President Way Kuo elected International Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering
President Way Kuo, University Distinguished Professor of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), has been elected as International Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE)...
New College of Computing and Data Science to propel NTU’s AI ambitions
NTU Singapore is launching a new college to deepen the University’s investment and efforts in artificial intelligence (AI), computing, and data science.
UM exhibits graduation projects to promote academia-industry collaboration
The University of Macau’s (UM) Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) recently held the Dean’s Final Year Project List Presentation Ceremony and Project Exhibition 2021.
NUS researchers invent new triple-junction tandem solar cells with world-record efficiency
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel triple-junction perovskite/Si tandem solar cell that can achieve a certified world-record power conversion efficiency of 27.1 per cent across a solar energy absorption area of 1 sq cm...
NZ supporting global action on plastic pollution is step in right direction says academic
Minister for the Environment David Parker announced New Zealand’s planned support of a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution –something Massey University’s Dr Trisia Farrelly says is a big step in the right direction.
University of Birmingham and Fraunhofer UMSICHT renew applied research partnership
UK - Germany partnership looks to broaden collaboration in delivering green energy and renewable resources.
Hull’s logistics institute awarded share of £9 million funding by department for transport
The University of Hull’s Logistics Institute has been awarded funding by the Department for Transport (DfT), in partnership with Innovate UK, as part of the First of a Kind (FOAK) Competition 2021.
Cancer researchers join survivors for fundraising marathon
Professors and researchers from breast cancer research labs in Southampton will be marshalling and supporting walkers at a charity marathon in Hampshire in aid of the research they conduct.
Global eradication of COVID-19 should not be dismissed – new analysis
Eradicating COVID‑19 across the globe is theoretically more feasible than for polio but much less so than it was for smallpox, according to an analysis by New Zealand researchers.
Australians are having fewer babies and our local-born population is about to shrink: here’s...
This article by Head of the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia Professor Amanda Davies originally appeared in The Conversation on 29 April 2024.















































