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Covid France: Emmanuel Macron announces 7pm curfew as third wave surges across Europe

Apr 1, 2021

France will enter a third national lockdown for four weeks, French president Emmanuel Macron announced in an address to the nation on Wednesday night. France will enter a third national...

Macron orders COVID-19 lockdown across all of France, closes schools

Apr 1, 2021

Departing from his pledge to safeguard education from the pandemic, Macron said schools will close for three weeks after this weekend. But the former investment banker's options narrowed as more...

Cooling homes without warming the planet

Apr 1, 2021

Now the startup Transaera is working to curb those energy demands with a more efficient air conditioner that uses safer refrigerants to cool homes. The winner of the competition, named...

Italy makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for all health workers

Apr 1, 2021

By Angelo AmanteROME, March 31 (Reuters) - All health workers in Italy must have coronavirus jabs, the government said on Wednesday, in a potentially controversial move aimed at protecting vulnerable...

The University of Helsinki attracted 32,000 applicants – More than 2,000 applicants to master’s programmes for the first time

Apr 1, 2021

Of the applicants, 29,919 applied to bachelor’s programmes (31,192 in 2020) and 2,083 to master’s programmes (1,825 in 2020). The number of applicants to early childhood teacher education increased by...

Powering the energy transition with better storage

Apr 1, 2021

In a new paper published in Nature Energy, Sepulveda, Mallapragada, and colleagues from MIT and Princeton University offer a comprehensive cost and performance evaluation of the role of long-duration energy...

France Heads Into Monthlong Lockdown as Virus Spirals in Europe

Apr 1, 2021

© Bloomberg People relax on the bank of Canal Saint Martin ahead of a new lockdown in Paris on March 19. (Bloomberg) -- French President Emmanuel Macron announced a nationwide...

26 with ties to Hopkins receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Apr 1, 2021

The National Science Foundation has awarded Graduate Research Fellowships to 26 students with ties to Johns Hopkins University. The NSF Graduate Research Fellows program is the oldest graduate fellowship of...

Launching our third century: McGill University celebrates 200 years

Apr 1, 2021

Today marks McGill University’s 200th anniversary. As one of Canada’s first universities to reach this significant milestone, McGill will commemorate this historic occasion with a special broadcast Celebrate 200: Launching...

UBC experts on COVID-19

Apr 1, 2021

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