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Saturday, September 15, 2012
MIT places sixth overall in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings of the United States’ best colleges and universities, which were released today. The Institute maintained its long standing as the nation’s top undergraduate engineering program at a doctoral institution, and as the No. 2 undergraduate business program.
All rankings went o...
Saturday, September 15, 2012
BY BJORN CAREY; A new analysis by Stanford researchers reveals that there is enough offshore wind along the U.S. East Coast to meet the electricity demands of at least one-third of the country.
The scientists paid special attention to the Maine-to-Virginia corridor; the historical lack of strong hurricanes in the region makes it a favorable site for offshor...
Saturday, September 15, 2012
BY MARK SHWARTZ AND MARK GOLDEN The projects chosen to receive funds have strong potential for impacting the supply or use of energy. (Photo: iStockphoto.com) Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE), TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) have awarded nine faculty seed grants totaling $2.2 million for pro...
Friday, September 14, 2012
New Delhi: The ‘brightest’ thing in nature, the Pollia condensata fruit, does not get its blue colour from pigment but instead uses structural colour – a method of reflecting light of particular wavelengths- new research reveals. The study was published today in the journal PNAS.
Most colours around us are the result of pigments. &n...
Friday, September 14, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO: On Monday, September 10, Harvard Business School (HBS) will convene Paths Forward, an event that is part of the school's U.S. Competitiveness Project. The Paths Forward event series brings together leaders in economic centers throughout the country to discuss actionable steps to improve U.S. competitiveness, or the ability of firms operating in the U.S. to compete globally ...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Washington: NASA has selected eight advanced robotics projects that will enable the agency's future missions while supporting the Obama administration's National Robotics Initiative.
The projects, ranging from technologies for improving robotic planetary rovers to humanoid robotic systems, will support the development and use of robots for s...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Washington: NASA is announcing opportunities for academia, industry and government agencies to develop and carry out research and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station using the newly installed Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN) testbed.
There are two announcements of opportunity. The SCAN Testbed Experiment Opportunit...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Rome: Argentina will export an additional 2.75 million tonnes of maize from its 2011/12 crop, the country's Minister of Agriculture Norberto Yauhar confirmed here today.
This will increase the amount of maize to be exported by Argentina from that harvest to 16.45 million tonnes, Yauhar told FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva when...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
With over two thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, public health campaigns have emerged across the country to promote behavior that can help reduce America’s waistline. But do the messages communicated by these campaigns help reduce obesity or potentially make the problem worse?
According to a new study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obes...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Tokiyo: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Toyota Boshoku will use IBM cloud technology in worldwide manufacturing and engineering projects, including automotive design. The new IBM SmartCloud Engineering Desktop consists of a group of cloud solutions designed for industrial sector clients that tap mission-critical 3D applications globally. The global manufacturing indust...
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 HRD Ministry approved setting up of Block Institutes of Teachers Education in 196 districts
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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has approved setting up of Block Institutes of Teachers Education in 196 districts during the current Five Year Plan. These institutes will be opened in SC/ST/Minority concentr ..
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NIELIT, Srinagar will contribute to the growth of J&K, Dr. Killi Kruparani
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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Union Minister, Dr. Killi Kruparani, has inaugurated the Lecture Blocks and Research & Development Lab of National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) at Srinagar. ..
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We Must Assimilate Tagore's Belief That 'Wealth Is Not A Precondition Of Wisdom', Says President
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Report by India Education bureau, Shimla: The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Tagore Centre for the study of culture and civilization and delivered the first Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lecture at Indian Institu ..
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Union Cabinet approved classifying Malayalam as a 'Classical Language'
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Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved classifying Malayalam as a ‘Classical Language’ subject to the outcome of Writ Petition No. 18810 of 2008 (R. Gandhi Vs UOI & Ors) in the ..
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President promulgates Ordinance amending the Indian Medical Council Act 1956
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New Delhi: The President of India promulgated an Ordinance on 21st May 21013 amending the Indian Medical Council Act 1956. The Government had to promulgate the Ordinance as the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill 2013 which was introd ..
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