HAIFA, Israel, Aug. 9 -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Concrete Structures Rise in Seconds * Researchers from the Technion Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, together with colleagues from Columbia University, have developed an accelerated method for constructing reinforced concrete structures. Instead of transporting large formwork systems to construction sites, assembling them manually, and dismantling them after the concrete has cured, the new system arrives in a compact configuration and a more PR

VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 7 -- Royal Roads University posted the following news: * * * Grants fund grad student research on how emotion drives climate action * Learn more about the School of Environment and Sustainability. When it comes to environmental decisions, logic and data only tell half the story. The rest is driven by raw human emotion, fear, anger, hope, and grief. Now, a Royal Roads University professor and her lab have received nearly half a million dollars to fund over a dozen graduate students researching these emotion more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 9 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Hydrogeologists Identify Fermentation as Key Pathway for Ammonium Production Beneath the Pearl River Delta * A study led by Professor Jimmy Jiujiu JIAO from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Professor Meng LI from Shenzhen University has identified microbial fermentation as the likely main pathway for ammonium production in sediments beneath the Pearl River Delta, helping to explain the region's more PR

SINGAPORE, Aug. 9 -- Nanyang Technological University posted the following news: * * * NTU faculty and staff recognised with National Day Awards for dedicated service * This year, 98 NTU faculty and staff were presented with the Singapore National Day Awards in recognition of their dedicated service to the University and contributions to Singapore. The recipients of the Public Administration Medal (Silver) are: * Ms Tan Aik Na, Senior Vice President (Administration), Office of Administration * Prof Lam Kwok Yan, Karch, Associate Vice  more PR

MATIELAND, South Africa, Aug. 6 -- Stellenbosch University issued the following Q&A on Aug. 5, 2026, involving Rika Preiser, co-incumbent of the UNESCO Chair in Complexity and Transformative African Futures in the Centre for Sustainability Transitions: * * * Prof Preiser's research helps navigate complexity in an uncertain world * Prof Rika Preiser of the Centre for Sustainability Transitions delivered her inaugural lecture on Tuesday 4 August 2026. * She explained why conventional, linear solutions often fail to address deeply interconnect more PR

LONDON, Canada, Aug. 6 -- Western University issued the following Q&A on Aug. 5, 2026, involving Meron Mengistu, a graduate researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences: * * * Expert explainer: Strategies to improve childhood vaccination uptake Western University PhD candidate Meron Mengistu says solutions depend on context By Jacquelyn Mitchell Protecting children is a shared responsibility, says health and rehabilitation sciences PhD candidate Meron Mengistu. As a graduate researcher in the Faculty of Health Sciences, her work focuses on more PR