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Researchers develop promising drug for aggressive breast cancer
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MIT study finds targets for a new tuberculosis vaccine
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Teaching robots to map large environments
Cambridge, MA – A robot searching for workers trapped in a partially collapsed mine shaft must rapidly generate…
MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
Cambridge, Mass. — Superconductors are like the express trains in a metro system. Any electricity that “boards” a…
Study identifies 14 risk factors for long ICU stays in children after heart surgery
A recent study conducted at China’s National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases has identified 14 independent risk factors associated…
NASO Recognized as National Member of IAU
Kathmandu — The Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) has been officially recognized as a National Member of the International…
Culture
Tecan’s 1st virtual genomics symposium
Marking 20 years since the publication of the draft sequence of the human genome Tecan is hosting its first virtual genomics symposium on February 24th, 2021.
India’s culture of coping with cancer
Dwaipayan Banerjee’s new book examines the psychological and social terrain of living with cancer in a country where the disease has long been downplayed.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
Nobel Prize in chemistry 2020 has been awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 awarded to Roger Penros, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded jointly to Roger Penros, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for exploring Black holes and the Milky Way’s darkest secret.
