WiE CAN: engineer a career
In January next year, 60 Year 13 students from across Aotearoa New Zealand will discover the career opportunities engineering has to offer women when they attend a hands-on programme run by the University of Canterbury (UC).
Virtual visit program helps people living with dementia in care homes connect with family...
Video calls became a lifeline for many people during the restrictions of the early COVID-19 pandemic, allowing families to catch up, employees to work and patients to meet their doctors, all without ever leaving home.
iAccelerate launches scholarship drive to help women in business thrive
Do you have a business idea but are not sure how to get it off the ground? Are you working to help your community and would benefit from the tools and knowledge to have a greater impact?
UM to resume classroom teaching on 15 Sept
As the epidemic is in remission, in accordance with the guidelines of the Education and Youth Development Bureau, the University of Macau (UM) will resume classroom teaching on 15 September.
Using chatbots against themselves to ‘jailbreak’ each other
Computer scientists from NTU have found a way to compromise artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots – by training and using an AI chatbot to produce prompts that can ‘jailbreak’ other chatbots.
£4.7m consortium aims to accelerate growth of Scotland’s photonics sector
The Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde are leading a new consortium which has won £4.7m in funding to support the aim of tripling the photonics sector across Scotland’s central belt.
Tuatara eggs hatch for Easter at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
A rare sighting of five new hatchling tuatara emerging at Orokonui Ecosantuary has been caught on camera by University of Otago researchers who were undertaking...
Biodiversity and nature conservation: University of Bayreuth strengthens higher education in and for Tanzania
Biodiversity is a central ecological and economic resource for Tanzania, thanks to its extensive nature reserves.
Using pets to support healthy ageing – pilot study
Can pets cure loneliness? Research driven by the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA), a federally funded partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health...
Phebra and University of Wollongong’s promising drug development for leukemias and pancreatic cancer
Australian pharmaceutical company Phebra and the University of Wollongong (UOW) have announced a new six-year collaboration Agreement to continue promising research and development (R&D)...
