Meetings

Examine the scientific and policy challenges of deploying five well-publicized polar geoengineering tools as a climate mitigation strategy.

Enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of the European legume breeding activities and output is the goal of the BELIS innovation project launched in October 2023. The project's key objectives are to develop cost-effective breeding tools, improve the economic and regulatory environment for legume breeding, and ensure efficient innovation transfer through a collaborative platform for public private partnership. BELIS project has its annual meeting from 9-11 sept at the premises of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVC) in Novi-Sad, Serbia. The meeting is gathering together all the project partners to present advancements achieved so far, to plan for next activities and to reflect on some of the key avenues for improving and innovating in legume breeding. The programme will also include an open day for the BELIS Network stakeholders to hear about and discuss on the BELIS approaches and advances and to visit the IFVC legume experimental fields and a commercial farm.

Rapid developments in artificial intelligence (AI) are leading to profound changes in research and development as well as in society and everyday life. Machines now analyse huge amounts of data, and assist with image and text creation, medical diagnoses, and decision-making processes. This year’s Annual Assembly of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina focuses on the opportunities and risks associated with these developments. In Halle (Saale)/Germany on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 September, international experts will discuss the progress that artificial intelligence has made, the ways in which various AI applications are revolutionising research, and the resulting challenges facing society.

The Europlanet Science Congress 2025 will be held jointly with the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS2025) from 7–12 September 2025 at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland. With around 1800 participants expected to join in person and online, it will be the largest planetary science meeting held to date in Europe.  Press briefings will be livestreamed and press notices on presentations of interest to the media will be issued by the EPSC-DPS2025 Press Office during the meeting.

The addition of the hormone progesterone to gender-affirming hormone therapy leads to increased breast growth for transgender people following feminising hormone therapy. This is demonstrated by an Amsterdam UMC-led trial among 90 participants and these results are presented today at the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) annual congress in Hamburg.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced today the press program for its 2025 Annual Meeting this month in San Francisco. Researchers will discuss their findings in news briefings on Sept. 29 and 30, and complimentary meeting registration is available for credentialed press. The field's most influential scientific forum, ASTRO's Annual Meeting will feature pivotal studies in radiation medicine for patients with cancer and other diseases.