Tag: Study
Schoolgirls in Zambia using play park for study
Every school day, 13-year-old Liseli Nyambe is always looking forward to going to a play park near her school in Zambia's capital, Lusaka.
This is...
Two US Missions to Venus to Study How Earth-Like Planet Became Uninhabitable Inferno –...
Two US missions to the planet Venus - possibly the first habitable planet in our solar system - will study how it became hothouse...
Rwandan students study in China and aim high
Two Rwandan students are studying dry-land farming technologies in northwest China's Gansu, aiming to help develop their country's agriculture after graduation.
WHO reiterates call for “de-politicized” COVID-19 origin study
The WHO reiterated its call for a "de-politicized environment" for the study on COVID-19 virus origin, as the whole process of the study is...
Anopheles mosquito shows super resistance to insecticides – Study
Research conducted by the Biotechnology and Nuclear Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission reveals that the Anopheles mosquito shows extreme resistance to...
Long Working Hours Increase Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths – WHO
A World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labor Organization (ILO) study showed that long working hours were the cause of 745,000 deaths from stroke...
Biden sets up commission to study potential Supreme Court expansion, other reforms
U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday, establishing a commission to study the possibility of adding more seats to the Supreme...
WHO experts highly affirm China’s cooperation in study of COVID-19 origins
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday released a report on the joint WHO-China study of COVID-19's origins, with international experts highly affirming the...
Higher pollen counts can increase risk of Covid-19 – study
dpa/GNA - A higher pollen count can lead to a greater risk of catching Covid-19, research by scientists in Germany indicates.
A team at...
Britain to intentionally infect people with virus in first such study
dpa/GNA – In order to gain a better understanding of the coronavirus, a British study will intentionally infect participants with the pathogen, the...
WHO-China joint press conference of study on COVID-19 origins held in Wuhan
By Cui Can, Qiang Yuwen
Chinese and World Health Organization (WHO) experts held a joint press conference in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, on Tuesday,...
Jacobs University International College Opens Opportunities for Ghanaian Students to Study in Germany
Germany has become a destination of choice for Ghanaian students, with nearly 1,000 studying at German universities in 2018 - a year-on-year increase of...
More than half of German firms expect skilled labour shortage
dpa/GNA - More than half of German firms are expecting skilled labour shortages to be an issue for them again in 2021.
Some 54 per...
Bawku Naba calls on indigenes to study Kusaal language
The Zug-Raan, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, the Paramount Chief of the Bawku Traditional Area in the Upper East Region has called on qualified...
Persons with mental illness exposed to harmful treatments at healing centres – Study
A field study on mental health treatment at traditional and faith-based healing centres in Ghana shows that about 30 per cent of persons with...
48 percent of telcos’ revenue consumed by taxes – study shows
In 2019, almost half of revenues generated by telecom industry players, comprising of mainly telcos and telecom infrastructure companies went to government as taxes.
This...
German Minister yields to pressure, agrees to study on police racism
A month’s long debate in Germany on whether instances of extremism in the police merit a sweeping study into institutionalized racism was put to...
Absence of decentralized state institutions hindering access to services – Study
The absence of decentralized state institutions is hindering access to essential services and justice by vulnerable communities in the Upper East Region, a study...
Study says African indigenous cattle more resilient to climatic shocks, diseases
The genetic make-up of indigenous cattle found in the Sub-Saharan African region is more resilient to climatic shocks and diseases, a study launched...
Climate change to ultimately cost humanity US$100,000 per ton of carbon
Two geoscientists and a philosopher from the University of Chicago (UChicago) estimated that an "ultimate cost of carbon" to humanity comes out closer to...
Social isolation causes brain circuit damage in humans
As COVID-19 forces countries to implement social distancing and school closures, scientists at Icahn School of Medicine (ISM) at Mount Sinai in New York...
Vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of getting COVID-19: study
In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago (UChicago) Medicine found an association between vitamin D deficiency...
Obesity, smoking, physical labor may explain disability disparities in U.S
Excess body mass, smoking and manual labor may explain a large proportion of disability disparities in the United States, according to a study...
TREATS TB study launches COVID-19 study in Zambia
A major TB study currently underway and aimed at investigating methods to reduce TB prevalence and infection in Zambia and South Africa will soon...
Companies failing to protect millions of hectares of tropical forest
Despite international agreements, an analysis carried out by the Zoological Society of London reveals widespread failure of timber companies to guarantee environmental protections for...
JHS Students in Upper West Akim District advised to study hard
Mr Eugene Sackey, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Upper West Akim District, has advised Junior High School (JSS) students in the area to...
Wuhan lockdown prevents 12-42 million people from catching COVID-19
By Liu Caiyu
The “decisive” lockdown imposed in Wuhan, capital of Central China’s Hubei Province largely cut off the COVID-19 infections, preventing 500,000 to 3...
Spain starts study to detect true spread of COVID-19
The Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services on Monday began a study to determine how widely COVID-19 has spread in the...
Start-ups in Europe to face existential challenge
A "massive slump" in start-up financing was expected for 2020 in Europe due to the coronavirus crisis, according to a study published by the...
Lifestyle weighs more than geography in determining makeup of gut microbiome
Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their intestinal tracts that are more similar to those of people who eat a non-Western diet...