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At 33, One Small Lump and A Decision to Speak Up (opens the original)
Duke Employee Cate Morton shares her journey through treatment and a powerful lesson about advocating for your health during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 UTC CUHK-led team develops world’s first 30-metre resolution global flood susceptibility map to better manage extreme rainfall (opens the original)
An international research team led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in collaboration with Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), has developed the world’s first globally harmonised flood susceptibility dataset at an unprecedented 30-metre…
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Free health screening event returns to University of Lancashire (opens the original)
Members of the public can access a range of free health checks and wellbeing advice from supervised student pharmacists on 5 November
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Instructional & Research Academic Staff Review Committee (IRASRC), 10/21/2026 (opens the original)
ation available upon request, 01:30 pm Purpose of Meeting: Meeting to consider writing a letter of opinion on changing probationary contracts to fixed term. Contact: Jake Azinger, tazinger@uwm.edu, (414) 251-8122. This meeting may go into…
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Architecture Departmental meeting, 10/21/2026 (opens the original)
Architecture Departmental meeting AUP 126, 12:00 pm Purpose of Meeting: Summer 2028 Study Abroad MOTION: To approve Workload Proposal MOTION: DAR Administrative Proposal [PCC] MOTION: Provide for the hiring of external qualified supplemental instructors when no suitably qualified students are available. Contact: Karl…
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Engineering Katowice! Meet us on the 23rd of October (opens the original)
Autor: KS Publikacja: 21.10.2026 Share on facebook Facebook Share on linkedin LinkedIn Engineering Katowice! Meet us on the 23rd of October How does engineering change our everyday lives? How are innovative solutions created and what are modern scientists working on? The answers to these questions will be available…
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Six scientists from the Silesian University of Technology with the Minister scholarships (opens the original)
Autor: JS Publikacja: 05.11.2026 Share on facebook Facebook Share on linkedin LinkedIn Six scientists from the Silesian University of Technology with the Minister scholarships Six scientists from the Silesian University of Technology received scholarships from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for…
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Death rates among 25–49-year-olds 42% higher in the North than the South of England (opens the original)
Death rates among adults aged 25–49 were 42% higher in the North than in the South of England in 2024, compared with 13% higher in 1981, according to research published today in The Lancet Public Health. The relative North–South gap in this age group has therefore more than tripled over four decades. These…
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VP Chad Walton charts new direction for UH research, innovation (opens the original)
Walton’s priorities include improving research support, strengthening partnerships and making better use of UH expertise. The post VP Chad Walton charts new direction for UH research, innovation first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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UH researcher explores pathways to aging well among kūpuna with HIV (opens the original)
Chase Bryer explores pathways to aging well with HIV among kūpuna as part of a national program advancing Native aging. The post UH researcher explores pathways to aging well among kūpuna with HIV first appeared on University of Hawaiʻi System News.
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Africa must not be reduced to a consumer of AI (opens the original)
Africa is standing at the edge of the AI technological revolution that could either deepen its dependence on countries like the USA and China, or create an unprecedented opportunity to build the continent’s digital, economic and intellectual future.
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IRB Researcher Veronica Martini Awarded a BRIDGE Proof of Concept Grant (opens the original)
Veronica Martini, a researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Bellinzona, affiliated with USI, has received a BRIDGE Proof of Concept grant to advance the development of a new class of CXCR2 inhibitors. The project explores an innovative strategy to target tumour-associated neutrophils and…
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Mandela University helps shape the future of Digital Humanities in South Africa (opens the original)
Nelson Mandela University joined universities, researchers and other stakeholders from across South Africa and the continent to help shape the future of Digital Humanities at a national summit held in Pretoria from 7 to 9 October 2026.
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Partnership offers new horizons for health careers on Norfolk Island (opens the original)
A stronger local health workforce and easier access to university study are at the centre of a deepening collaboration between Southern Cross University, Country Universities Centre Norfolk Island (CUCNI) and the Norfolk Island Health and Residential Aged Care Service (NIHRACS).
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Half a Century Behind the Scenes at HSC (opens the original)
When Doug Ruhlen arrived at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) in 1976, he was 19 years old, had long hair, and, by his recollection, didn’t even know where the hospital was. A friend had told him HSC was hiring. So, Ruhlen found his way here, applied, and within 20 minutes, began a career that would span
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The ocean’s most abundant “loner” microbe has a sticky second life (opens the original)
Researchers in the Chisholm lab find Prochlorococcus can switch between drifting alone and living in attached communities, a discovery that could reshape estimates of how much carbon the ocean moves to the deep sea.
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Marbled murrelet chicks face greater predation risk when ocean conditions are poor (opens the original)
Less favorable ocean conditions mean marbled murrelet chicks take longer to leave the nest, making them more vulnerable to predation, according to a new study of the iconic Pacific Northwest seabird by Oregon State University scientists.
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Should parents be wary of Silicon Valley’s influence in schools? (opens the original)
Times reporter says students need ‘tech civics’ to understand value, drawbacks amid breakneck advance of tools like AI
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Law doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and neither does good research: Faculty collaboration earns national honor (opens the original)
Jeff Lingwall, associate professor of legal studies, Justin Ames, associate professor and Robert V. Hansberger
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Why many companies act like monopolists (opens the original)
New research finds that “rational myopia” leads many more firms to act like monopolists than traditional economic theory suggests.
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