As the world marks Africa Day, the University celebrates its existing partnerships across the continent and looks forward to further collaboration as a key strategic aim for the future.
Africa Day is the annual
commemoration of the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity on 25 May 1963. It is celebrated in various countries on
the African continent, as well as around the world.
The University benefits from many collaborations with colleagues and organisations in Africa.
Professor Simone Buitendijk, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Leeds said: Our new strategy emphasises the need for universities and nations to collaborate more
fully than ever before if we are to reduce inequality and reach the targets set
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BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Yaas, predicted to cross the north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands around Wednesday noon as a very severe cyclonic storm, will be the third cyclone in the Bay of Bengal hitting the East coast in the month of May in three years.
The state government has made massive preparations to ensure zero casualty amid predictions that North Odisha districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada may be severely hit.
Before this Fani had devastated large parts of coastal Odisha, severely battering religious capital Puri and state capital Bhubaneswar, after making landfall near Puri on May 3, 2019. This was followed by Amphan that left a trail of destruction in northern Odisha and caused massive damage in Kolkata crossing West Bengal coast on May 20, 2020. Both Fani and Amphan were extremely severe cyclones. This time Odisha anticipates very severe cyclonic storm with sustaine
Climate Crisis May Lead to Rise in Stillbirths
A new study suggests a connection between an increase in the Earth s temperature and more stillbirths.
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Climate change is perhaps the greatest existential threat that humanity has ever faced and as environmental research accumulates, we keep discovering unexpected side effects of making industrial civilization reliant on fossil fuels. The latest one: a likely link between global warming and increased numbers of stillbirths.
A new study published in the scientific journal
Environmental Research suggests a connection between an increase in the Earth’s temperature and more stillbirths. Authors from the University of Queensland found that pregnant women who were exposed to extreme ambient temperatures during their pregnancy seemed to be at an increased risk of stillbirth, especially later in the pregnancy. Scholars at their School of Earth and Envir
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IMAGE: Dr Oliver Gaede (left) and Dr Christoph Schrank has used experimental x-ray techniques to gain fundamental insights into how gypsum dehydrates under pressure and the processes that create earthquakes. view more
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QUT researchers have used experimental x-ray techniques at the Australian Synchrotron to gain fundamental insights into how gypsum dehydrates under pressure and the processes that create earthquakes.
In the study published in the Nature Research journal
Communications Materials, QUT researchers Dr Christoph Schrank, Dr Oliver Gaede, from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Master of Science graduate Katherine Gioseffi teamed up with the Australian Synchrotron and colleagues from the University of New South Wales and the University of Warsaw to study how gypsum dehydrates much faster under pressure.
Vanderbilt University today announced a new collaboration with the nonprofit organization Climate Vault that allows the university to address the full.