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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 24-Oct-2026 07:17 ET (24-Oct-2026 11:17 GMT/UTC)

Seven LMU research projects awarded ERC grants

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Grant and Award Announcement

Seven early-career researchers have each secured a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for their projects at LMU.

Funder: European Research Council

Did wildfires help spark the invention of pottery?

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study suggests that a period of intense fires and landscape upheaval in the ancient southern Levant may have helped create the conditions that led Neolithic communities to discover how fire could transform clay.

More than numbers: First global dataset shows who is immigrating

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As countries compete for skilled workers and grapple with aging populations and labor shortages, understanding who is moving across borders is increasingly important. A new study provides the first global dataset of immigration composition disaggregated simultaneously by age, sex, and educational attainment, offering a new basis for tracking brain gain and brain drain and improving population projections.

Journal: Scientific Data

Former Socceroo Craig Foster delivers 2026 Human Rights Lecture

Curtin University
Business Announcement

Former Socceroo and human rights advocate Craig Foster AM delivered Curtin University’s 10th Annual Human Rights Lecture last week, urging audiences to consider humanity’s place amid war, inequality, technology and economics.

International symposium on global trends in sperm donor identity disclosure

Kumamoto University
Meeting Announcement

As reproductive medicine evolves worldwide, traditional anonymity in sperm donation is giving way to a growing recognition of an individual's right to know their genetic origins. Hosted by Kumamoto University, this international hybrid symposium brings together leading experts from Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. Join multidisciplinary discussions on legal frameworks, ethical challenges, and support systems shaping the global shift toward donor identity disclosure. Free and open to the public with simultaneous interpretation.

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Smoking leads to increased loneliness

European Respiratory Society
Reports and Proceedings

Smoking is not social and leads to increased loneliness, according to a large Europe-wide study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Meeting: European Respiratory Society Congress 2026

How new moms cope with stressful news may matter more than the news itself, study finds

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Notre Dame anthropologist Kristine Joy Chua and her research team asked the question: How do expectant mothers manage uncertainties and cope with sociopolitical stressors in their lives? The answer: They used creative coping strategies grounded in their culture and upbringing to reframe difficult circumstances and maintain a positive outlook, focusing instead on the things they could control and the well-being of their families.

Journal: Social Science & Medicine
Funder: Wenner-Gren Foundation

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