Futurum

OCTOBER 12, 2023

“Digitalisation is helping organisations to enhance communication and collaboration efforts, to innovate, and to stay competitive,” says Dr Burcu Bulgurcu, a cyber security researcher at Toronto Metropolitan University. Cyber security breaches are rarely due to issues with the cyber security technology itself.

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Futurum

AUGUST 29, 2023

At Futurum, we work with researchers and academics from all disciplines to create classroom resources for schools. Each article explains the researcher’s work in a clear and engaging way and provides advice for students interested in pursuing a career in the field. Look no further! Can your students solve the Tower of Hanoi?

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Schooling Geology Mathematics Geography 52

Futurum

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Researchers from the FLARE Wildfire Research Group at The University of Melbourne in Australia are developing models that can help predict where wildfires are most likely to occur and how fires behave under different weather conditions. How does the team study bushfire behaviour?

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Futurum

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Professor Anotida Madzvamuse , an applied mathematician at the University of Sussex , in the UK, and the University of British Columbia , in Canada, led the UK-Africa Postgraduate Advanced Study Institute in Mathematical Sciences. How is mathematics applied to real world problems? Published: Mathematics is essential to our way of life.

Mathematics 52

Mathematics Biology Physics Finance 52

Futurum

JUNE 21, 2022

This is a practice that an international network of scholars, including Professor Eithne Quinn from the University of Manchester in the UK, has found to be structurally racist. Professor Eithne Quinn and her American Studies students at the University of Manchester, in the UK (Photo credit: Eithne Quinn). Published: June 21, 2022.

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Published: Social music programmes around the world are encouraging communities to sing and play their way from conflict to peace. The Arts of Inclusion (TAI), a network founded by Professor Oscar Odena at the University of Glasgow, UK, is studying the results to find out if music really does have healing powers.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 3, 2023

At 15th Street Farm in Florida, USA, Emmanuel Roux and Professor David Himmelgreen run an education project to help local families learn about their local food systems and make healthier food choices. Emmanuel is a chef, restauranteur and urban farmer, and David is a professor of anthropology.

Agriculture 87

Agriculture Biology Research Research 87

Futurum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Published: Professor David Thornalley from University College London , in the UK, has been using data from ocean floor mud to understand how the Atlantic Ocean has changed over thousands of years into the past and how it may change in the future due to climate change. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Ocean and Climate Science. WHAT IS NEXT?

Transportation 59

Transportation Research Research Science 59

Futurum

JUNE 30, 2022

By combining engineering and human rights disciplines, he is researching the links between access to transport and the inequalities facing Peruvians today. This required data about social factors in each district, such as the population age structure, level of employment and literacy rate. This process is known as peripheralisation.

Engineering 98

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Addo-Danso , of the CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana , are collaborating on a global project that seeks to monitor the canopy temperature of forests. Sophie is an environmental scientist based at the University of Plymouth in the UK, while Shalom is an ecologist based at the CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana in Africa.

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Futurum

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Every human is different,” says Professor John Grundy. Through the HumaniSE Lab’s research, it has become increasingly apparent to the team that a more inclusive approach to software design is needed. Field of research : Software engineering. Research project : Developing accessible software for diverse end users.

Engineering 84

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Futurum

AUGUST 16, 2022

At the University of East Anglia in the UK, Dr Oli Buckley’s research project is combining computer science and social science to answer these questions. Chatbots can be customised based on user preference, and this is the heart of our research,” says Oli. “We TALK LIKE A COMPUTER SCIENTIST. Download the article.

Computer Science 67

Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Computer Research 67

Futurum

APRIL 12, 2023

Dr Elsa Anderson Role: Assistant Professor, Programme in Environmental Science Institution: Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) I teach an urban ecology class that aims to engage students in learning about nature where they live and understanding the interactions between people and their surroundings.

Geography 98

Geography Publication Government Science 98

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. But in 1834, Émile Clapeyron (1799–1864)—a rather distinguished French engineering professor (and steam engine designer)—wrote a paper entitled “ Memoir on the Motive Power of Heat ”.

Energy 88

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ed was never officially a “test pilot”, but he told me stories about figuring out how to take his plane higher than anyone else—and achieving weightlessness by flying his plane in a perfect free-fall trajectory by maintaining an eraser floating in midair in front of him.

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