Shielding plants from stress
TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Award winner, Nadia Haider, characterizes economically useful plants through their DNA, to help protect them from human and environmental stressors.
Javier Garcia Martinez: “It’s important to invent a circular chemistry”
In this interview given at the occasion of the opening ceremony of IYBSSD, the president of IUPAC gives his views about how chemistry will help to achieve the SDGs.
Fighting superbugs with mathematical models
Some infectious bacteria have developed resistance to antibiotics. Mathematical models could help design alternative treatments to overcome them.
VIDEOS: How to engage the public with science
How can the public better engage with science? From theater to a tweeting tree, from dance to micro-museums, presenters made the show during the latest Falling Walls engage competition in November 2022 at Berlin.
Sharda University celebrates IYBSSD2022
As part of celebrating the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development 2022 (IYBSSD2022), Sharda University, India, recently organized interesting academic events for Indian schools.
How ICTP’s activities are promoting SDGs
The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in recent years has been steadfast in carrying out activities promoting the actualization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), writes Abdulsalam MAHMUD.
When ecosystem services provided by trees compete
Trees provide a range of ecosystem services to farmers who keep them, and to crops with which they share agricultural plots. But the services sometimes enter into competition, adversely affecting agricultural output.
2022 ‘International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry’
The awards will be presented at the 2023 IUPAC World Chemistry Congress to be held in Netherlands, from 18 to 25 August 2023. Complete applications must be received via the submission form no later than 30 April 2023.
A forum on ‘basic sciences for sustainable development’
The National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF), in 2022, hosted a two-day discussion forum on ‘basic sciences for sustainable development,’ focusing on its contributions to the world and society.
WEBINAR: Building transformative pathways…
Organized by Future Earth, a webinar themed, “Ecological imagination: building transformative pathways with insights from the humanities,” will be held on Friday, 24 February 2023.
