Mandela’s legacy
Mandela’s legacy Harvard experts on a giant of the 20th century and the country he changed Written by Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer at Harvard Gazette Nelson Mandela, a towering figure of the 20th...
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What’s Up for September 2013?
What’s Up for September 2013? News and videos from NASA Credit of video: NASA, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Jane Houston Jones: What’s Up for September. A nighttime lunar launch, comet...
A boost to international learning
A boost to international learning President’s fund backs myriad efforts, from Rwandan health care to German film studies Written by Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer at Harvard Gazette Setting up a Harvard program...
WORLDWIDE UNIVERSITIES NETWORK HOSTS ‘IDEAS AND UNIVERSITIES’ VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES
WORLDWIDE UNIVERSITIES NETWORK HOSTS ‘IDEAS AND UNIVERSITIES’ VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES News from University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW- Madison News MADISON – The Ideas and Universities Project of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is sponsoring a...
Researchers Use Game to Change How Scientists Study Disease Outbreaks
Researchers Use Game to Change How Scientists Study Disease Outbreaks Develop innovative tool for tracking how infectious diseases move through a population By National Science Foundation (Image:Epidemiologists are improving mathematical models used to...
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OFFERS ROAD MAP TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OFFERS ROAD MAP TO SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE News from University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW- Madison News) MADISON – An independent commission of scientific leaders from 13 countries today (Wednesday, March 28) released a detailed...
Biodiversity of Earth’s Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire
Biodiversity of Earth’s Richest Plant Kingdom Under Fire In response to climate change, will a postage-sized-domain move uphill–and ultimately out of room? By Cheryl Dybas, National Science Foundation (Time-lapse video of scientists conducting surveys...
RESEARCHERS OUTLINE FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE ROAD MAP
RESEARCHERS OUTLINE FOOD SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE ROAD MAP From UW-Madison news MADISON – While last month’s meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa, made incremental progress...
Satellites can help to grow the perfect grape!
Satellites can help to grow the perfect grape! News from ESA A little water is needed to make wine, but how do you know when enough is enough? ESA’s GrapeLook service can give you...
Climate talks underway in South Africa
Climate talks underway in South Africa From ESA International delegates are convening in South Africa for this year’s UN Climate Change Conference. ESA representatives are attending the talks to stress the importance of continuing...
