World University Rankings 2019

Discover the world's top universities. Explore the QS World University Rankings® 2019. We ranked 1,000 of the world’s top universities.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topping the list for a record seventh consecutive year. MIT besides that is one of five American institutions in this year’s top 10. — Read on www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2019

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New Light: Photonic

A newly designed photonic crystal traps light using a series of bow-tie-shaped gaps. Read on: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06141-6?utm_source=twt_na&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=NNPreshigh

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Funding for research and innovation in Europe

The overall funding for research and innovation in Europe needs to be increased. Therefore an adequate ring-fenced budget should be provided for Horizon Europe, the next EU Framework Programme (2021- 2027). In Factsheet on the Need to Increase Funding for Research and Innovation (September 2018) Science Europe illustrates some of the reasons why. Read on: https://www.scienceeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Horizon-Europe-Factsheet-Funding.pdf

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Wellcome Trust About Scientific Terms

Wellcome  Trust is a global charitable foundation, both politically and financially independent. It supports scientists and researchers, take on big problems, fuel imaginations, and spark debate. Video: https://twitter.com/wellcometrust/status/1034445250066931713?s=21

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ESC Congress 2018

Very active and informative discussion about grants and fellowships offered by the ESC and its sub-specialty communities in 2018. #esc2018 #grants #scholarships #ESCCongress2018 #ESCCcongress #ESCCoT. — Medical Grants Pervushina&Partners (@MedicalGrantsPP) August 29, 2018  

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The 2018 European Guidelines on Syncope

Syncope (Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of) The 2018 Guidelines on Syncope consist of a Full text, a  supplementary data document giving further explanation on specific points and the Web Practical Instructions, advice is given on how to evaluate patients with loss of consciousness (LOC) and how to perform and interpret tests properly; tracings, videos, flow-charts, and check lists are provided. While the Full Text is mainly aimed to give formal evidence-based recommendations according to the standardized rules of the ESC, this new supplementary data document allows expansion of the content to practical issues and aims to…

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget: Harvard Business Review

Innovation is famously difficult — many projects end up losing money, frustrating employees, and going nowhere. And yet corporations and governments spend billions of dollars annually pursuing innovation. This huge spending would generate more value for businesses and societies if the innovation success rate were just a little higher. Is there a way to increase the success rate without spending more?  The answer in the last Harvard Business Review Read on:https://hbr.org/2018/08/the-right-way-to-spend-your-innovation-budget

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