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$15m boost for Indigenous and local peoples’ adaptation in the mountains
The Canadian Government has pledged CA$15M (US$10.5M) to a project that sets out to reduce the climate vulnerability of women,…
Security scheme could protect sensitive data during cloud computation
MIT researchers crafted a new approach that could allow anyone to run operations on encrypted data without decrypting…
Hot Gas: New Way of Finding Black Holes in the Early Universe
The team has captured unprecedented high-resolution radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole located 12.9…
Robotic helper making mistakes? Just nudge it in the right direction
New research could allow a person to correct a robot’s actions in real-time, using the kind of feedback…
Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission
The findings provide new drug targets for stopping the infection’s spread. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Tuberculosis lives and thrives in…
Harnessing Heat: Metal-Organic Frameworks Enable Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide Production
Researchers have developed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that efficiently produce hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) using small temperature differences, offering a…
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College Board and NSF expand partnership to bring computer science classes to high schools across the U.S.
The College Board and the National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced an extension of their partnership to support teachers and schools in offering the new Advanced Placement (AP®) Computer Science Principles course in the fall of 2016. Although most U.S. students use information technology on a regular basis, only a small fraction of them have the opportunity […]
Photonics Global Conference 2015
The Photonics Global Conference (PGC) is a biennial event held since 2008. The aim of this conference is to foster interactions among broad disciplines in the photonics family. The conference…
NASA Invites Universities to Submit Innovative Early-Stage Technology Proposals
NNS– NASA is seeking proposals from universities for early stage technology development that will support the agency’s long-term plans for human exploration of Mars and scientific study of our solar…
Streamline ecotourism in protected areas, say experts
More than 200 experts, policymakers, government officials, and journalists who participated in the three-day international conference on ecotourism in protected areas said streamlining ecotourism in protected areas will go a…