Innovation for Africa's Climate Future
25 September 2024The 2024 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª Entrepreneurship Prize Competition recognises innovative ideas in agriculture, women’s health and digital technology.
The 2024 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª Entrepreneurship Prize Competition recognises innovative ideas in agriculture, women’s health and digital technology.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª Zero symposium gathers researchers to examine the connections between planetary and public health.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª Zero to host two research symposia to discuss critical climate change challenges
An established virologist specialising in the field of HIV drug-resistance, Ravi Gupta pivoted his expertise to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last 18 months his pioneering research has helped us to stay one step ahead of emerging variants. He talks about his career as an infectious disease specialist and, in celebration of South Asian Heritage Month, what his heritage means to him.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the ¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local clinicians, engineers and manufacturers across Africa that is focused to address the specific needs for treating COVID-19 patients and is a fully functioning system for use after the pandemic.
A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry-favourable positions to policymakers and international bodies under the guise of neutral scientific endeavour.
New study of FOI documents uncovers provisions that could allow the beverage giant to suppress findings from health science it funds at North American universities. Researchers argue that Coca-Cola’s contracts run counter to their public declarations of openness.
¹ú¼ÊÃ×À¼¶ÔÕó¿ÆÄª researchers are part of a cutting-edge project unveiled by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan last week to better understand Londoners’ exposure to air pollution and improve air quality in the capital.
Smoking, lack of exercise, bad diet and our genes are all well-known risk factors for heart disease, cancer and diabetes. But, as researchers are beginning to understand, the environment in the womb as we first begin to grow may also determine our future.
Our immune systems are meant to keep us healthy, but sometimes they turn their fire on us, with devastating results. Immunotherapies can help defend against this ‘friendly fire’ – and even weaponise it in our defence.