University of Liverpool, United Kingdom - High number of Sierra Leone children trafficked before 18th birthday

Title:

High number of Sierra Leone children trafficked before 18th birthday

 

Published:

University of Liverpool, 25 February 2022

https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2022/02/25/high-number-of-sierra-leone-children-trafficked-before-18th-birthday/

 

From the news article:

An estimated 33% of children aged 5 to 17 in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province have experienced child trafficking, and 36% have experienced child labor, according to a new collaborative report from the University of Liverpool and the University of Georgia.  

 

The report—Child Trafficking and the Worst Forms of Child Labor in Sierra Leone—represents the largest-scale household survey on the topic ever undertaken in Sierra Leone.

 

University of Georgia - Engineers develop soft robotic gripper [ScienceDaily, 15 December 2020]

Title:

Engineers develop soft robotic gripper

Source:

University of Georgia

Summary:

Scientists often look to nature for cues when designing robots -- some robots mimic human hands while others simulate the actions of octopus arms or inchworms. Now, researchers in the University of Georgia College of Engineering have designed a new soft robotic gripper that draws inspiration from an unusual source: pole beans.

Published:

ScienceDaily, 15 December 2020

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201215131232.htm

University of Georgia - Shrivastav elected to National Academy of Inventors

Title:

Shrivastav elected to National Academy of Inventors

 

Author:

Michael Terrazas

 

Published:

UGA Today, University of Georgia, 9 December 2020

https://news.uga.edu/shrivastav-elected-national-academy-inventors/

 

From the article:

Rahul Shrivastav, vice president for instruction and a prominent researcher in the field of assistive communication technology and speech sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.