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‘Wave reserves’ in surfing promote coastal ecosystem protection
‘Wave reserves’ used in surfing often promote the conservation of valuable coastal areas and the ecosystems that live around them.
ATTRACT as a funding experiment for innovation (3/4)
In two previous pieces from the October 2021 and January 2022 issues of Open Access Government, we have elaborated on how to extend the ATTRACT experiment into a sustainable tool for accelerating breakthrough innovation across Europe.
NORCHILD: Unique early childhood education & care
Elin Eriksen Ødegaard, Director & Professor in Early Childhood Pedagogy from Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, lifts the lid on NORCHILD, a unique research school for early childhood education & care.
Tropical peatland restoration will not harm palm oil farmers
Restoring tropical peatlands - which support bird diversity - would not affect the livelihoods of palm oil farmers.
Learning with technology in public and higher education
Dean Emeritus Katy Campbell, University of Alberta, discusses the future of girls and women in STEM education.
Money lost to global tax abuse could prevent 600,000 child deaths
Millions of lives around the world could be improved by tackling global tax abuse – including greater access to basic sanitation and more children in schools.
Climate Services – the latest science for practice
Daniela Jacob, Director of Institute Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), explains how the Climate Services journal brings us the latest details about science for practice.
WHO asks Ukrainian scientists to destroy disease-causing microorganisms
The World Health Organisation (WHO) asked Ukrainian scientists to destroy disease-causing microorganisms, also known as pathogens.
Lowest global rates of dementia in Indigenous communities
The healthier pre-industrial lifestyles which Indigenous communities live by present solutions in preventing Alzheimer’s and dementia – as seen in their lower rates of the disease.
How can innovation help turn climate emergency declarations into real actions?
Dr Xander Wang is leading the Climate Smart Lab to innovate smart technologies supporting climate change adaptation at regional and local scales
The value of nature
Recognising the complex, closely intertwined relationships between humans and nature can lead to better, more cost-effective decisions, outlines Susan Canney, Director of the Mali Elephant Project.
EU crackdown on sexual violence against women
The European commission is calling for tougher and more robust legislation to protect women from sexual violence.
What are the five main Omicron symptoms?
In this article, we explain the five main Omicron symptoms - while looking at why the variant is still dominant in global public health.
How has COVID-19 changed women’s health attitudes?
Carolyn Hobdey examines how the global pandemic affected women's health attitudes, such as contraception, menstruation and reproductive rights.
Organismal contributions to changing climate
Zachary Senwo, PhD Professor, explores how organismal contributions can be used in the search for climate change solutions
Optimising AI tools for mammography clinical practice
Lester Litchfield, Data & Science Manager, Volpara Health, explores how to build confidence in the use of AI for mammography clinical practice
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is well suited to manage repetitive processes and to identify patterns in large amounts of data. By applying AI to image interpretation tasks such as...
The social realities behind transgender resilience
Transgender people face a lot of discrimination, hostility, and tension in their everyday lives, especially in rural areas in the US - leading to strategies of transgender resilience.
Critical raw materials: The Biorecover project
Pablo Martínez Rodríguez & Cristina Martínez García from CETIM Technological Centre, chart the advances and achievements of the Biorecover project that concerns critical raw materials (CRMs) to benefit the EU economy
Critical raw materials (CRMs) are a group of approximately 30 metals, minerals and natural materials of capital importance to...
ECMO shortages caused 90% of deaths of adults with COVID
Higher mortality has been found in patients with COVID-19 who did not receive ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) – despite many having no health complications.
Experiences of sexual violence linked with high blood pressure
According to a longitudinal study of US women, women who have experienced sexual violence are more likely to develop high blood pressure.