Earlier this month the “Too Much, Too Soon” campaign made headlines with a letter calling for a change to the start age for formal learning in schools. Here, one of the signatories, […]
School Starting Age: The Evidence
Solar Impulse Lands In The Silicon Valley Completing The Crossing Of The Pacific Ocean With Several World Records
Mountain View, 24 April 2016 – Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the first solar airplane capable of flying day and night without using a drop of fuel – left Hawaii on 21 […]
Flexible Hours ‘Controlled By Management’ Cause Stress And Damage Home Lives Of Low-Paid Workers
Researcher Alex Wood calls on new DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) Minister Stephen Crabb to acknowledge distinction between flexible scheduling controlled by managers to maximise profit, damaging lives of the low-paid […]
One Embryo, Different Genes: Scientists Discover Rare Type Of Cell Division
KU Leuven scientists have discovered a new type of cell division that explains genetic differences within one embryo. In this rare kind of cell division, the chromosomes of both parents are not […]
Dimension Data And Cisco Announce Project To Protect Rhino By Tracking People
South Africa-headquartered technology company, Dimension Data, and worldwide leader in networking, Cisco, today announced an initiative aimed at dramatically reducing the number of rhinos being poached in South Africa. The two companies have […]
Bertrand Piccard Will Takeoff Today With Solar Impulse
The completion of the Pacific Crossing Solar Impulse will take off for its ninth flight from Hawaii to Mountain View, California at 4PM UTC / 6PM CET / 6AM HT. The first Mission […]
School Affects Girls’ Chances Of Being Diagnosed With An Eating Disorder
The school a girl attends can affect her chance of being diagnosed with an eating disorder, finds a new study co-authored by UCL researchers. The results are published in the International Journal […]
Study Examines Factors Affecting Whether Women Choose A Medical Research Career
Unless exposed to positive research experience and role models during their medical education and training, women are unlikely to consider careers in academic medicine seriously. That’s one conclusion of an Oxford University […]
Measures For Women’s Economic Empowerment Inappropriate Says Professor Linda Scott
At the Davos World Economic Forum Ban Ki-moon announced the UN’s first ever High Level Panel on women’s economic empowerment. Supporting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to improve economic outcomes for women […]
Good Governance Makes Non-Listed Firms More Robust
The Center for Good Governance, a joint initiative of IE Business School and Grant Thornton, has presented a report headed “Recommendations for Good Corporate Governance for Non-Listed Firms” aimed at helping non-listed […]
Your Viruses Could Reveal Your Travel History, And More
The genomes of two distinct strains of the virus that causes the common lip cold sore, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), have been identified within an individual person — an achievement […]
Solar Impulse Ready To Resume First Round-The-World Solar Flight From Hawaii
Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg are ready to resume their attempt to achieve the first ever Round-The-World Solar Flight with Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) – the first solar airplane capable […]
Predicting Gentrification Through Social Networking Data
Data from location-based social networks may be able to predict when a neighbourhood will go through the process of gentrification, by identifying areas with high social diversity and high deprivation. The first […]
Computers In Your Clothes? A Milestone For Wearable Electronics
Clothes that receive and transmit digital information are closer to reality Researchers who are working to develop wearable electronics have reached a milestone: They are able to embroider circuits into fabric with […]
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