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Discharge of Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Treated Water into the Sea begins on 24 August
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14th Annual Field Course in Conservation Biology & Global Health: At the Human-Environment Interface
Kathmandu– A Training Program for University Students, Journalists, National Park Staff and Professionals has been organized by Nepal Biodiversity Research Society (NEBORS), Kathmandu and University of Washington (UW) Seattle, Washington, USA at the premises of Natural History Museum (NHM) on 2-6 February, 2015. The program is the continuation since a decade back by the generous effort of the […]
University of Malaya’s Professor awarded the 2014 TWAS Celso Furtado Prize
University of Malaya’s Professor Rajah Rasiah was awarded the 2014 Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). This was in recognition of his pioneering…
$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development
Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab to include focus on China. (Cambridge, MA) — MIT has received one of the largest gifts in its history, from alumnus Samuel…
MED-EL Founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair Awarded 2015 Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering announced today that bioengineering pioneers and MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH co-founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair have been awarded the 2015 Fritz J.…