May eNews

Welcome to the May Edition of Our eNews!

As we step into May, we're thrilled to bring you the highlights from April 2023 in this edition of our eNews. From top-read articles to our Editor's choice and the image of the month, there's plenty to explore.

Top 5 Most Read Articles: Curious to know what captivated our readers' attention the most last month? Dive into our selection of the top 5 most read articles, covering a wide range of topics and interests.

Editor's Choice: Our editorial team handpicked a standout piece from April.

Image of the Month: What can snow tell us? Discover the story behind our captivating image of the month.

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Top 5 April 2024

1. Europe needs an “Airbus for the metaverse” according to new report from LSE Consulting, published by London School of Economics (LSE) on 26/04

The metaverse could bring a significant boost to the EU economy, according to a new report from LSE Consulting, based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

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2. Academic’s RAF background invaluable for supply chain course, published by Aston University on 11/04

Middle East conflict and global warming among many of today’s issues impacting global supply chains

Former RAF commander has helped Aston University become a leading centre for producing skilled apprentices that meet companies’ logistics needs

First group of GSK ‘learner colleagues’ due to complete the programme this year.

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3. New book challenges the assumption that youth drinking is in decline globally, published by UCD Research and Innovation on 04/04

The harmful use of alcohol causes an estimated 3 million deaths every year, of which a significant proportion occur in the young. While alcohol consumption among youth appears to be decreasing in North America and Europe, a new book by University College Dublin (UCD)’s Dr Emeka Dumbili challenges the assumption that youth drinking is ‘in decline’ globally.

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4. P&G, A*STAR and NTU set to disrupt skincare industry with Singapore’s first wearable sensor that measures skin feel, published by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore on 17/04

To mark the 10th Anniversary of Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) Singapore Innovation Centre (SgIC), a new innovative wearable skin sensor with the potential to disrupt the skincare industry was featured as the innovation highlight at the event. Known as “HapSense”, the patent-pending device allows scientists to speed up their analysis of skincare cosmetic products by up to 10 times and yet cost just a fraction of the existing expensive skin-testing panels.

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5. Chelation Therapy Does Not Improve Outcomes after Heart Attack, published by the American College of Cardiology on 07/04

People with diabetes who had suffered a heart attack derived no clinical benefit from edetate disodium-based chelation, a therapy that draws lead and other toxic metals linked to increased risk of heart disease and stroke out of the body, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session.

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Editor's Choice

These underwater cables can help to detect earthquakes earlier, monitor biodiversity and expand our knowledge of the ocean, published by INESC Brussels HUB on 18/04

A consortium developed a prototype for a global and disruptive ocean monitoring system using underwater cables, capable of operating at different depths. There’s a lot we don’t know about our oceans and the K2D project advances a solution to light up these grey areas. The new generation of SMART cables can be used to detect earthquakes earlier, monitor wildlife, and charge AUVs, giving them more autonomy.

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Image caption: The installation of the second prototype of the smart underwater cable took place in the vicinity of the Port of Sesimbra, in the open sea and at depths greater than 100 meters.

Image of the month

Spring snow, sparkling in the sun, can reveal more than just good skiing conditions, published by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on 25/04/2024

You might think that snow, of all things, is easy to describe: it is cold, white and covers the landscape like a blanket. What else is there to say about it?

A lot, according to Mathieu Nguyen. He has just defended his doctoral thesis on the optical properties of snow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Gjøvik.

“Snow reflects all wavelengths of light and can have very different colours depending on the conditions and the angle at which light hits it. The age and density of the snow and air pollution also affect what it looks like. Snow’s appearance is a very complicated matter,” says Nguyen.

He has analysed over a thousand images of snow. “This type of method can be used in a number of sensor technologies that include everything from giving us a better decision-making basis for when roads should be cleared to monitoring the risk of an avalanche in the mountains more closely.”

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Image caption: The beautiful interplay in the winter landscape may provide researchers with answers to questions they've been curious about for many years. Photo by Mathieu Nguyen