Personalized medicine is the future that we partially have right now. However, it cannot exist without state-of-the-art equipment. Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” – one of the leading Russian universities of technology – has developed algorithms and technology that allow to approach health care and health protection in a modern way.

ETU "LETI" defined artificial intelligence as one of the priority R&D areas for university science and education.

The goal is to achieve world leadership in fundamental and applied research in the field of AI and create a university-based global competence center for the development and application of AI-based solutions in the industry.

Researchers from Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” are developing an innovative method for COVID-19 express-diagnostics and treatment, using peptides spatially complementary to the coronavirus spike protein.

Over 4 million people all over the world have contracted the new coronavirus infection and the virus has claimed over 300,000 lives. Researchers from various countries are now developing a vaccine and a cure that would help stop the pandemic from taking over the planet.

Remote learning makes it easier to tailor degrees to the job market and the needs of students, but legacy systems and digital poverty must be addressed

UP researchers embark on vaccine trial for bovine TB

Professor Anita Michel and Dr Jennie Hewlett, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers in the Faculty of Veterinary Science, have announced the start of vaccine trials for tuberculosis (TB) in African buffalo.

UP chemical pathology scientists develop ground-breaking nanobodies for COVID-19 detection and therapy

UP researchers draft new UN standards on use of force by police

Spacing out: Air pollution and human health

Professor Janine Wichmann is an environmental epidemiologist and Head of the Environmental and Occupational Sciences Division, School of Health Systems and Public Health, at the University of Pretoria.

Can wildlife biosurveillance prevent future pandemics?

“One health” refers to a transdisciplinary approach that focuses on the convergence of humans, animals and their various environments.

This year’s Times Higher Education Germany Academic Salon, in partnership with Huawei, was an online affair, a fact that served as a reminder of how technology has helped society adapt – a recurring theme in the day’s discussions