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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The Academy’s Fellowship is made up of distinguished individuals from academia, the public, private and third sectors. Fellows are selected following a robust and independent peer-review process in recognition of the significant impact of their work in helping address some of the toughest challenges facing society. Professor Lucy Griffiths is Professor of Epidemiology at Swansea University Medical
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The award recognises the very best unpublished short stories in English in any style and on any subject up to a maximum of 5,000 words by writers aged 18 or over who were born in Wales, have lived in Wales for two years or more, or are currently living in Wales. ‘Piedmont’ tells the story of two mothers who arrive in Italy in the dead of night, strangers brought together due to unprecedented circu
The research found that at least 18 million people living in poverty fish in seagrass meadows across the Indo-Pacific. Of these, around 6.5 million are entirely dependent on the habitat for both food and fishing-related income. The study also revealed that households living in extreme poverty were significantly more likely to rely on seagrass meadows for all their fishing activities. Seagrass-depe
Drier climates are exacerbating an expensive problem for millions of Australians whose homes sit on expansive soils prone to shrinkage cracks, which have already cost insurance companies and individuals billions of dollars in damage bills. A new study by Adelaide University, using computer modelling and field observations, shows that homes are more vulnerable to damage than previously thought, and climate change is expected to worsen the problem in coming years. With 20-30% of Australian surface
An international search will begin for the new Director of Adelaide University's Australian Institute for Machine Learning, as Professor Simon Lucey steps down from 7 September.
The fossil dates from around 560 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, when complex forms of life first appeared on Earth. The fossil, known as Charnia , looks more like a fern than anything we would recognise as an animal today.
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The StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator program led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego is welcoming its newest cohort of innovators ready to take their ocean-related ideas to the next level.
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The university ranks No. 6 among U.S. public universities in undergraduate founders, jumping nine spots in overall undergraduate ranking from last year.
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The woolly dog pelt will be on loan from the Smithsonian Institution to the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) from September 2026 to August 2027.
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SEP 08, 2026 | Russ Nelson (L – R) Dr. John Bennewitz works with graduate student Noah Hudson in the Johnson Research Center. Michael Mercier | UAH The fuels of tomorrow could burn faster, cleaner and more efficiently, thanks to research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System. Dr. John Bennewitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UAH, has received a $599,927 National Science Foundation (NSF) F
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The pistil is the female reproductive organ of flowering plants. The stigma at the top is responsible for capturing and identifying pollen, and the style below provides a growth channel for the pollen tube. The presence of a clear, stable boundary between the stigma and style is essential to ensure sexual reproduction in the plant.
