The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded Sloan Research Fellowships to two computer engineers from the University of Michigan's College of Engineering: Thatchaphol Saranurak and Andrew Owens.

Tactile teaching materials are designed to make maths and science more accessible for people with a sight impairment. The EUniWell university alliance's Seed Funding Programme supports the development of these materials. A joint project of the EUniWell universities in Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Murcia (Spain), Florence (Italy) and Konstanz (Germany).

A new Curtin University-led paper published in Nature Cities has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, a common yet hazardous practice emerging in millions of households in developing nations due to a lack of traditional energy sources.

Researchers investigated the energy consumption of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, finding many were unable to afford clean fuels such as gas or electricity.