSF 2019

Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan launches IYBSSD 2022