A lecturer at the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Peter Olumuyiwa, has been listed among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for two consecutive years, 2024 and 2025. The data used for the ranking were verified and sourced from Elsevier and Stanford University’s List of the Top 2% Scientists. Remarking on this feat, the institution’s
The Campaign for Science and Engineering (CASE) has raised concerns that the United Kingdom’s visa policy is deterring international researchers and placing pressure on scientific organisations. In a new report featuring 13 case studies, including examples from the Francis Crick Institute and the James Hutton Institute, Case highlighted high visa costs and a “complex, confusing”
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has reaffirmed that quality education remains crucial to eradicating poverty and sustaining peace in society, vowing that his administration is resolved to build a globally competitive education system. Aiyedatiwa made the remarks at the third edition of an educational empowerment programme sponsored by the Speaker of the Ondo State
A Leading crypto exchange, MEXC, through its foundation, has pledged a commitment to redefine how blockchain can empower communities, bridge the knowledge gap, and promote Web3 education, inclusion, and innovation globally. The foundation, which launched in 2025, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, confirming that it had already committed $30 million to initiatives designed
Kogi State University, Kabba, has witnessed a major infrastructural overhaul following investments by Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, accompanied by a media team, visited the campus to inspect ongoing projects. Fanwo praised Governor Ododo’s efforts, noting that his leadership has quenched doubts about Kogi State’s
In April 2019, astronomers achieved a historic breakthrough when the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first image of a black hole. The picture showed a glowing ring of light surrounding a dark centre, depicting the supermassive black hole at the core of galaxy M87, located 55 million light-years away. The achievement was the result
A significant advancement in biology was recorded in 2020 when London-based artificial intelligence company DeepMind unveiled AlphaFold, an AI system that solved the decades-long “protein folding problem.” The challenge, which involved predicting the 3D shape of proteins from their genetic code, had long been considered nearly impossible. AlphaFold achieved significant accuracy in predicting protein structures,
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have recorded a breakthrough in nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun. In December 2022, the team reported producing more energy from a controlled fusion reaction than was consumed to create it. The breakthrough was achieved by using 192 lasers to compress a tiny hydrogen
Since scientists in the Netherlands cooked up the world’s first burger grown from stem cells in a lab in 2013, what once seemed like a stunt has since evolved into a thriving industry. Startups like Mosa Meat in Europe and Upside Foods in the United States now grow real animal meat in bioreactors, feeding cells
Not many scientific tools have inspired as much surprise and controversy as CRISPR-Cas9, the genetic “scissors” that allow precise DNA editing. In 2017, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University used the CRISPR-Cas9 technique to correct a heart disease mutation in human embryos. Though the embryos were not implanted, the study demonstrated that it was
