A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
IDRC welcomes early Ebola vaccine trial results
[caption id="attachment_5515" align="alignright" width="300"] MSF | YANN LIBESSART[/caption] International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is proud to be a key partner in the clinical trial of a “game-changing” candidate Ebola vaccine, a critical part of the…
Celebrating a year at the comet
[caption id="attachment_5508" align="alignnone" width="625"] Living with a comet[/caption] ESA’s Rosetta mission celebrates one year at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, with its closest approach to the Sun now just one week away. It’s been a long but exciting…
Whisky Aged in Space: ISS Experiment to Study…
Tokyo, Japan — A Japanese distillery, Suntory Global Innovation Center, is about to embark upon space experiments on the “development of mellowness in alcoholic beverage through the use of a microgravity environment.” This research will be…
Exercise During Youth Connected to Lower Risk of…
[caption id="attachment_5500" align="alignright" width="157"] Sarah J. Nechuta, Ph.D.[/caption] Women who exercise as youths have less risk of death from cancer and all other causes later in life, according to a new study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers…