LONDON, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s first centre for computational psychiatry was launched on Tuesday 1st April, following a €5m investment from the Max Planck Society and UCL to be spent over the next 5 years. The Max Planck UCL Centre … Read the full press release
LONDON, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Eating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day reduces your risk of death at any point in time by 42% compared to eating less than one portion, reports a new UCL study. Researchers used … Read the full press release
The new laboratory will utilise expertise that already exists in the University’s Centre for Genomic Research and Institute of Integrative Biology Liverpool, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of Liverpool have been awarded £2M to build a state-of-the-art DNA synthesis … Read the full press release
Liverpool, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool students who analysed more than 20,000 documents to support lawyers representing the families of victims of the Hillsborough disaster have won a prestigious national award for their work. The award, from the LawWorks and Attorney … Read the full press release
Liverpool, UK, 7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Research at the University of Liverpool has found that the magnitude of earthquakes is a result of trapped water under pressure (or fluid pressure) in the fault plane between two tectonic plates. Researchers from the University … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 4-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Even the wording of an employment ad can be a crucial factor whether the job goes to a woman or a man – as women tend not to apply in case of doubt. They feel less inclined … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Management, Society
Tagged Prof. Claudia Peus, Prof. Isabell M. Welpe, Technische Universität München
HELSINKI, 4-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the past two centuries, values in Finland have become more pluralized, indicates a dissertation on the public speeches of czars and presidents of Finland. The researcher also draws a parallel between the speeches of Alexander I … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Society
Tagged Alexander I, Anneli Portman, Elina Mattila-Niemi, Martti Ahtisaari, Mauno Koivisto, President Putin, University of Helsinki
The UK’s first bespoke university crowdfunding platform YuStart has brought funding success for three projects at the University of York. YORK, UK, 4-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The York Astrocampus development has raised more than £7,000, The 24 choir nearly £1,200, and a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, United Kingdom
Tagged Kallum Taylor, Susie Fothergill, university crowdfunding platform, University of York, YuStart
RISE Awards announced by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Leicester, UK, 3-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ten of the UK’s most inspirational scientists and engineers have been recognised by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The Council has announced … Read the full press release
Leicester, UK, 3-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Exhibition by University of Leicester research student to take place at Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire, between 20 April – 12 October 2014 Media/ photo opportunity: Exhibition opening 11.30am on Tuesday 8 April at Lamport Hall, Northamptonshire. Contact Megan … Read the full press release
Das International Office der Universität Konstanz schneidet beim „International Student Barometer“ (ISB) exzellent ab. Die für die internationalen Studierenden zuständige Einrichtung erreicht in der weltweit durchgeführten Befragung internationaler Studierender insgesamt den zweiten Platz. An der hauptsächlich auf die Servicestrukturen fokussierenden … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Management
Tagged Universität Konstanz, „International Student Barometer“
Bristol, UK, 1-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Using an acoustic metadevice that can influence the acoustic space and can control any of the ways in which waves travel, engineers have demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to dynamically alter the geometry … Read the full press release
Bristol, UK, 1-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II will publish their first update in seven years on the scale of impacts, adaptations and vulnerabilities to climate change at a meeting in Yokohama, … Read the full press release
Umeå University has been ranked first in Europe and ninth in the world for student satisfaction according to the latest International Student Barometer (ISB). The survey was responded to by international students from 170 universities in the world during the … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, Sweden
Tagged Anders Fällström, ISB, latest International Student Barometer, Per A Nilsson, student satisfaction, Umeå University
Berlin, 31-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Optogenetik ist ein modernes Verfahren, das es Wissenschaftlern ermöglicht, in neuronalen Schnitten oder in lebenden Organismen wie Drosophila, Zebrafisch oder Mäusen gezielt ausgewählte Zellen mit Licht zu aktivieren und ihre Rolle im Zellverbund zu untersuchen. Dazu benutzen sie … Read the full press release
Er wird für seine Habilitationsschrift geehrt: Fortuna di mare – Literatur und Seefahrt Berlin, 31-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Der Literaturwissenschaftler Dr. Burkhardt Wolf von der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin erhält den Scherer-Preis 2014. Er wird für seine an der Humboldt-Universität entstandene Habilitationsschrift Fortuna di … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Awards, Education, Germany
Tagged Burkhardt Wolf, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Nils Fiebig, Richard M. Meyer Stiftung
Ghent, Belgium, 31-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On 1 April 2014, British-American human rights activist Clive Stafford Smith will receive the Amnesty International Chair 2014 at Ghent University. This Chair is awarded to a person who makes a special contribution to fight for human … Read the full press release
• The ESPART* Phase III clinical study focuses on patients that respond poorly to attempts at ovarian stimulation • Study aims to recruit 946 patients across 17 European countries Darmstadt, Germany, 28-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Merck, the global pharmaceutical and chemical company, … Read the full press release
Dublin, 28-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from Trinity College Dublin’s Institute of Neuroscience and Department of Psychiatry believe stressful life events greatly enhance the risk of depression affecting people in later life. They link this phenomenon to changes in genetic expression, which only occur following exposure to … Read the full press release
Rector Ralf Hemmingsen has followed the recommendation of a unanimous nominating committee by appointing Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen as Dean of the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen, 28-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen has been appointed Dean of the … Read the full press release
EuropaWire (EW) is the first truly pan-European and leading press release distribution and newswire service for Europe and the European Union working towards consolidating Europe’s voice on the global newswire and media scene. The newswire service comes with advanced submission forms, flexible pricing and PR budgeting, granular targeting, nearly uncapped reach across countries, markets, verticals, industries, audiences, languages, etc., translation and localisation for greater local PR impact, in-depth distribution reporting, metrics and insights including measured PR reach, reads, engagements, impact, etc., no cap on words, images and multimedia to go along with your release, among others. Your press releases will be seen among the releases of Europe’s biggest and most prominent companies, brands and institutions. Here you can learn more about EuropaWire’s mission, achievements, services, etc.
HOW TO GET STARTED?