HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 14 -- The VATT Institute for Economic Research issued the following news release: * * * Finland is determined to invest in RDI - research, development and innovation - even in difficult economic times. What would be the most effective way to spend the growing RDI investments? This question will be answered by a number of economists from Finland and abroad at VATT Day on Thursday 19 September 2024. * * * Finland's aim is to increase R&D spending to 4% of GDP by 2030.  more

BAYREUTH, Germany, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (GDCh) has awarded Dr. Anja Ramsperger from the Collaborative Research Centre 1357 Microplastics at the University of Bayreuth the Paul Crutzen Prize 2024. She received the prize in recognition of a publication on the effect of microplastics in immune cells that was part of her dissertation. The question of what effects microplastics have on our enviro  more

BAYREUTH, Germany, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: The climate protection and citizen participation project forum1.5, which was created at the University of Bayreuth, has been awarded the City of Bayreuth's 2024 Environmental and Nature Conservation Prize. forum1.5 is a platform for all those in Bayreuth and the region who are committed to a climate-friendly future and want to help shape the path to a sustainable future. 1.5 degrees: Global wa  more

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Sept. 14 -- Utrecht University issued the following news: * * * During the Start of the Academic Year, Vice President Margot van der Starre presented the student awards. * * * The award for the Best Master's thesis was won by Bilyana Manolova. In her thesis, Bilyana examined the transition of the inhabitants of Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine from socialism to capitalism. The Vliegenthart Thesis Award went to Marien Raat for his thesis on Computation in Nested Closed   more