NUS alumnus and aspiring migration anthropologist wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford
NUS College and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences alumnus Salifian Sulaiman (Class of 2024) has won the Singapore Rhodes Scholarship this year, becoming Singapore’s 30th Rhodes Scholar.
PRINCIPLE trial finds antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline not generally effective treatments for COVID-19
In March 2020, the UK-wide Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older people (PRINCIPLE) trial was established as a flexible.
UQ research recognised in national biomedical incubator
Groundbreaking UQ research into developing new treatments for conditions such as cancer, inflammatory diseases and type 1 diabetes has received recognition and...
Lunchtime poems to Poet Laureate
Poet Laureate and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington alumnus Chris Tse’s first experience with poetry was on his lunch break at high school.
Light physical activity shows great promise in reversing childhood obesity caused by being sedentary
Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood caused increased body fat and abdominal fat in a new follow-up study. However, the results also showed that light physical activity (LPA) may completely reverse the adverse process.
University of Liverpool ‘United by Music’ for Eurovision
The University of Liverpool is celebrating the Eurovision Song Contest with a jam-packed programme of events and a campus make-over, including renaming the iconic Abercromby...
Women experiencing intimate partner violence three times more likely to contract HIV
Women that experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV, according to a new study led by McGill University researchers.
Highlights from Development Day 2020: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Europe
After having been relatively mildly affected in the first wave, Eastern Europe is currently in the midst of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with much higher levels of infected and dead compared to the spring.
Monash Researcher Awarded 2022 Fenner Medal by Australian Academy of Science
Associate Professor Chris Greening from Monash’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute has been awarded the prestigious Fenner Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.
Stargazers’ new approach to reshape our understanding of the Universe
An international project mapping millions of galaxies has provided a ‘tantalising’ insight into the mysteries of dark energy and could reshape our understanding of the history of the Universe...
