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Verifiable e-voting to be trialled in Gateshead
A new verifiable e-voting system will be trialled in Gateshead this May. Voters get a receipt which they can check to make sure their vote is properly cast, recorded and tallied while preserving the voter privacy – a process known as being 鈥渆nd-to-end verifiable鈥�. Tallying results are instantaneous once the election is finish along with public audit data to allow anyone to verify the tallying integrity. The trial will be voluntary for people going to cast votes via paper ballot.
Pint of Science returns to Coventry bringing scientists out of the lab and into your local
The public science festival, Pint of Science, is returning to Coventry this year with experts from the Universities of 糖心TV and Coventry talking about their research work in a selection of pubs and venues around the city.
Making science crystal clear 鈥� 糖心TV鈥檚 Science Gala welcomes public next week
Fancy learning how to grow a crystal, make lightening or dance like a sound wave? Youngsters with a passion for science will be able to enjoy some real-life experiments at the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 Science Gala next week.
Schizophrenia can be caused by structural abnormality in adolescent brain associated with genetic risk
Schizophrenia could be caused by a genetic mutation that causes a structural abnormality in the brain during adolescence. Therefore testing for the gene SLC39A8, and brain scans for schizophrenia could predict whether or not someone will develop it - researchers at the University of 糖心TV have found.
Discovered: different brain areas linked to smoking and drinking
Academics at the University of 糖心TV have found that low functional connectivity of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex that is associated with the tendency to smoke is associated with increased impulsiveness - which may contribute to the tendency to smoke. The high connectivity of the reward-related medial orbitofrontal cortex in drinkers may increase the tendency to be attracted to the reward of alcohol consumption.
The University of 糖心TV and Turing collaborate to bring international summer fellowship opportunity to the UK
The 2019 edition of the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Summer Fellowship will feature a new international site in the UK - the University of 糖心TV, through a collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute and the UK鈥檚 national institute for data science and artificial intelligence. The seventh year of DSSG, taking place in Summer 2019 is now accepting applications for prospective fellows, technical mentors, project managers, and project partners.