The year's popular research stories include astronomical firsts, scientific breakthroughs, and engineering milestones addressing Covid-19 and other global problems.Although 2020 has been a year most of us would prefer to forget, it still featured a number of research breakthroughs worth celebrating. Despite the new challenges brought on by Co...

The Council of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has decided today that Bonn will be a new location for the European authority from 2021. This is a forward-looking decision for the University of Bonn and its partners in the region.Only recently, the University of Bonn, the University of Cologne and Forschungszentrum Jül...

New research shows that conservation efforts in the Atlantic Ocean may be working for one of the most popular — and endangered — species that ends up in the global shark fin trade. Diego Cardeñosa — an FIU postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Environment — led a new study in collaboration with scientists in Hong Kong that uses DNA analysis t...

The yellow passion fruit is the most consumed by Brazilians, presenting a sour and acid flavor. However, depending on the genetic improvement research at USP, the sweet passion fruit (Passiflora alata) will soon be occupying more spaces in the stands of the fairs, grocery stores, and supermarkets. Studies conducted since 2005 have now reached promi...

Increasingly frequent heat waves are reducing the supply of surface water in the European Alps, according to a study involving UdeM geographer Christoforos Pappas. Increasingly frequent heat waves in Europe are benefiting the vegetation at high altitudes in the Alps. But this unusual plant growth - which could become more common with climate c...

Data Science. It is one of the fastest growing professions in the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. And with the sheer increase in technology able to track our every move—both physically and digitally—the amount of information for these professionals to utilize is growing by the second.To cultivate more of these minds in the...

 Even in the age of digital cash transactions, the coin is a universal medium of monetary exchange. But where did the idea of coinage come from? A major new project in Oxford University's Faculty of Classics seeks to investigate its origins and development.The CHANGE Project is led by Professor Andrew Meadows, a Fellow and Tutor in Ancient His...

Over time, prediction algorithms become specialized for an increasingly narrow slice of the population, and the average quality of their predictions declines.Companies like Netflix and Hulu compete for subscribers to make sure their businesses thrive. But there's another type of competition at work that receives far less attention – the competition...

QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Previously known as Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings, the publisher had collaborated with Times Higher Education (THE) magazine to publish its international league tables from 2004 to 2009 before both started to announce the...

 Do people shop more when it's sunny? How do people spend in their silver years?Three National University of Singapore (NUS) professors have launched Kiasunomics 2, a light-hearted read that answers these questions and more. Co-authored by Distinguished Professor Sumit Agarwal and Associate Professor Ang Swee Hoon from NUS Business School...

Featuring nearly 250 business schools, this year's full-time MBA rankings provides a comprehensive list of the best places to study an MBA. Two US business schools share the honor of topping this year's ranking, Wharton has improved on its score for entrepreneurship & alumni outcomes this year, one of the five indicators used to compile th...

 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020 includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever to date.The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution's performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer...

An international consortium of scientists has completed a joint survey of the cosmos analysing several million galaxies and quasars to create the largest 3D map of the Universe. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/scientists-produce-the-largest-3d-map-of-the-universe/45913782

 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 include more than 1,500 universities across 93 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution's performance across four areas: teaching, researc...