The Executive Secretary of the Academy of Science, Dr. Oladoyin Odunbanjo has encouraged Nigerians to recognize women, especially in their…
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This is a key finding of a large locally relevant and globally coordinated study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) that includes 48 Indigenous Peoples and local communities across all climate zones on all inhabited continents. The project “Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts” (LICCI), led by Victoria Reyes-García, ICREA Research Professor at ICTA-UAB, has been funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and conducted in collaboration with numerous local organizations, ranging from universities and governmental institutions to the civil society. Results from this work were recently published in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment.
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in collaboration with the Richard George Foundation, has donated a digital economy centre…
ASHENEWS quotes Statista as saying that Gmail is the world’s most popular email service, with more than 1.5bn active users worldwide. But a post on X, formerly Twitter, viewed more than seven million times, has claimed that Gmail would be closing in August 2024.
The urgent need for collaboration between research institutions, academia, and manufacturers to drive innovation and economic growth of the country has been emphasized.
The Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, has announced a partnership between the Federal Government and American Tower Corporation…
In a celebration marking its second anniversary, the Turn Plastic Recycling Foundation has unveiled a range of innovative recycling solutions…
Nigeria is set to host an international conference on biotechnology.
Despite the trend towards milder conditions, extreme cold snaps still hit the UK. The winter of 2009-10, for example, was dubbed the “Big Freeze of 2010” and clocked in as the UK’s least-windy, second-snowiest and eighth-coldest winter on record.
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has highlighted the importance of gender equality and empowerment in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).