LONDON, England, Aug. 20 -- The University of Greenwich issued the following news: * * * New funds awarded to boost maths at University of Greenwich CaMS Project Awards will fund groundbreaking schemes to encourage pupils to take maths at university * The Campaign for Mathematical Sciences (CaMS) has announced funding for two groundbreaking schemes designed to encourage more school pupils to pursue the mathematical sciences through to university and ensure the UK has the pipeline of talent  more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 15 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Academy for the Talented and MIT Music Theater Arts host "CREATIVITAS: The Quest for AI Innovation, Creativity, and Music" Event The HKU Academy for the Talented (HKU AcT), MIT Music Theater Arts, and CETIC Foundation jointly organised the "CREATIVITAS: The Quest for AI Innovation, Creativity, and Music" event at HKU's Rayson Huang Lecture Theatre, which concluded successfully. This event aimed to e more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Astrophysics Research Captures 130 Years of Evolution of a Dying Star For the first time, the famous "spirograph" Planetary Nebula IC418's non-explosive stellar evolution has been captured over an unprecedented period of 130 years--almost double the length of a typical human lifetime. These results have recently published in the prestigious Astrophysical Journal Letters by Professor Albert  more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Climate Research Finds Hotspot of Tropical Storm Clusters Shifting from Pacific to Atlantic A new study co-led by Professor Dazhi XI, climatologist from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and Zheng-Hang FU, a PhD student from Fudan University reveals that over the past decades, clustered tropical cyclone--storms that occur in close successio more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Ecologists Link Arthropod Declines and Ecosystem Function Loss in Tropical Rainforests to Intensifying El Nino Events A new study published in Nature, led by ecologists from the School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), finds that intensifying El Nino events, driven by climate change, are disrupting arthropod populations across the tropics. This hidden collap more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 17 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU leads in RGC's research funding exercise for 2025/26 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has demonstrated its research excellence in the 2025/26 funding and fellowship schemes awarded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) under the University Grants Committee. In the General Research Fund (GRF) exercise, HKU secured the highest number of approved projects and the largest share of funding among local i more PR

HOKKAIDO, Japan, Aug. 15 -- Hokkaido University issued the following news release: * * * Scientists Discover a New Crystal That Breathes Oxygen A joint press release by Pusan National University and Hokkaido University A potential game-changer for fuel cells, smart windows, and next-generation electronics * A team of scientists from Korea and Japan has discovered a new type of crystal that can "breathe"--releasing and absorbing oxygen repeatedly at relatively low temperatures. This unique  more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 20 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU and Ocean Park establish Joint Laboratory for Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, collaborating to advance medical laboratory science and academic exchange in animal conservation The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Ocean Park Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 18 August to foster collaboration in medical laboratory science, focusing on innovation, knowledge t more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU survey reveals over 40 per cent of family caregivers in Hong Kong have mental health issues, advocating data-driven tool to improve social welfare policy Globally, rapidly aging populations give rise to increasing demand for home care services. The World Health Organisation estimates that approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide require care due to ageing or disability. In Hong more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The Royal Holloway-University of London issued the following news: * * * People with more life experience see and digest everyday 'events' more clearly Research by Royal Holloway found people with a varied social life mentally put their daily experiences into small 'events', compared to more isolated people who see their world as one-long stretch. * As our brains are continuously bombarded with information, it has to make sense of our experiences by divi more PR

MACAU, China, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Macau issued the following news: * * * UM and international researchers discover that unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy reduces ovarian cancer risk An international research team jointly led by Ji Jianguang, professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the University of Macau (UM), Yi Huan, associate professor at Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Fujian Medical University, and Jan Sundquist and Kristina Sundquist, professo more PR

MACAU, China, Aug. 20 -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: * * * UM Health Sciences Summer Camp sparks secondary students' interest in scientific research The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the University of Macau (UM) organised two sessions of Health Sciences Summer Camp, which attracted over 70 senior secondary students from 36 schools in Macao. The camp featured interactive teaching methods, allowing students to acquire the latest biomedical knowledge and rese more PR

MACAU, China, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: * * * UM research team develops new method to accelerate cell therapy A research team led by Wang Chunming, professor in the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences and the State Key Laboratory of Mechanism and Quality of Chinese Medicine at the University of Macau (UM), has developed a novel engineered cell culture system based on the physicochemical principle of phase separation, which can significant more PR

MACAU, China, Aug. 20 -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: * * * UM State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City holds academic committee meeting The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (SKL-IOTSC) at the University of Macau (UM) held the second meeting of its second academic committee today (19 August). Many experts and scholars attended the meeting to discuss the laboratory's development and future direction. The meeting was atten more PR

LONDON, England, Aug. 20 -- The University of Greenwich issued the following news: * * * University of Greenwich research featured in new sustainable tourism series The series of films, Travel Redefined: Tourism for People and Planet, has been created by The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and Content with Purpose (CWP) * The University of Greenwich has been featured in The Global Sustainable Tourism Council's (GSTC's) first-ever global digital series, Travel Redefined: Tourism fo more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * 'Use it or lose it': How an island changed a bird species The discovery of yet another unique animal species from Rekohu Chatham Islands illustrates how the physical qualities of an animal are influenced by its surroundings. New research led by the University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka describes a new, extinct shelduck whose ancestors arrived on the islands 390,000 years ago. Whil more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 20 -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Health of Pacific meat workers at heart of HRC project The workplace hazards thousands of Pacific meatworkers face each day will be at the centre of a new University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka-led project. The first of its kind study will take a Pacific approach to investigate the connection between the risk exposures in these kinds of manual labour industries and workers' health. The proj more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Hospital trauma study compromised due to lack of staff, resources - co-author A study to gauge the effectiveness of an internationally recognised trauma admitting service has failed to deliver measurable results due to staffing shortages at the South Island's busiest hospital. Published in this week's New Zealand Medical Journal, the University of Otago, Christchurch, study set out to t more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 20 -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * No longer a pain in the arm? Vaccine innovation focus of research Forget needles, University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka-led research hopes to make getting vaccinated as easy as swallowing a capsule. Project lead Professor Sarah Hook, of the School of Pharmacy, says vaccines are only beneficial if everyone is willing to be vaccinated and can access vaccination services. "This is currently n more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Positive messages alongside warnings on tobacco packs could help people quit Introducing positive messages that complement the graphic warning labels on tobacco packs could help people who smoke feel more confident about quitting and provide them with useful tips, a new University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka study has found. The researchers asked 27 people aged 18 and over from Well more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Aug. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Sound can make beer brew faster - study University of Otago - Otakou Whakaihu Waka researchers have hit the right note to cut down the time it takes to brew beer, without altering its flavour. They have found playing audible sound (white noise) while making beer can reduce the fermentation process by 21-31 hours without significantly affecting the flavour. Lead author Dr Parise Adadi,  more PR

TUBINGEN, Germany, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tubingen issued the following news release: * * * Fossil Find in Syria: Unknown Sea Turtle Discovered First newly described fossil vertebrate species from Syria * Near the Syrian city of Afrin, an international research team, including researchers from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tubingen, has discovered a previously unknown fossil sea turtle. The species Syriemys lelunensis, n more PR