Meeting the real-life enterprise taking humans to the final frontier
Dr Lena De Winne, Head of Information and Communications at Asgardia, speaks of how the endeavours of the billionaire class could soon become a reality for a mass audience.
Digitally Transformed: Investing in your organisation
Visionist's approach to digital transformation has allowed the department to realise the invest to save benefits of replacing their expensive legacy IT infrastructure with a Digitally Transformed IT service.
Connected growth: Catching up with the new digital world
In June, the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) published its key policy position on how to deliver digital connectivity across the country post Brexit. Nicola McCoy-Brown discusses the topic here.
Bioinorganic studies of multi-electron redox processes
Bioinorganic studies of multi-electron redox processes, from fundamental research to applications in a future renewable energy infrastructure.
Indonesian palm oil: “When we lost the forest, we lost everything”
New research shows that Indigenous people in Indonesia are losing their ancestral land to palm oil plantations, in ongoing government sanctioned burnings of forest areas.
The Academy of Medical Cannabis
Professor Mike Barnes, Director of Education at The Academy of Medical Cannabis shares his thoughts on the rescheduling of cannabis to a Schedule II substance in November of 2018 and access to medical cannabis prescriptions.
PM Boris Johnson awards £1 billion of aid funding to climate change scientists
British scientists and innovators will be able to access £1 billion of aid funding to develop new technology targeted at tackling climate change in developing countries.
The cardiovascular disease burden from ambient air pollution in Europe
Thomas Münzel MD, Andreas Daiber PhD, Ulrich Pöschl PhD and Jos Lelieveld PhD discuss the link between air pollution and cardiovascular disease in Europe.
Oxytocin, vasopressin and mother nature
Dr Sue Carter, The Kinsey Institute, discusses the critical role of oxytocin in birth, lactation and maternal behaviour and in tuning the baby’s developing endocrine and nervous system.
Innovative nanocapsules for skin care
Here, Carla Silva, Project Coordinator, Chief Technology Officer at CeNTI – Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials promotes the firm’s innovative nanocapsules for skin care.
Why draconian workplaces are damaging mental health
Mental health has been a prominent topic in the UK media during 2019, and yet in the draconian workplace, it appears the struggle continues despite the high profile campaigns.
What rights do you have as a blue badge holder?
Here, with Lookers, we explain everything that blue badge holder needs to know about what it does, or what it doesn't entitle you to.
Arctic expedition: Climate scientists to drift in sea-ice for a year
The German Research Vessel Polarstern is headed for the Arctic to drift in the sea-ice for an entire year so that climate scientists can study Arctic climate change.
Cybersecurity in hospitals and care centres
Dr Peter Leitner and Stela Shiroka, at INTERSPREAD GmbH, detail cybersecurity in hospitals and care centres and their thoughts on the need for increased awareness and enhanced training capabilities in Europe.
Data linkage and sharing for healthy longevity: A global challenge
Data linkage and sharing for healthy longevity together present a global challenge, in the view of Prof Makoto Suematsu, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development and Rihana Diabo at the World Economic Forum.
Enabling working carers
Caroline Day from Wellbeing Dynamics discusses her thoughts on enabling working carers to look after a loved one.
User-Centric Platform PRINTEPS for Unified AI Robot Applications
Takahira Yamaguchi of Keio University dives into the PRINTEPS platform, explaining how it helps AI Robot Applications to be more easily to develop.
US law criminalises sex workers for discussing work online
The law criminalises sex workers writing about their lives, discussing health and safety issues and for journalists reporting on sex work.
Insight into novel kinds of solar cell technologies
Jan Macak, Senior Researcher and Group Leader at the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic, provides insight into novel kinds of solar cell technologies.
Hearing speech in noisy environments
PhD students Courtney Coburn Glavin, Kailyn A. McFarlane, and Assistant Professor Jason Tait Sanchez discuss the mechanisms, barriers, and future progress for hearing speech in noisy environments.