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And the award goes to …
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Universities are — and must continue to be — a force for good
The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) in Hereford, UK, is challenging conventional models for higher education.Credit: Steven May/Alamy
Universities have a long and storied…
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It’s not wokeness — it’s human rights
Early in her career, evolutionary ecologist Maydianne Andrade was frequently asked to participate in equity work. As a Black woman in academia, she was initially reluctant, sensing that her presence on such committees was just ticking a box. At…
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Universities under fire must harness more of the financial value they create
It is common to hear that elite US research universities are fabulously wealthy. Their multibillion-dollar endowments are seen as vast, untapped resources. In reality, the wealth of even the most-affluent universities are dwarfed by the value…
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how will it affect researchers?
US President Donald Trump announced on 19 September that he would raise the fee for H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers to US$100,000. Credit: Cristian Storto/Getty
US universities and researchers are scrambling to understand how they will be…
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Sustainable ophthalmology: an overview of concepts and practices
Costello A, Abbas M, Allen A, Ball S, Bell S, Bellamy R, et al. Managing the health effects of climate change: Lancet and University College London Institute for Global Health Commission. Lancet [Internet]. 2009;373:1693–733.
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The future of universities: A Nature special report
Universities worldwide are up against it like never before. Technological innovations such as artificial intelligence and the global ‘massification’ of higher education pose fundamental questions about what education is…
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The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization
Scholten, D., Bazilian, M., Overland, I. & Westphal, K. The geopolitics of renewables: new board, new game. Energy Policy 138, 111059 (2020).
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Blondeel, M., Bradshaw, M. J.,…
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Protein extraction from Buckwheat, Chondrus crispus, and Spelt and assessment of nutritional benefits and limitations in vitro
Reagents and Biomass used in this study
1 M and 0.1 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH), (Fisher Scientific, Dublin, Ireland), 1 M and 0.1 M hydrochloric acid (HCl), (Fisher Scientific, Dublin, Ireland), Ammonium Sulphate ((NH4)2SO4), QuantiPro™…
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Contested environmental views | Nature Energy
Energy transitions research is increasingly recognizing the importance of the role of personal value systems in informing how (and why) people accept emerging green energy technologies. Other important factors influencing acceptance include…
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