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New Hydrogenation Reaction Mechanism for Superhydride Revealed by Machine Learning
A team of researchers used a machine learning model to predict unknown chemical pathways and bring us one…
Tabletop particle blaster: How tiny nozzles and lasers could replace giant accelerators
Proton beams with giga-electron-volt (GeV) energies—once thought to be achievable only with massive particle accelerators—may soon be generated…
Duke-NUS celebrates 20 years of transformative medical education
Duke-NUS Medical School graduated its largest cohort yet today, the Class of 2025, in a vibrant ceremony at…
ESA Inaugurates European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI) in Switzerland
The European Space Agency (ESA) has inaugurated the “European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre” (ESDI), first ESA presence in…
MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing
MIT today launched its Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), an institute-wide effort to reinfuse U.S. industrial production with leading-edge technologies,…
Early-Age Menopause Can Exacerbate Cognitive Decline
Researchers found that women who entered menopause before the age of 40 had worse cognitive outcomes than women…
Culture
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.
COVID-19 race: forty Covid-19 vaccines in clinical trials worldwide
A Covid-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc throughout the world, and will likely continue to for months to come.
