Virgin olive oils are known for their excellent nutrition and health properties; but not all are created equal. OLEUM has renewed and revised analytical procedures and tools to determine their quality and authenticity before they end up on our shelves. Europe is the world’s largest producer of olive oil. Yet, a combination of growing competitiveness,…
Consciousness is arguably the most important scientific topic there is. Without consciousness, there would after all be no science. But while we all know what it is like to be conscious—meaning that we have personal awareness and respond to the world around us—it has turned out to be near impossible to explain exactly how it…
by Sandrine Ceurstemont The most serious hazard from windblown sand is train derailment, so trains typically travel at a reduced speed on windy days as a precaution. ‘Fewer trains are passing per hour,’ said Dr Lorenzo Raffaele, a wind engineer at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium. ‘This causes a loss…
by Sandrine Ceurstemont. Driven by technological innovations, the so-called fourth industrial revolution of the past decade is changing the workplace. Thanks to digital technologies, jobs are becoming more flexible, with self-employment on the rise. New technologies are being adopted at an exponential pace, much faster than in previous waves of innovation, with technologies like artificial…
Virus cocktails and ice guns could help to tackle food poisoning risk Bacterial infections are a major problem for poultry producers. Outbreaks of E. coli, for example, can spread quickly through a flock, resulting in high mortality and loss of income for farmers. Other bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter might not be as…
The INTEGRABRAIN Team Professor Ivan Minev Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Professor of Intelligent Healthcare Technologies Bio: Ivan Minev studied Physics at Imperial College London graduating in 2008. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Cambridge in 2012. Working in the group of Stephanie Lacour, he was involved in developing stretchable…
Forensic Treatment of Young People as a Chance By Laura Kirschbacher Forensic treatment of young people is an area of conflict: Between rules and educational work, on the one hand and the opportunities for teenagers’ and adolescents’ personal development, on the other hand. Between reform and safeguarding, between educational missions and instructions for building up…
A postcard showing a canopy bed: An ex-user of mental health services shares his story In an interview, Franz-Josef Wagner tells Elena Posth from Pfalzklinikum AdöR about his experiences as an ex-user of mental health services in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany Franz-Josef Wagner is the chairman of the state association of (ex-)users of mental…
Launch and presentation of the 7th Higher Education in the World Report “Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities” • The 7th Higher Education in the World Report (HEIW7) “Humanities and Higher Education: Synergies between Science, Technology and Humanities” was presented on December 10th 2019 in Barcelona in an open event at…