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Meat the Light
Sofía Castaño is advancing optical methodologies to assess meat for traceability, paving the way to other non-destructive tisular probes
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Mapping, Governing, Connecting: Highlights from the 2026 UNU Migration Network Research Symposium
Border governance, data measurement, digital technologies, and labour migration were the key themes at the UNU Migration Network Symposium on 17 Sept.
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UNU Macau AI Conference 2026 Registration Now Open
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The Promise of AI: Insights from the World Development Report 2026
On 22 October 2026, the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development, UNU, JICA and JADE will co-organize a special event to discuss findings from the World Development Report 2026.