Basic Sciences Provide Solutions to Environmental Problems
In this series of interviews, prepared by KEK for the IYBSSD 24-hour online event, four scientists link their research with environmental issues, especially E-waste.
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Studying the fundamental processes of attention has greater benefits than studying any single applied situation
LatinXChem23
@LatinXChem is a virtual forum through which the community of Latin American chemists anywhere in the world can share and discuss their research results and advances. Between the three previous editions, 2020, 2021, and 2022, more than 3,000 posters from 43 countries were received, with 20 million impacts on Twitter. This initiative seeks to give…
Medicinal Plants as Panacea for Cancer: The Role of Basic Science
The Centre’s Cancer research track, led by Professor Mansurah Abdulazeez, is officially closing one of its National Research Fund (NRF) grant and aims to do this by sensitizing the public on its findings, the significance of basic science to research, and how the groups’ research contributes to the progress towards SDGs. The need to tackle…
Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa: national, regional and local mixes
Discussions on the future of energy systems in Africa were held at a mini-froum in Paris, not too long ago. And this is in preparation for a symposium in Morocco.
International Conference on the Physics of the Two Infinities
This conference aims to bring together physicists to explore the interconnections between the physics of the two infinities. In search of new discoveries, these fields explore what the Universe is made of, or was made of, and what its basic laws are on the smallest and largest scales. The history of our universe has been…
ATAP Programme
This programme setup for the IYBSSD and beyond aims to offer travel grants of 5k$ to early career researchers working in low-income countries and wishing to spend a couple of months in their alma mater (Western universities where they prepared their PhD) in order to keep a good scientific level. The selection committee is composed…
XV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Education and Science for Sustainable Development”
It is expected that scientists, educators, and students in the field of ecology, sustainable development, natural resources management, chemistry, chemical technology, sociology, economics, and management will take part in the conference. The work of the conference will be organized in sections: – Environment and Sustainable Development; – Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development: – from Fundamental…
Sciences fondamentales et développement soutenable : que faudrait-il changer dans nos recherches ?
La journée interroge la situation des sciences fondamentales dans le contexte du développement soutenable : fertilisations croisées, nouvelle dimension de l’éthique, soutenabilité des actions de recherche. Articulation entre savoirs fondamentaux et soutenabilité, éthique scientifique à l’heure de la crise écologique, pratiques de la recherche seront discutés sous forme d’interventions et de tables rondes de scientifiques…
Between innovation and ‘development time’
What is the challenge of every scientist? It is balancing an innovation and the time it takes for development, says Maria José Lallena, Director of the R&D center of the pharmaceutical company Lilly.
