Scheme will create “intentionality” to bring in more women and members with disabilities The Academy of Science of South Africa (Assaf) has launched an initiative to boost the diversity of its membership. The initiative, launched in Pretoria at the Science Forum South Africa on 7...
The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has allocated €85 million (US$91 million) to develop 51 renewable energy generation and storage projects on the Canary Islands. The projects will add 92MW of generation and 186MWh of energy storage capacity across the Canary...
Italy’s government has allocated EUR 135m for research mainly involving small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), as the nation aims to revive its nuclear industry, the energy ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. In May, Italy’s parliament reversed a decades-long nuclear ban, allowing...
Video-sharing platform TikTok has announced the app’s most popular content in Ireland in 2023. Among the top accounts are Ian Slattery from Cork who reshares funny videos; @smashingpencils, an Irish artist who posts art videos, and Rebecca Ryan, an Irish actor and mum of two who...
Hungary’s government plans to develop a ‘Dubai-style’ hub around a partly disused railway station in Budapest for €6 billion (US$6.5 billion), mostly using foreign funding. Hungary’s state railways own a site located northeast of central Pest, which is set to be developed using private...
