Enschede, Netherlands, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Mathematics student Loes Knoben recently managed to visit all S-Bahn stations in Berlin in the fastest way possible, namely in 15 hours and 4 minutes, a new record. In order to achieve this, she programmed a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Netherlands, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Loes Knoben, S-Bahn stations in Berlin, University of Twente
UT study: Charcoal production by Al-Shabaab increases in survey area Enschede, Netherlands, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Despite a UN ban on the export of charcoal, charcoal production is the main source of income for the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab. Because the area … Read the full press release
Still a few months to go, but preparations for CuriousU 2015 are in full swing. This will be the first festival edition Summer School in the Netherlands. On Monday, the organizers of the eight-day festival (11 to 18 August in … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Marketing, Netherlands, Society, Technology
Tagged Bas Lansdorp, CuriousU 2015, summer school festival, University of Twente, Victor Mids
LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Universityof Liverpool researcher, Dr Eleanor Longden, attended the Deputy Prime Minister’s Mental Health Heroes Awards which recognise individuals who have helped, supported, or inspired those with mental health difficulties. Dr Longden. from the Institute of Psychology, Health and … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new training facility has opened at Daresbury Laboratory, aimed at giving University of Liverpool trainee medical physicists hands-on experience of medical scanners. The new Medical Training and Research Laboratory (MTRL) will house a SPECT/CT scanner that will … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 11-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Dr Jonathan Hogg, senior lecturer in the History Department, has raised more than £5,000 for a research project run at Liverpool Women’s Hospital. In 2014 Jonathan’s son, Arlo Dutton Hogg, was stillborn at full term. … Read the full press release
The Universe is pervaded by a mysterious form of matter, dubbed dark matter, about five times more abundant than the ordinary matter – made of atoms – we are familiar with. Its existence in galaxies was robustly established in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged Dr. Miguel Pato, first time direct observational proof, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, presence of dark matter, São Paulo, scientists, Solar System, Stockholm University, Technische Universität München, the Milky Way, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, University of Amsterdam
Academics from the University of York will lead a major project looking into ways to improve teaching methods in Kenyan primary schools over the next two years. YORK, 10-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Funded by a joint grant from the Economic … Read the full press release
The University of York will host the third annual York Finance Conference (YFC), a public event for students, at the Royal York Hotel next month. YORK, 10-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The largest internationally student-run finance conference in Europe, the event … Read the full press release
Leicester, UK, 10-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Leicester stages conference to discuss issues relating to remote warfare Discussions will include the theory, practice and ethics of remote warfare Academics and journalists will talk about the benefits and the future … Read the full press release
Ein Kooperationsprojekt mit Konstanzer Beteiligung erforscht mit der Rekonstruktion des Drosophila-Gehirns die Grundlage für ein allgemeines Gehirnmodell Konstanz, Germany, 10-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Wir organisiert ein Gehirn Verhalten? Obwohl es Gehirnforschern aus vielen Disziplinen gelungen ist, bestimmte Aspekte von Verhalten bestimmten … Read the full press release
In partnership with Child Focus, volunteers from Microsoft and Proximus will visit classrooms in different Belgian schools on 10 February to raise awareness among more than 6000 pupils in total about safer Internet use. BRUSSELS, 9-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Education, Internet & Online, Management, Society, Technology
Tagged "Safer Internet Day", Belgian schools, Child Focus, Dominique Leroy, Michael Beal, Microsoft, Proximus, safer Internet use
Dr Paul Howard Jones from Bristol’s Graduate School of Education will feature in a new Channel 4 documentary [broadcast 10 Feb] providing a unique insight into the secret life of four-year-olds. BRISTOL, UK, 9-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The observational documentary … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Media, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Channel 4, documentary, Dr Paul Howard Jones, secret life of four-year-olds, University of Bristol
DUBLIN, 6-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Students at Trinity College Dublin are “looking under the Bitcoin bonnet” in an attempt to make the crypto-currency more transparent. Increasing the transparency should reduce the risk of fraud while maintaining sufficient anonymity to make … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Ireland, Management
Tagged Bitcoin, Cian Burns, crypto-currency, Donal O’Mahony, Trinity College Dublin
NOTTINGHAM, 6-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new study involving researchers at The University of Nottingham has revealed how children with an aggressive cancer predisposition syndrome experience a never before seen flood of mutations in their disease in just six months. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged bMMRD syndrome, brain tumours, Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre in Nottingham, Dr Uri Tabori, gastrointestinal cancers, lymphomas, multiple brain tumours in children, Nottingham University, Professor Richard Grundy, The Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, ‘biallelic mismatch repair deficiency’
Fife, Scotland, 6-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The latest stage in a £14m redevelopment of the University of St Andrews Sports facilities has been launched by Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Louise Richardson. The current Sports Centre was built in 1968 when the student … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 6-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Research at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee has confirmed that levels of neonicotinoid insecticides accepted to exist in agriculture cause both impairment of bumblebees’ brain cells and subsequent poor performance by bee colonies. The … Read the full press release
The culture and diversity of first generation immigrants is highlighted in a new art exhibition launched today (Monday 26 January) Leicestershire, UK, 28-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The exhibition – Cultural Rivers – is collection of art, animation and film produced … Read the full press release
People with sight loss can face at least 25% higher costs for everyday living than those who are fully sighted, according to a new study by Loughborough University for the sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust. Leicestershire, UK, 28-1-2015 — … Read the full press release
GLASGOW, 26-1-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists have long known that the speed of light can be slowed slightly as it travels through materials such as water or glass. However, it has generally been thought impossible for particles of light, known … Read the full press release
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