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Will the vegetables of the future be fortified using tiny needles?
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Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal Wins 2025 Whitley Award for Addressing Poaching of Orchids and Yews
UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), is recognizing Nepal’s Reshu Bashyal with a 2025 Whitley Award…
Researchers Develop Smart Adhesive Electrode That Avoids Nerve Damage
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New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
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MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy
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Rice University’s Richards-Kortum, Vardi elected to National Academy of Sciences
Bioengineer, computer scientist join elite list of dual-academy members HOUSTON – Rice University bioengineer Rebecca Richards-Kortum and computer scientist Moshe Vardi have joined the elite group of scientists elected to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. Richards-Kortum, Rice’s Stanley C. Moore Professor of Bioengineering and professor of electrical and computer engineering, […]
The 3rd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-3)
This international symposium brings together world-class scientists in biology and chemistry, including, Dr. Ashraf Brik (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) and Dr. Feng Zhang (Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,…
The real cost of child care revealed at global business technology event
A ground breaking system that allows Australian families to clearly and simply work out their childcare entitlements from the Australian Government, will be unveiled at global business technology event CeBIT next month 5-7…
MIT to publish new report examining U.S. innovation deficit on April 27
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…