CARDIFF, Wales, March 17 -- Cardiff University posted the following news: * * * A Family-Friendly and Inclusive Senedd: Cardiff University academics evaluate representation and participation in the Welsh parliament * More needs to be done to improve equality and inclusivity at the Senedd, a report concludes. Dr Alison Parken, Dr Rachel Minto and Dr Leah Hibbs of Cardiff University carried out a review of family-friendly and inclusive policies at the Senedd. The research was commissioned by more PR

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, March 17 -- The University of Copenhagen posted the following news: * * * AI was supposed to ease doctors' workload - instead they spend hours correcting errors * As AI becomes part of everyday healthcare, it brings along unforeseen extra work that pulls time and resources away from core medical tasks. This is the conclusion of information science researcher Silja Vase, whose PhD research examined how speech recognition technology is used in daily routines at a Danish  more PR

GUILFORD, England, March 17 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * CIFAL Surrey and UNITAR partner to offer Geneva Traineeships for Surrey students * CIFAL Surrey and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have established a new collaboration to offer traineeship opportunities for students from the University of Surrey at UNITAR headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The initiative will provide students in the Centre for Environment and S more PR

BARCELONA, Spain, March 16 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * CRUE condemns violence against educational institutions and civil society and reaffirms its rejection of war * The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) expresses its deep concern about the devastating impact that armed conflicts have on education, academic communities and civil society. War destroys lives, institutions and future opportunities, affecting in a particularly ser more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, March 17 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * Data visualisation casts new light on Scottish political landscape * A visualisation of voters' choices in the Scottish independence and Brexit referendums has revealed that the country's political landscape is more varied than commonly understood. University of Glasgow researchers have analysed UK Electoral Commission data from the 2014 and 2016 polls to produce a cartogram - a map which uses distort more PR

MANCHESTER, England, March 17 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Ethnic land rights fail to provide Afro-Colombians with economic security * Written by: Joe Stafford The legal rights designed to protect Afro-Colombian communities are not lifting them out of economic precarity - and are leaving them vulnerable to the illegal drug trade and illicit mining as a result - according to new research from The University of Manchester. For decades, Colombia's more PR

SOUTHAMPTON, England, March 17 -- The University of Southampton posted the following news: * * * Fathers' health crucial to improving pregnancy and child outcomes * New research from the University of Southampton and international partners shines a spotlight on the significant and often under-recognised role that fathers' health and well-being play in shaping pregnancy and child outcomes. The study, published in The Lancet, challenges the traditional approach to pregnancy care which focuse more PR

COVENTRY, England, March 17 -- The University of Warwick Business School posted the following news: * * * From Hyderabad to Bloomberg: how a Master's alum is living the dream * Saania Rahmatulla's working day in the office begins not with the bustle of Hyderabad, the city where she spent the first 22 years of her life, but with the quiet, almost ceremonial sight of St Paul's Cathedral rising beyond the glass of Bloomberg's London headquarters. It is a view that she still finds disarming "W more PR

HEIDELBERG, Germany, March 17 -- Heidelberg University issued the following news release: * * * Photorespiration Contributes to Epigenetic Regulation in Plants Researchers from Munich and Heidelberg find link between metabolism and gene regulation and gain new insights into plant reactions to environmental influences * Photorespiration is a cellular conversion process in which plants release carbon dioxide and consume oxygen when exposed to light. Until now, it has been considered an especi more PR

HONG KONG, March 17 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKUMed reveals osteoporosis medication may help reduce the risk of dementia * A research team from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has found that nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (NBPs), a medication widely used in the treatment of osteoporosis, may significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia more PR

MANCHESTER, England, March 17 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Light-activated material offers new approach to carbon dioxide conversion * Scientists have developed a new material that can use sunlight and water to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide (CO) - a key building block for making fuels, plastics, pharmaceuticals and other everyday chemicals. The finding, led by The University of Manchester, could support the development of futu more PR

SOUTHAMPTON, England, March 17 -- The University of Southampton posted the following news: * * * Major step towards a global system to track health before pregnancy * Researchers have paved the way towards a new system for monitoring the health of people trying for a baby around the world. For the first time researchers have identified a long list of essential indicators which could be used globally to monitor people's health before pregnancy. As more women are becoming pregnant with hea more PR

GUILFORD, England, March 17 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: * * * New renewable energy solutions could halve carbon emissions from off-grid buildings * Off-grid buildings in warm climates could cut their carbon emissions by more than half and reduce energy costs to just $0.15 per kilowatt-hour through a combination of rooftop solar panel shading and thin layers of heat-absorbing material in the roof, according to new research from the University of Surrey. The more PR

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, March 17 -- Utrecht University posted the following news: * * * New study highlights risks to marine life posed by CO2 storage in the sea * The ocean naturally absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere acting as a carbon sink. This capacity is determined by a natural chemical property referred to as ocean alkalinity. If the alkalinity increases, the ocean has the potential to absorb more CO2. There are several methods proposed that can do this, which are referred to as Ocean  more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, March 17 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * QEPNT wins PS1.2M funding boost as part of UK's 'Quantum Leap' for Quantum Tech * The UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation & Timing (QEPNT), led by the University of Glasgow, will receive PS1.2m from the UKRI's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to accelerate the translation of the Hub's technology into UK capability through industry partnerships, entrepreneurial activ more PR

BRISTOL, England, March 17 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Quantum-inspired laser system delivers distance measurements with sub-millimetre accuracy * The team has proved their hypothesis by testing out their new method on some of the University's most iconic buildings. In a new study published in Nature Communications, the researchers have shown that ideas originally developed for quantum sensing can be translated into practical laser systems capable  more PR

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, March 17 -- Radboud University posted the following news: * * * Author background influences literary debut prizes * Juries do not assess only the book itself, but also the author who wrote it. This is the conclusion of research conducted by PhD candidate Anne Oerlemans. As a result, some authors are less likely to win a literary prize. Oerlemans will defend her PhD on 19 March 2026 at Radboud University. Each year in the Netherlands, several literary debut prize more PR

DARWIN, Australia, March 18 -- Charles Darwin University posted the following news: * * * Reasons for illegal fishing "more nuanced" than previously thought, international research shows * A resurgence of illegal fishing in northern Australian waters is cause for environmental, biosecurity and social concern, and new research suggests the causes of this activity are increasingly complex. The project, funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), was condu more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, March 17 -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * New Genetic Cause of Rare Movement Disorder Discovered * Study combines highly precise genome diagnostics with functional neuroscience. Despite modern high-throughput sequencing, the genetic cause of most rare movement disorders remains unclear. A research team in Bochum and Tubingen has now solved one piece of the puzzle: The researchers examined 2,811 patients with ataxia, hereditary spastic par more PR

KUOPIO, Finland, March 17 -- The University of Eastern Finland posted the following news: * * * The University of Eastern Finland presented its first Sustainable and Responsible Future thesis awards * The University of Eastern Finland has, for the first time, granted the Sustainable and Responsible Future thesis awards. Each award is worth 2,000 euros, and five Master's theses were recognised at the university's Sustainability and Equality Days on 17-18 March 2026. The award recipients are more PR

LONDON, England, March 17 -- The University of Greenwich posted the following news: * * * University of Greenwich academic finds trend in governments outsourcing their migration problems to other countries * A new study, published in the New York University International Journal of Law and Politics has examined how developed nations like Spain, the UK and the USA are increasingly shifting responsibility for handling asylum/immigration matters to developing countries. The research was conduct more PR

MANCHESTER, England, March 17 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * University of Manchester scientists play key role in discovery of new heavy-proton particle at CERN * Scientists from the University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new subatomic particle at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The particle, known as the Ks cc + (Xi-cc-plus), is a new type of heavy proton-like particle containing two charm quarks and one down q more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, March 17 (TNSrpt) -- The University of New South Wales posted the following news: * * * Australia risks losing access to world-leading telescopes, says UNSW report Australia could strengthen its scientific leadership and boost high-tech industry by joining the European Southern Observatory (ESO), says a new UNSW report. Tom Melville Australia's astronomy research, which generates around $330 million in economic value each year, can drive deeper participation in global tel more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, March 17 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Technology Sydney issued the following news: * * * Authored by: Robert Finkeldey, PhD Scholar of Corporate Corruption of Democracy, UTS New study shows global democracy hasn't been this bad since 1978. Australia should be worried A new report assessing democratic values across more than 200 countries has found six billion people live in autocracies. Australia is ranked 12th best overall democracy, but there's much to learn from highe more PR

LIVERPOOL, England, March 17 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * University provides key research insights for landmark digital inclusion push * University of Liverpool research is supporting a new partnership involving Good Things Foundation, Autotrader, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to address digital exclusion. This collaboration will bring together regional leadership, national expertise, and private-sector insight to develop a UK-fir more PR

CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, March 17 -- The University of Prince Edward Island issued the following news release: * * * UPEI Environmental Studies students host public symposium on AI and the environment * Students in UPEI's Environmental Studies program will host a public symposium exploring the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and the environment on March 25. Titled AI and the Environment: Impact and Innovation, the symposium will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 pm more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 17 -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: * * * Chatgpt can autonomously provide mathematical proofs VUB Data Analytics Lab solves mathematicians Ran and Teng's 2024 conjecture with commercial language model * VUB's Data Analytics Lab publishes new results showing that it is possible to develop original mathematical proofs using commercial language models. In the publication Early Evidence of Vibe-Proving with Consumer LLMs: A Case Stu more PR

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 17 -- The University of the Witwatersrand posted the following news: * * * The most powerful drug of all * It's a simple premise, movement is medicine - not just a mantra for gym buffs and marathon runners. It's a prescription for a good life. Movement is the missing link in South Africa's health story. It is that simple. Researchers at Wits have proven without a doubt that movement can prevent and reduce the effects of disease, including cancers, improve  more PR