Hosted by Swansea University in partnership with the National Waterfront Museum, the festival takes place at the National Waterfront Museum on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October. Since launching in 2016, the Swansea Science Festival has become a popular fixture in the city’s cultural calendar, bringing people of all ages together to discover the science behind the world around them. This year’s pro
Step Up is a widening access programme that works with groups from across the region who are currently under-represented in higher education (HE). With a focus on Year 12 pupils, its aim is to help change lives by making HE accessible to all, including care-experienced young people and young carers. The new graduates joined the Step Up programme in Year 12, taking part in a range of events through
Cynefin Digidol explores how connecting people to the computing history of their local communities can help them see themselves as part of an increasingly digital world. Digital exclusion remains a significant challenge across Wales. Older people, those out of work and people living in areas of deprivation are among the groups least likely to feel confident using technology, despite digital skills
Professor Stuart Macdonald is the co-editor of a new book which examines the debates now shaping counter-extremism, tech policy, and AI governance. Routledge Handbook of Online Violent Extremism , edited by Professor Macdonald and fellow academics Suraj Lakhani, Julian Droogan, and Lydia Khalil, aims to be a resource for academics, students, policymakers, and practitioners working across terrorism
As schools return for a new academic year, experts have been taking a closer look at what strategies and interventions could be used to make a difference Their new study has reviewed and analysed evidence from 61 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) conducted in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. The research , which has just been published in the Journal of E
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Adelaide University researchers have developed a new way of using mRNA technology to reprogram tumour-supporting immune cells and strengthen the body’s anti-cancer immune response. The scientific team, spanning engineering, biomedical, oncology and immunology experts, has developed tiny, targeted particles that could help the immune system fight cancer by reprogramming immune cells within the tumour environment. The findings have been published in Science Advances today. The new approach uses li
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CU Boulder sociologist Robert Scott highlights an understudied area of wildfire research: How wildland firefighting fatalities affect the people on the front lines.
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One of the first student-led organizations established by the inaugural class at the University of Minnesota Medical School CentraCare Regional Campus in St. Cloud, the Primary Care Interest Group, is already making a meaningful impact on the student experience.The organization was created to foster connection, mentorship, and enthusiasm for primary care among medical students.
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Two-dimensional layered van der Waals crystals have important application prospects in the fields of flexible electronics, optoelectronics and energy conversion due to their rich electrical, optical, thermoelectric and spin electronic properties. This type of material has intrinsically weak interlayer van der Waals interactions and strong intralayer chemical bonds, which form anisotropic characteristics in structure and performance. Although academic circles have observed macroscale room temperature plasticity in various materials such as InSe, SnSe 2 , GaSe, and defective Bi 2 Te 3 , their tensile strains are generally low. How to improve macroscale tensile plasticity while maintaining excellent electrical properties is a key scientific issue that needs to be solved in the development of high-performance flexible and deformable electronic materials.
Ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, UC San Diego professor of Ethnic Studies Curtis Marez discussed what four nominated shows—Widow’s Bay, Pluribus, DTF St. Louis and Beef—reveal about Hollywood’s effect on the places where television is made.
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UC San Diego's Illustrious Alumni Awards celebrate extraordinary leadership, innovation and impact by alumni. This year's honorees include Marc Brutten ’79, Patricia Brutten ’83, Debby Goosenberg Buchholz ’84, Marina L. Marrelli ’82 and David N. Price, MIA ’17.
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A new report for California policymakers assesses current flood modeling practices and offers eight recommendations to improve how mitigation infrastructure is reflected in the catastrophe models that are used to set insurance prices.
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This September, Scripps Institution of Oceanography invites the community to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC), an interdisciplinary center dedicated to advancing marine biodiversity research and addressing conservation challenges.
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The U.S. National Science Foundation was established in 1950 to keep American discovery at the frontier. That mission has not changed. The science and technology ecosystem around it has...
Edgar Franco-Vivanco is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Michigan. His research examines how colonial-era institutions and contemporary criminal violence contribute to economic underperformance, particularly in Latin America.
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Kyocera Corporation and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) at Tohoku University have developed a new technology that integrates optical isolators directly onto silicon photonics chips using laser annealing, a method that applies localized heat treatment using a laser. As generative AI and other data-intensive technologies continue to expand, data centers need to process more
University of Michigan researchers will examine whether Michigan's statewide free school meals program is linked to improvements in students' academic performance, attendance, graduation or progression, and discipline outcomes. It will also probe whether the program's effects differ by students' race, ethnicity or economic status to help inform decisions about making free school meals permanent.
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A University of Minnesota Medical School research team has been awarded up to $6 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to develop more effective treatments for people with severe mental health issues, including thoughts of suicide.
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