A Mumbai University Hosts Symposium on Basic Sciences and Sustainable Development
The HSNC University in Mumbai has organized an International Symposium on ‘Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development’ as a part of celebrating IYBSSD.
Fighting for sustainable science – One Lab at a Time
Martin Farley, Europe’s first full-time sustainable laboratory specialist, highlights the challenges and opportunities in the quest to reduce the climate impact of laboratories.
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.
Annual Conference of the African Astronomical Society
The AfAS annual conference focuses on the science, outreach, communication, and education activities emanating from Astronomy in Africa. It seeks to enhance further collaborations among countries in Africa and the rest of the world. It also focuses on the status of astronomy infrastructure, the International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Cape Town in 2024 (IAU-GA2024),…
The 7th edition of the biennial African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications & Quarks to Cosmos Africa
The central long-term objective of the ASP School is to help improve higher education in Africa across national borders and in doing so, to contribute in a significant way to the development of science and technology on this continent. The ASP2022 program includes activities for high school educators and learners. This year we will also…
Celebration of National Mathematics Day
National Mathematics Day is an occasion to remember Ramanujan’s great achievements and reflect on the significance of mathematics in our everyday lives. He is considered as one of the world’s greatest-ever mathematicians, proving over 3,000 theorems. In order to inspire the life and his golden achievements of this mathematics genius to the younger generation, the…
OAD PROJECTS: Astronomy as fuel of life…
Since 2011, the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) has funded over 200 projects that use astronomy as a tool to address challenges in communities and achieve SDGs. OAD’s Dana Ficut-Vicas and Maria Alejandra Diaz write on the changes these projects are creating in their communities.
Special outreach program on Nobel Prize 2022
Every year Nobel Prize is being given to the eminent scientists of the world in the six fields for their impact making contributions in the fields of (i) Physics (ii) Chemistry (iii) Physiology/Medicine (iv) Literature (v) Economics (vi) Peace. The awards are named after the inventor, Alfred Nobel: the founder of Nobel Prize. The Nobel…
Impact of research in science education. Addressing the need for a knowledge-based society
This expert seminar was organized by Estonian Academy of Sciences and University of Tartu, supported by Horizon 2020 Twinning project “Addressing Attractiveness of Science Career Awareness” (SciCar). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 952470. SciCar – a science education project – addresses…
