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October 13, 2017

Too few women in science: why academies are part of the problem

Women’s role in science has been hotly debated and discussed in recent decades. Policy-oriented and scholarly studies have explored a range of topics on the issue. From girls’ participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); to how women are represented and perform in STEM occupations and women’s access to technologies. Read more […]

October 13, 2017

Medical drones help fly the last mile in East Africa’s most remote corners

Rwanda pioneering this approach, East Africa is leading the world in pursuing innovative solutions to the problem. By jumping platforms in a rapidly evolving technology, Rwanda and Tanzania have secured the services of California-based robotics company Zipline to provide the world’s first drone medical delivery services. They do so with breathtaking efficiency, saving many lives. Read […]

October 13, 2017

Scientists develop a 10-second HIV test linked to mobile phones

David Ferguson, external Communications and PR Manager University of Surrey writes that researchers from a group of UK universities have developed a 10-second test for HIV, based on mobile phone technology. The University of Surrey, working with colleagues at University College London, the Africa Health research Institute (South Africa), OJ-Bio (Newcastle), QV (holdings (Netherlands) and the Japan […]

October 12, 2017

New tech turns any object into TV remote

Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK show a novel technique that allows body movement, or movement of objects, to be used to interact with screens. The ‘Matchpoint’ technology, which only requires a simple webcam, works by displaying moving targets that orbit a small circular widget in the corner of the screen. The technology can turn […]

October 9, 2017

We hail individual geniuses, but success in science comes through collaboration

Nobel laureates give a human face to science, Wellcome Trust’s Jeremy Farrar gives his opinion piece in the guardian that, If we rely too heavily on the narrative that science is the history of great men and too seldom great women, we underestimate how much it is a result of team work and partnerships. Even in […]

October 9, 2017

Une chercheuse de l’IPT, Rym Kefi parmi les lauréats du Next Einstein Forum

Le Next Einstein Forum (NEF) a récemment annoncé ses 16 lauréats de différents pays d’Afrique, parmi lesquels, Dr. Rym Kefi, chercheuse au laboratoire de génomique biomédicale et oncogénétique et responsable du service de typage génétique à l’Institut Pasteur de Tunis. Read more […]

October 6, 2017

MATH PROFESSOR NAMED NEXT EINSTEIN FORUM FELLOW

Jonathan Mboyo Esole, named a Next Einstein Forum Fellow for 2017-2019, an award that recognizes Africa’s best young scientists and technologists. Born from the Democratic Republic of Congo, he was inspired by the famous physicist, Esole is an accomplished mathematician, and specialist in string Geometry. He is now an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics […]

October 5, 2017

The Last Woman to Win a Physics Nobel

It’s been more than 50 years since there was a female winner. Maria Goeppert Mayer, is the last woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963 after she discovered that the nucleus of the atom has an onion like layered structure. Elizabeth Landau writes that since then many other women have been widely considered […]

October 3, 2017

More female scientists fellows wanted by the Next Einstein Forum

The Next Einstein Forum, is offering eligible scientists another opportunity to join its 2017-19 fellows, in a move intended to push up the number of women fellows to a minimum of 40%. This news follows a recent cohort of 16 scientists published, among which only six are females. While the formal process has closed, Nathalie Munyampenda, Associate Director […]

October 3, 2017

Amanda Weltman is one of theoretical physics’s brightest stars

Beginning of this week in Sunday Times, NEF Fellow Prof. Amanda Weltman was highlighted as one of theoretical physics’s brightest stars. Amanda is among the best minds of Women in STEM, known for proposing the Chameleon field, a particle that could be responsible for causing the observed accelerated expansion of the universe while also causing interesting and unexpected local and […]