Pioneering new circular economy centre in technology metals announced

The University of Exeter will lead a pioneering new research centre, designed to revolutionize how crucial metals are extracted, used and reused in clean and digital technologies across the UK. The Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre in Technology Metals, led by…

Universidade Lusófona partners with Bentham Science

Bentham Science is pleased to announce an Institutional Member partnership with the Portugese university, Universidade Lusófona. The partnership gives researchers from the university an opportunity to publish their research under an Open Access license under economical terms. This agreement is…

How neural networks can help us gain a deeper understanding of financial markets

A new research project will use Bayesian Neural Networks to model, analyse and understand trading behaviour in the world of finance. The researchers behind the project expect the technology to revolutionise our understanding of financial data.

Cancer anti-sickness drug offers hope for hallucinations in Parkinson’s

Monday 26 October 2020 – A world-first double-blind clinical trial, will investigate if a powerful drug used to treat nausea in chemotherapy patients, could alleviate hallucinations in people with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s UK, the largest charitable funder of Parkinson’s research in…

Bentham Science taking a lead on Open Access management through Chronos Hub

Bentham Science takes its Open Access management to the forefront by becoming the first publisher to fully leverage Chronos Hub. The collaboration serves to improve the authors’ experience and guarantee compliance with their funders’ and institution’s publishing policies, as well…

National Academy of Medicine selects Fujita Health University President as its member

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced new members at its annual meeting on October 19, 2020. Among them, President Eiichi Saitoh of Fujita Health University has been elected as an international member. Established originally as the Institute of Medicine…

NYSCF announces 2020 Class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators

The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) today announced the 2020 class of NYSCF – Robertson Investigators, welcoming six outstanding stem cell researchers and neuroscientists into the NYSCF Investigator Program. The NYSCF Investigator Program fosters and encourages promising early career…

The Misophonia Research Fund announces recipients of the 2020 Misophonia Research Grants

The Misophonia Research Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of a new grant seeking to understand misophonia and develop new therapeutic strategies for those living with the condition. Funded research includes: At Duke University, Dr. Clair Robbins will conduct…

Researchers investigate impact of COVID-19 on BAME businesses

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) businesses have had to incur considerable costs to protect their businesses through lockdown, according to academics at Staffordshire University. During lockdown, many businesses in the UK were forced to shut up shop while many…

Cranfield School of Management announces new Rowlands Chair in Transformational Strategy

Cranfield School of Management is set to launch a worldwide talent search for a newly created Rowlands Chair in Transformational Strategy. The position will be responsible for driving the management school’s thinking in ‘transformational strategy’ and pioneer its research and…

Start-up with plastic waste recycling solution wins top prize at ideasinc 2020

Magorium – a Singaporean start-up seeking to disrupt the construction industry with an innovative plastic waste recycling solution – emerged as the champion of ideasinc 2020, the nationwide start-up challenge helmed by NTUitive, the innovation and enterprise company of Nanyang…

New discovery opens for breakthrough in laser technology

Aarhus University has received a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate nonlinear effects in semiconductor lasers — a stepping-stone to enable next generation higher-order modulation in fiber optic networks

USask VIDO-InterVac expands international role to test antiviral compounds against COVID-19

The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) has been awarded a grant of almost $830,000 from the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to determine the effectiveness of several antiviral compounds against COVID-19. The COVID-19…

DARPA selects Continuity Pharma, funds continuous manufacturing technology

The COVID-19 pandemic has created supply chain gaps in critical drug products, especially those needed for the most critical patients in intensive care units across the country. DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) has selected Continuity Pharma, a Purdue University-affiliated…

NIH awards $13.8 million for studies on the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

October 5, 2020–(BRONX, N.Y) — Joe Verghese, M.B.B.S., M.S., , an international leader in aging and cognition research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System , has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling…

NIH STTR grant to fast track new class of pain reliever without addiction or toxicity

New Orleans, LA – The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $1.9 million Fast-Track Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant to South Rampart Pharma. The New Orleans life science…

Gruthan Bioscience receives funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs

Gruthan Bioscience was recently awarded funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs to treat a rare form of familial hypercholesterolemia; It could one day be used to treat high cholesterol more widely