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Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Honoring Maria Corina Machado

Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Honoring Maria Corina Machado

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.

Oct 10, 20255 min read
Japan’s first nationwide survey highlights gaps in patient engagement for allergy research

Japan’s first nationwide survey highlights gaps in patient engagement for allergy research

Tokyo, Japan – A team of researchers from Keio University School of Medicine, the Institute of Medical Science…

Oct 10, 20252 min read
Wastewater plants produce twice as much greenhouse gases as officially estimated

Wastewater plants produce twice as much greenhouse gases as officially estimated

Wastewater plants emit about twice as much greenhouse gas as previously believed, according to Princeton engineers who used…

Oct 10, 20256 min read
Hungarian Author László Krasznahorkai Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Hungarian Author László Krasznahorkai Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Stockholm, October 9, 2025 — The Swedish Academy has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature to Hungarian…

Oct 9, 20253 min read
 IAEA Opens New Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre, Marking Completion of Lab Modernization

 IAEA Opens New Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre, Marking Completion of Lab Modernization

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) yesterday inaugurated the new Curie-Meitner Nuclear Applications Centre at its laboratory site…

Oct 9, 20255 min read
Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars

Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars

Published on 8 October in Science Advances, their findings – including that the strongest winds on Mars blow…

Oct 9, 20256 min read

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MIT to publish new report examining U.S. innovation deficit on April 27

MIT to publish new report examining U.S. innovation deficit on April 27

ByAmrita TuladharApr 22, 20154 min read

Report details impacts of declining research investment and benefits of renewed support in critical fields like cybersecurity, infectious disease, plant biology, and Alzheimer’s.  CAMBRIDGE— On Monday, April 27th, MIT will release the findings of a new report examining the impacts of declining U.S. federal government investment in basic research. Reporters are invited to attend the report […]

MRS Bulletin Editor, Gopal Rao, Recognized by Auburn University as 2015 Materials Engineering Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

MRS Bulletin Editor, Gopal Rao, Recognized by Auburn University as 2015 Materials Engineering Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

ByAmrita TuladharApr 21, 20153 min read

During their Spring Reception, held April 10, 2015 at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center, Auburn University recognized Gopal Rao of the Materials Research Society (MRS) as the…

Materials Research Society President-Elect, Kristi S. Anseth, Named 2015 Bayer Distinguished Lecturer at Pitt

Materials Research Society President-Elect, Kristi S. Anseth, Named 2015 Bayer Distinguished Lecturer at Pitt

ByAmrita TuladharApr 21, 20154 min read

Materials research society (MRS) Vice President/President-Elect, Kristi S. Anseth, has been named recipient of the 2015 Bayer Distinguished Lectureship by the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of…

GLOBE Program Marks 20 Years of Global Earth Science Education

GLOBE Program Marks 20 Years of Global Earth Science Education

ByAmrita TuladharApr 21, 20154 min read

On Earth Day, April 22, NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) celebrate 20 years of international cooperation and collaboration to engage students, scientists, and teachers in 114 countries in…