Mary Njenga, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
There are some big misconceptions about the charcoal sector and its role in environmental damage.
A tax incentive coupled with a new fund to support research translation could go a long way toward closing that gap in funding imbalances between medical and non-medical research.
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Family physicians have started to play a key role in the district health system in South Africa.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a hearing on Facebook: Transparency and Use of Consumer Data on Capitol Hill in April 2018.
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Facebook grapples with balancing the privacy needs of users with needs of the research community.
Canola, the first ‘made-in-Canada’ crop, was a product of university research and became a huge economic boon to the country. In this 2016 photo, riders and their horses pass through a canola field near Cremona, Alta.
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Canola is an example of an innovation that sprung from university research and became a major economic boon to Canada. It should be happening more often.
Rwanda needs to push its pledge to remove all obstacles against women’s development.
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It’s the fourth time a peaceful democratic election has taken place in Sierra Leone. But these are not the stories we hear.
A lack of transparency by Facebook Canada officials about how the Facebook News Feed works means upcoming elections in Canada could be influenced by fake news.
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What kind of information do Canadian voters get through Facebook? It’s time for the social media giant to let researchers see exactly what it sends its 23 million users in Canada.
The coils winding facility building in France, where a global effort to build the ITER fusion energy reactor is underway.
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As fusion becomes more technically viable, it’s time to assess whether it’s worth the money because breakthroughs in the lab don’t guarantee success in the marketplace.
The prospect alone can make you want to avoid the person altogether.
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We can disagree with co-workers in meetings. We can argue about sports with friends. A new study explores why politics seems to be an entirely different beast.
Working out ethical implications forces students to explain what may be vaguely defined plans in a concrete form.
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Ethical review is often seen as a barrier to research and innovation within universities, but it can be constructive. More attention should be paid to the potential benefits of the process.
Demonstrators in front of the White House protest inaction on gun control.
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A recent cut to federal funding for school safety research could hurt efforts to make schools more secure, a scholar warns.
Adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, poses for pictures at the end of a show at Gossip, a gentlemen’s club in Long Island, New York.
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria