EPWS ‘Annual Conference 2022’ in November
The European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS) Annual Conference 2022 is themed: “Gender, intersectionality and inclusion in the EU research context”. It will hold virtually on the 22nd of November 2022.
IAU launches competition to mark OAD @10
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO), the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is launching a contest tagged: NameExoWorlds 2022.
Alex Stanley, the first IUCr Chief Executive Officer
The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) has named Dr. Alex Stanley as its first Chief Executive Officer. She succeeded Dr. Alex Ashcroft, IUCr Executive Secretary, who retired at the end of August 2022.
When Konrad Lorenz celebrated IYBSSD launching
At the Sonia Fajardo Forero auditorium, in Colombia, Konrad Lorenz, joined the global community to officially launch the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD2022).
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Chemistry education is the way forward – IUPAC President
In this article, President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Javier García Martínez, highlights the importance of Chemistry Education.
Calls open for 2022 Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship
The award, which carries a monetary value of R2 million, is granted to candidates of the highest calibre, to enable them to undertake an internationally-significant research.
Water scarcity among top 10 food security threats
Increased demand for water will be the biggest threat to food security in the next two decades, says a new report that calls for collaboration between scientists and policymakers to boost resilience in global food systems.
Nakajima, Sorger, others emerge IMU new exco
Hiraku Nakajima from Japan, and Christoph Sorger from France, have respectively emerged as the new President and Secretary General of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
IYBSSD2022: stories of a scientific year… 33 (Innovative thinking)
Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology, Hoang Thanh Tat, has emphasized the need for innovative thinking in science and technology management, while promoting the spirit of open science and innovation.
Nobel laureate lit ‘scientific torch’ to herald IYBSSD
At a conference in Vietnam, Duncan Haldane who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics with some famous scientists, lit a scientific torch to celebrate the International Year of Basic Science for Sustainable Development.
