KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Aug. 23 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * "We have the academic clout": DTU takes the lead in European doctoral education DTU has secured the coordinator role for nine Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks. Each of these PhD networks has received funding from the EU and is led by researchers at DTU. By Nasrin Billie Of the 12 MSCA network grants that the EU has awarded to Denmark this year, DTU is behind nine  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 23 -- Anglia Ruskin University issued the following news: * * * ARU expert to drive research innovation at U's Dr Harley Jean Simpson joins the backroom team at Cledara Abbey Stadium * Dr Harley Jean Simpson of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been appointed as Cambridge United's new Head of Research. The former Cambridge United Women's player will combine her role as Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Physical Education at ARU alongside her position at Cambri more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 23 (TNSrpt) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Aston University research to shape government's ethnic minority business policy * Aston University researchers' recommendations to boost UK's ethnic minority businesses to be adopted by the government * A report for the Department for Business and Trade identifies key barriers faced by these businesses including access to finance and markets * If these problems are addressed the UK economy would be b more PR

LANCASTER, England, Aug. 23 (TNSjou) -- Lancaster University issued the following news: * * * Lancaster Professor calls for more action to protect the ozone layer Surprising satellite data reveals that the amount of ozone-depleting chlorine in the stratosphere is not decreasing as quickly as expected. As the first group of scientists to compare data sets from both ground-based instruments and satellites, the international team - including Lancaster University - found an unexpected discrepanc more PR

MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Manchester researchers help reveal asteroid Bennu's complex origins New analyses of the samples taken from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx have revealed new insights into its origin - and The University of Manchester's scientists have played a key role. A series of three new papers published this week in Nature Astronomy and Nature Geoscience, reveal that Bennu is a mix of dust  more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 23 (TNSrep) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * University of Melbourne researchers contributing to global climate report The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced its Seventh Assessment Report author list, with University of Melbourne researchers contributing to all three Working Groups. The IPCC is the world's premier climate science body whose assessments of climate science, impacts and policy responses feed i more PR

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * Heat-stressed Australian forests are thinning fast, producing carbon emissions Heat-stressed Victorian mountain ash forests are thinning fast, turning from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new research reveals. Published today in Nature Communications, the research shows forests will lose a quarter of their trees by 2080 due to global warning. Mountain ash forests are currently one of Earth more PR

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Aug. 23 -- The University of the Witwatersrand issued the following news: * * * From research to market Wits transfers lipid formulation tech, made to enhance drug delivery and efficacy, to Afrigen Biologics. The Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform (WADDP), a leader in novel drug delivery solutions, has developed and transferred proprietary lipid formulation technology to Afrigen Biologics. This is an important milestone for the pharmaceutical sciences and preci more PR