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. Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When Dwaipayan Banerjee began studying the…
Nepal appeared for the first time in IOAA
By Kiran Adhikari, Contributor Romania-- Though we are time and again suffered by politics and natural disasters, it is good news for us to hear that there are a huge number of students in Nepal…
Reducing traffic congestion with wireless system
System that would wirelessly route drivers around congested roadways wins best-paper award. (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- At the Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress last week, MIT researchers received one of the best-paper awards for a new…
Improved Brick Kiln Technology Promises Benefits for Health,…
Kathmandu, – Two days of discussion here among experts from 11 countries have concluded that significant progress is possible against the health, agriculture and climate damage caused by much of the brick production in the…
Glacier scientists play the game of drones
by Brad Swain | ICIMOD For many years, the word “drone” was used only infrequently by bee enthusiasts, bagpipe players, and people subjected to monotonous music. However, in recent years it has taken on a new and…