Building equity into vaccine distribution
Who gets priority? If the pandemic is hitting certain communities harder, can they be adequately supplied with vaccine doses?
Funding boost to help develop ethical frameworks for tech innovation
An international consortium of experts led by The University of Western Australia’s Tech & Policy Lab and Indian non-profit IT for Change has been awarded $494,220 from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
King’s Professor receives international award
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has honoured King's Professor Jian S Dai with the 2020 Machine Design Award.
Why new mothers are more likely to see faces in everyday objects
A University of Queensland study has found women who’ve just had a baby are much more likely to see faces in everyday objects than other women.
Researchers introduce a new generation of tiny, agile drones
The technology could boost aerial robots’ repertoire, allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions.
VR technology could enhance remote medical consults
Canterbury researchers at UC’s HIT Lab NZ are exploring how virtual reality could be used as a tool during remote medical assessments.
The new QS World Rankings by Subject confirm Concordia’s place among the world’s best
Each year, the QS World University Rankings by Subject adds to the list of global institutions it evaluates. Its numbers have increased by 30 per cent over the past five years alone, from 1,117 in 2017 to 1,453 in 2021.
Early human migrants followed lush corridor route out of Africa
An international team of scientists has found early human migrants left Africa for Eurasia, across the Sinai peninsula and on through Jordan, over 80-thousand years ago.
Nearly two-thirds of Canadians ages 45+ report adverse childhood experiences
New research from McMaster University has found that roughly three in every five Canadian adults aged 45 to 85 have been exposed to childhood abuse...
Scientists use drones to land sensors onto glaciers threatened by climate change
Scientist have unveiled a new climate change-monitoring sensor which can be airlifted onto icy glaciers using drones to measure the impact of global warming.
