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Newswise: Sustainable development in Africa shaped by subnational administrative capabilities
Released: 6-Apr-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Sustainable development in Africa shaped by subnational administrative capabilities
Kyushu University

The Inclusive Wealth Index (IWI) is a sustainable development and economic progress metric that transcends the conventional means of measuring a nation’s prosperity.

Released: 4-Apr-2023 9:35 AM EDT
Sekazi K. Mtingwa Honored with AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize at Annual Meeting
Brookhaven National Laboratory

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has recognized physicist and humanitarian Sekazi Mtingwa for his invaluable work in the field of intrabeam scattering and particle accelerator research as well as his tireless efforts to promote accessibility, diversity, and equity in STEM. Mtingwa’s career and achievements exemplified the theme of this year’s meeting? “Science for Humanity.

Released: 29-Mar-2023 7:20 PM EDT
Ancient African empires’ impact on migration revealed by genetics
University College London

Traces of ancient empires that stretched across Africa remain in the DNA of people living on the continent, reveals a new genetics study led by UCL researchers.

27-Mar-2023 3:45 PM EDT
Ancient DNA Reveals Asian Ancestry Introduced to East Africa in Early Modern Times
Harvard Medical School

The largest-yet analysis of ancient DNA in Africa, which includes the first ancient DNA recovered from members of the medieval Swahili civilization, has now broken the stalemate about the extent to which people from outside Africa contributed to Swahili culture and ancestry.

Newswise: Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels
Released: 22-Mar-2023 5:45 PM EDT
Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

A team of MIT researchers has come up with a kind of tiny, biodegradable tag that can be applied directly to the seeds themselves, and that provides a unique randomly created code that cannot be duplicated.

Released: 22-Mar-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Copper artifacts unearth new cultural connections in southern Africa
University of Missouri, Columbia

Chemical and isotopic analysis of copper artifacts from southern Africa reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region between the 5th and 20th centuries according to a University of Missouri researcher and colleagues.

Newswise: AIP Recognizes Mathematical Physicist Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou with 2023 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics
Released: 21-Mar-2023 2:45 PM EDT
AIP Recognizes Mathematical Physicist Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou with 2023 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

AIP has selected Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou as the winner of the 2023 John Torrence Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics. The award committee selected Hounkonnou “for leadership in building and maintaining an enduring transnational African mathematical physics research and education community, in particular the COPROMAPH conferences and schools and Academy level international networks.” The award includes a certificate of recognition, bronze medal, and $10,000 prize and Hounkonnou will be presented with the medal during an upcoming physical sciences community event.

Released: 16-Mar-2023 2:25 PM EDT
‘The Last of Us’ for amphibians: University researchers trace emergence of fungus threatening African amphibians
San Francisco State University

For the past few years, how a virus triggered a global pandemic has dominated conversations. Now, thanks to the TV show “The Last of Us” (about an apocalypse triggered by brain-eating ’shrooms), fungi have infected popular culture.

Newswise: New Research in JNCCN Highlights the Negative Impact of Continued Exclusion of Racial Groups from Research on Cancer Genomics
8-Mar-2023 10:00 AM EST
New Research in JNCCN Highlights the Negative Impact of Continued Exclusion of Racial Groups from Research on Cancer Genomics
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

A first-of-its-kind study in the March 2023 issue of JNCCN highlights how the lack of genomic research for people with African ancestry, particularly those from the Sub-Saharan region, is hampering efforts to reduce disparities for people with advanced prostate cancer.

Newswise: After the land rush
Released: 27-Feb-2023 3:20 PM EST
After the land rush
University of Delaware

New research led by the University of Delaware shows transnational agricultural large-scale land acquisitions (TALSLAs), and the forest loss associated with them, pose a threat to biodiversity in the Global South — broadly defined as the nations of the world with low levels of economic and industrial development that are typically located to the south of more industrialized nations.

Newswise: Measuring 6,000 African cities: Double the population means triple the energy costs
Released: 27-Feb-2023 12:05 PM EST
Measuring 6,000 African cities: Double the population means triple the energy costs
Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Using a new dataset, Rafael Prieto-Curiel of the Complexity Science Hub and colleagues analyzed the coordinates and surface of 183 million buildings in nearly 6,000 cities across all 52 countries in Africa.

Newswise: Malaria infection harms wild African apes
Released: 23-Feb-2023 1:45 PM EST
Malaria infection harms wild African apes
Washington University in St. Louis

Endangered great apes get malaria, just like humans. New evidence from wild bonobos shows us the infection harms them, too.

Released: 23-Feb-2023 1:35 PM EST
Is South Africa Taking a Financial Risk by Conducting Naval Exercises with Russia?
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

UMD Smith's Lemma Senbet, an advisor to the G20 Compact with Africa, describes the impetus and economic implications of South Africa joining a 10-day naval exercise with Russia and China.

   
Newswise: New partnership to promote open data awareness and participation in Africa
Released: 17-Feb-2023 8:30 AM EST
New partnership to promote open data awareness and participation in Africa
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Figshare has formed a new partnership with the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), which is committed to open data and information sharing across Africa.

   
Newswise: Incarceration: Burdensome Legacy for African American Fathers and Their Sons
Released: 16-Feb-2023 8:30 AM EST
Incarceration: Burdensome Legacy for African American Fathers and Their Sons
Florida Atlantic University

More than 1.1 million African American men are imprisoned in the U.S., and about 500,000 are fathers. Many of their fathers also served time in jail or prison, and many of their children will as well. A new study illustrates how incarceration is a destructive force in the African American community, especially for fathers. Researchers mined the feelings, perceptions and experiences of formerly imprisoned African American men to identify how incarceration has impacted their relationships with their fathers and sons; their definitions of fatherhood; and their perceived roles within families, communities and society.

Newswise: HIV Treatment and Prevention in Zambian Prisons May be Model for Prisons Worldwide
Released: 15-Feb-2023 1:15 PM EST
HIV Treatment and Prevention in Zambian Prisons May be Model for Prisons Worldwide
Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

A recent study performed in Zambia by University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology researchers found that high uptake of HIV preventative medicine, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is possible in prison populations with adequate resources and support from the criminal justice health system.

10-Feb-2023 2:05 PM EST
Climate Change Portends Wider Malaria Risk as Mosquitos Spread South and to Higher Elevations in Africa
Georgetown University Medical Center

Based on data that span the past 120 years, scientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are spreading deeper into southern Africa and to higher elevations than previously recorded. The researchers estimate that Anopheles mosquito populations in sub-Saharan Africa have gained an average of 6.5 meters (21 feet) of elevation per year, and the southern limits of their ranges moved south of the equator by 4.7 kilometers (nearly 3 miles) per year.

   
Newswise: 2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools
Released: 9-Feb-2023 7:25 PM EST
2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools
Smithsonian Institution

Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever found to butcher hippos and pound plant material, according to new research led by scientists with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and Queens College, CUNY, as well as the National Museums of Kenya, Liverpool John Moores University and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.



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