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A new cotton variety with good agronomic performance and great fibre quality developed within a short turn-around time using nuclear techniques in Bangladesh. (Photo: K. Islam/Cotton Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh) Cotton is the oldest known and most used textile around the world. While it took around 3,000 years to understand how to cultivate and process the first wild cotton, now with nuclear techniques, new and improved varieties have been developed in Bangladesh in record time: just five years. … Continue reading “NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES HELP BANGLADESHI EXPERTS DEVELOP IMPROVED COTTON VARIETIES IN RECORD TIME”

Remarks to the 2021 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties RemarksAmbassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, Under Secretary For Arms Control And International Security 2021 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting Of States Parties Geneva, SwitzerlandNovember 22, 2021 (As prepared) Mr. Chairman, The Biological Weapons Convention is one of the key international security agreements that guard against the threat of weapons of mass destruction. It is an honor for me to join you and colleagues from other States Parties, and I assure you … Continue reading “REMARKS TO THE 2021 BWC MEETING OF STATES PARTIES”

For Immediate Release Thursday, 18th, November 2021 Results of a randomized controlled trial in Kenya brings new energy to eliminate cervical cancer worldwide In the push to eliminate cervical cancer, researchers delivered hopeful news Nov. 17 at the 34th International Papillomavirus Conference in Toronto. A randomized controlled trial of 2,275 women in Kenya showed that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was highly effective. The current standard for women is a three-dose regimen. “These findings are a … Continue reading “STUDY FINDS SINGLE-DOSE HPV VACCINE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE”

AMSTERDAM, May 6 (Reuters) – Dutch researchers have trained bees, which have an unusually keen sense of smell, to identify samples infected with COVID-19, a finding they said could cut waiting times for test results to just seconds. To train the bees, scientists in the bio-veterinary research laboratory at Wageningen University gave them sugary water as a reward after showing them samples infected with COVID-19. They would get no reward after being shown a non-infected sample. Having got used to … Continue reading “BEES IN THE NETHERLANDS TRAINED TO DETECT COVID-19 INFECTIONS”

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is scheduled to fly to space for the first time as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 mission launching to the International Space Station. (CNN) – NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will become the first Black woman on the International Space Station crew.She is set to launch into space in April 2022 on the SpaceX Crew-4 mission, according to NASA.Watkins was selected as an astronaut candidate in 2017 and has been preparing for her first space mission since then. … Continue reading “THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN WOMAN TO TRAVEL TO SPACE”

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has lauded Kenya’s position on the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament. The visiting CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr. Robert Floyd noted that the East African country is playing an invaluable role in keeping the world safe from nuclear tests by hosting two International Monitoring Systems (IMS) stations, one using infrasound technology (IS32) at Karura forest and the other using seismic technology (PS24) at Kilimambogo. Dr. Floyed said Kenya has specifically … Continue reading “KENYA LAUDED OVER ROLE IN EXPLOSIVE NUCLEAR TESTS BAN”

The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) has announced the winner of the Kenya Space Agency research grant for the FY 2021/2022. This award stems from the research chair programme. KSA set aside Ksh 10 million (USD 89,245) for the award of Research Chairs (RC) for FY 2021/2022. The RCs were for 3U Nanosatellite Model Development, Land Cover Data Collection Application Development and Small-scale Crop Mapping Application using Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML). The purpose of these Research Chairs was to catalyse and … Continue reading “THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI WINS KENYA SPACE AGENCY RESEARCH GRANT”

International Science Council (ISC) is pleased to announce that after many months of campaigning, the Science Commission at UNESCO has unanimously passed the Recommendation on Open Science at its 41st session. It will now go to the full plenary of Member States for endorsement. ISC thank all our Members for their involvement in this journey. Please find below additional updates from the International Science Council and the ISC community. 1. Pandemic Politics: What have we learned? As part of the … Continue reading “UNESCO RECOMMENDATION ON OPEN SCIENCE ENDORSED AND MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS”

Every year on 10 November, ISC celebrate World Science Day for Peace and Development to underline the importance and relevance of science in our daily lives, and to highlight the important role of science in society and the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. ISC cordially invite you, as well as your colleagues, members and wider networks, to their two webinars on 10 November – please feel free to share and promote these events among your … Continue reading “ISC ACTIVITIES FOR WORLD SCIENCE DAY 2021”

The scientific case for urgent climate action is unequivocal. The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis showed there is no doubt human activity has warmed the ocean, atmosphere and land and the world is now 1.09 degrees Celsius warmer than it was in the early industrial era. Sea levels are rising, while weather extremes and their impacts such as heatwaves, excess rainfall, wildfires, flooding and droughts are more intense and more frequent. Climate modelling indicates that with every … Continue reading “STATEMENT BY INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SCIENTIFIC ADVISERS AHEAD OF COP26”