MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 11 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * First TUM Alumni Chapter established in Singapore With the opening of the first official TUM Alumni Chapter in Singapore, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is further expanding the active integration of its international alumni community. The ceremonial opening on September 10 brought together committed alumni who want to keep their connection to TUM alive across continents and actively sha  more

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Sept. 11 -- Flinders University issued the following news: * * * Fishing for better aquaculture solutions Farmed fish are increasingly replacing wild fish to meet consumer demand in China, as well as Australia - and barramundi is a popular choice. Aquaculture research led by Flinders University and experts in China continues to examine the benefits - and possible side effects - of improving fishmeal for farmed fish, with a new study investigating the potential of her  more

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 11 (TNSrep) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: * * * Bushfire smoke and COVID-19: QUT study reveals lessons from Canadian wildfires Australian public health authorities have been urged to prepare for a possible increase in severe COVID-19 cases during the local bushfire season, following a QUT-led study that suggests there was a strong link between wildfire smoke exposure and increased COVID-19 hospitalisations in New York State af  more

DARWIN, Australia, Sept. 11 -- Charles Darwin University issued the following news: * * * Study finds hospitals unprepared for surrogacy births, prompting urgent calls for national guidelines Fewer than one in ten hospitals in New South Wales and Victoria have policies to guide surrogacy births, new research has found, prompting urgent calls from experts for national standards. The study, published in the Journal of Law and Medicine, reviewed 112 metropolitan hospitals across both states and  more

MUNICH, Germany, Sept. 11 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: * * * MAN becomes a partner of the TUM Venture Labs The start-up ecosystem at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) continues to grow. In future, commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN will support the TUM Venture Labs in identifying and promoting founders and topics. The aim is to further increase the number of scientific spin-offs and thus accelerate the transition of innovations from research to prac  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 11 (TNSrep) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: * * * Nanoplastics detection chip revolutionises plastic pollution monitoring A first-of-its-kind method that's cheap, portable and powerful in detecting harmful nanoplastics particles has been developed by an international consortium of researchers, with far-reaching implications for global health and environmental science. While the dangers of microplastics are widely recognised, smaller nanop  more

HOBART, Australia, Sept. 11 -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news: * * * Protecting the Eastern Quoll through research and collaboration Sophia Jackson has always been passionate about Australian wildlife, but it was a small carnivorous marsupial that finally enticed her to leave her home country of the US and move to Tasmania. Once widespread across mainland Australia, the eastern quoll is now listed as endangered and survives only in Tasmania. Through her PhD research at  more