Antibiotic-resistant bacteria could pose major health threat across Asia
A virulent new strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that causes severe disease could be spreading widely across Asia - posing significant challenges to global public health, a new study reveals.
Turn on, tune in, crop out: £20 device uses ultrasound to produce fertiliser
A £20 device which makes fertiliser by treating water with ultrasound could transform agricultural supply chains in remote areas, its inventors say.
The power of confinement: How tiny nanotubes can squeeze new materials into being
An international research project, led by The University of Warwick and University of Lille, has used nanotube compression to transform the underlying chemistry and physics of a compound, creating a promising new one-dimensional material.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to roll out International Summer School 2021
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is rolling out the International Summer School between 19 July and 16 August 2021.
The handbag – a contemporary marketplace icon
Source: School of Business, Aalto University (Finland)
Phone, tissues, wallet, pen and keys. These daily necessities – and many...
Deakin welcomes Anam Cara House to Waurn Ponds campus
Deakin University has welcomed Anam Cara House, a state-of-the-art palliative care facility, to the Waurn Ponds campus after it was officially launched on Saturday.
UH releases interim COVID-19 guidelines for its 10 campuses
Editor’s note: University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner held a news conference to announce the university’s interim COVID-19 guidelines on July 1, 2020....
Theatre Professor awarded 2024 Kiwibank Local Hero medal
Professor David O’Donnell, a member of the University’s theatre programme for the last 25 years, has been awarded a 2024 Kiwibank Local Hero medal.
$1m boost for innovative engineering research
The founding director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Distinguished Professor Peter Hunter, has stepped down. But his work to create our digital twin continues.
Animals like crickets use the ground to amplify calls: Western study
When animals ‘sing’ sitting on the ground- such as when crickets chirp— their volume and reach increase dramatically, by as much as ten-fold. This result from a study by Western researchers...
