Researchers at Newcastle University have cooked up a new way to teach modern languages. Newcastle, UK, 23-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — They placed the latest digital devices into cooking utensils to create the LanCook project – an unique mix of cookery, technology … Read the full press release
Newcastle, UK, 23-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Future Fund campaign has taken a significant step closer to its goal of establishing a specialist children’s cancer research facility at Newcastle University after receiving a £1 million donation from the Barbour Foundation. Dame … Read the full press release
A state-of-the-art laboratory that will allow researchers to put the electricity grid through its paces – simulating events such as power cuts due to severe weather – is being launched today at Newcastle University. Newcastle, UK, 23-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Funded … Read the full press release
Between 24 and 26 September, the University of Twente will act as host to the International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems. This event will explore the latest developments in the field of verification of critical software systems. Enschede, Netherlands, 23-9-2014 … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 22-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two Egyptian researchers at Technische Universität München (TUM) have won the “International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition” in the US with their project Egypt Against Hepatitis C Virus (EGAHEP). As their prize, the two scientists … Read the full press release
Coventry, UK, 22-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, used 3D scanning and visualisation technology to help Dr Irving Finkel, the world’s foremost expert on ancient Babylonian languages, decipher a 4000-year-old tablet that sheds new light on the … Read the full press release
Coventry, UK, 22-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Warwick has been declared University of the Year by the Times and Sunday Times newspapers. Warwick also rises two places to eighth in the UK in the two newspapers’ overall University league table, … Read the full press release
Over 80 events in 20 venues will take place in York on 26 September as part of the annual EU-funded European Researchers’ Night. YORK, 22-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ‘YorNight’ is part of a European initiative that will showcase research in … Read the full press release
YORK, 22-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The UK’s nuclear physics research capability will be strengthened significantly with the establishment of a new nuclear physics theory group at the University of York. A special funding award from the Science and Technology Facilities … Read the full press release
Sussex, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Creating unmown areas in an urban park can significantly increase flowers and pollinating insects while also leading to a greater enjoyment of the space by people, according to a University of Sussex study. Researchers at the … Read the full press release
BRISTOL, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Talking taxidermy that brings to life the brutal history of the ‘plume boom’; a magical object to connect speaker and listener via sound, light and touch; and a storyteller to help pupils learn about the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Internet & Online, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 'Internet of things' prototypes, Curpanion, Dr Kirsten Cater, Dr Merle Patchett, Dr Victoria Bates, InTouch, London Design Festival, Professor Alex Bentley, Professor Mark Horton, REACT, Reflector, University of Bristol
BRISTOL, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Bristol has been ranked 29th in the QS World University Rankings today, up from its previous position as 30th and placing Bristol 7th of UK higher education institutions named in the top … Read the full press release
The University of Bristol will be welcoming over 20,000 students to the city next week as the new academic year begins. BRISTOL, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — From Saturday 20 September, students from across the world will start moving into accommodation … Read the full press release
Researchers have found evidence that genetic factors may contribute to the development of language during infancy. BRISTOL, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol worked with colleagues around … Read the full press release
German scientists discover why these plants endured ice age FREIBURG, Germany, 18-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mosses have existed on Earth for more than 400 million years. During this period they survived many climate catastrophes that wiped out more robust organisms … Read the full press release
ZURICH, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In this year’s QS World University Rankings, the University of Zurich has made a large jump forward and is now ranked 57th among the world’s leading universities ‒ 21 places better than last year’s standing. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Switzerland
ZURICH, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The university district in Zurich’s city centre is to be developed further as a location for medical education, research and healthcare. At the beginning of September, the canton, the city and the universities presented the … Read the full press release
ZURICH, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new approach to measure proteins with structures that change. This could enable new diagnostic tools for the early recognition of neurodegenerative diseases to be developed. Cells regulate protein functions in … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ETH Zurich, Paola Picotti, Selected Reaction Monitoring
Ghent, Belgium, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Imec’s investment arm Fidimec and the Flemish spin-off investment fund SOFI I are investing EUR 340k in Luceda Photonics, a joint spin-off from Ghent University, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and imec. Luceda Photonics … Read the full press release
Ghent, Belgium, 16-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A major bridge is being gapped in studying the Stonehenge landscape as advanced, non-invasive survey techniques help reveal both archaeology and, for the first time, past landforms of the prehistoric environment. An important step … Read the full press release
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