The efit21 strategy – transforming education
The Federal Ministry for Education and Women’s Affairs (BMBF) details how new digital technologies are transforming classrooms across Austria
Information and communication technologies transform teaching...
How technology can support teachers best
Educational technologies are advancing rapidly; new solutions, apps, and online platforms appear every day. Mobile learning, learning on demand, and media rich curricula are...
Boosting investment in education: Let’s make it happen
In a speech at a joint event with The European Investment Bank, Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, outlines the importance of...
Nuclear Medicine in Dusseldorf
The Clinic of Nuclear Medicine at the University Hospital is located both in Düsseldorf and at the Research Center Jülich, and runs a nuclear...
It’s the ‘content’ of cells that matters in biomedical research
One of the most remarkable things about life on earth, in all its forms, is how cells often only tens of microns in diameter...
Exon skipping: making sense out of nonsense
Associate Professor Michela Alessandra Denti, Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of RNA Biology and Biotechnology at the Centre for Integrative Biology of the University of Trento,...
A number one funding source for Russian basic science
Alexander Khlunov, Director of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) gives an overview of how the Foundation supports research throughout the country
The Russian Science Foundation...
The climate’s beating heart: Myths and maths
It stores heat, greenhouse gases and gives back at a measured rate. It is the World’s Ocean. As a player in our understanding and...
The power of basic research
Rebecca Keiser, Head of the National Science Foundation’s Office of International Science & Engineering sheds light on why basic research is integral to the progress...
The challenge of recruiting more women
Recently-installed IET President Naomi Climer has made it her mission to improve recruitment of women into engineering and technology roles, with oil and gas...
The Impact of engineering in biology and medicine: the biomedical engineer (BME)
In 2014, WHO stated: “trained and qualified biomedical engineering professionals are required to design, evaluate, regulate, maintain and manage medical devices, and train on...
New anti-infective drugs following a grand tradition
Nobel Prizes are normally awarded to scientists whose fundamental discoveries have had a major impact over a number of years in the particular field...
Metals in Biology: Elements of the Bioeconomy
At the beginning of 2014 the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) established thirteen Networks in Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy. 1 An...
What’s so special about STEM?
Gill Collinson, Head of the National STEM Centre highlights the significance of STEM in modern life
‘STEM’ is the buzz word of the moment in...
China to the UK: Tackling cancer across borders
The China-United Kingdom Cancer (CUKC) Conference 2015 welcomed approximately 200 experts, including senior medics, scientists and scholars from world leading, international institutions to discuss...
Flying the flag for cancer research
OAG highlights the efforts made by the Welsh Government to improve cancer care and research throughout the country
Due to an ageing population, the demand...
Research at Oslo University Hospital in the field of Gynaecologic cancer
Oslo University Hospital (OUS) is a big hospital formed by the merger of 4 hospitals. The State Hospital, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Ullevaal Hospital...
Improved cancer care: Integrating palliative care and oncology
Norwegian cancer researchers launch a project to improve care for cancer patients with a limited life expectancy
Europe has about 3.5 million new cancer cases...
Reducing the burden of cancer
AG highlights the work of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), to reduce and treat cancer.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the U.S. Federal government’s...
Connecting the dots between physical and mental health
Ophelie Martin, Communications Officer at Mental Health Europe shares insights on the link between physical and mental health, illustrating facts with her own personal...
