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SBI's move to up collateral-free study loans could push other lenders
5 days, 13 hours ago

SBI's move to up collateral-free study loans could push other lenders

Live Mint  

India's largest lender State Bank of India has begun offering collateral-free study loans of up to ₹50 lakh for students heading out to top foreign universities, entering an arena dominated by top private lenders. “SBI's decision to offer loans without collateral for select universities abroad is a progressive step that will significantly ease access to education financing for students. Arjun …

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News from the world of education - December 26, 2024
2 weeks, 1 day ago

News from the world of education - December 26, 2024

The Hindu  

vivo Technology and Innovation Initiative The third edition of vivo Ignite: Technology and Innovation Initiative invites students from classes 8 to 12 to present tech-driven innovative solutions to address pressing social challenges. For details, visit https://t.ly/Kf2Aj Strate School of Design has launched undergraduate design programmes for the academic year 2025-26 in collaboration with Alliance University, Bengaluru. The Department of Chemistry …

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What would Trump 2.0 mean for foreign students in American universities?
1 month, 1 week ago

What would Trump 2.0 mean for foreign students in American universities?

New Indian Express  

Less than three weeks after Donald Trump was named the 47th president of the United States, several top American universities issued travel advisories for their students from foreign countries to return to the US ahead of the new president-elect's swearing-in on January 20. In an earlier video released in July last year, Trump vowed to reclaim America's "once great educational …

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MicroRNA − new Nobel laureate describes scientific process of finding these tiny molecules
2 months, 3 weeks ago

MicroRNA − new Nobel laureate describes scientific process of finding these tiny molecules

Raw Story  

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, tiny biological molecules that tell the cells in your body what kind of cell to be by turning on and off certain genes. The Conversation Weekly podcast caught up with Victor Ambros from his lab at the UMass Chan Medical …

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Feeling climate anxiety? These books offer glimmers of hope — and much-needed wisdom
4 months ago

Feeling climate anxiety? These books offer glimmers of hope — and much-needed wisdom

LA Times  

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on climate anxiety — and on the feelings of helplessness that have simmered in the hearts and minds of so many friends and colleagues. “The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here” by Hope Jahren : A slim but mighty read, this book is conversational, enlightening, …

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Column: The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble
4 months ago

Column: The air begins to leak out of the overinflated AI bubble

LA Times  

Jensen Huang, founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, whose fortune has risen with the growth of the AI chipmaker but took a hit when its shares plummeted Tuesday. Even OpenAI, the leading developer of AI bots, acknowledged last year that on some tasks its GPT-4 chatbot’s performance is “worse” than its predecessors. One CEO whose company uses AI to …

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Ukrainian refugee to study at prestigious US university after top A-level grades
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian refugee to study at prestigious US university after top A-level grades

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I went to school because …

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How do sperm whales talk to each other? MIT scientists decode basic elements of communication system
8 months ago

How do sperm whales talk to each other? MIT scientists decode basic elements of communication system

Hindustan Times  

Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them. Like many whales and dolphins, sperm whales are highly social mammals and communicate by squeezing air through their …

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Study Abroad: All About Duolingo English Test accepted by over 5,000 programs worldwide
10 months ago

Study Abroad: All About Duolingo English Test accepted by over 5,000 programs worldwide

Hindustan Times  

The Duolingo English Test is a digital-first, high-stakes English proficiency test designed for students that is now accepted by over 5,000 programs worldwide, including prestigious institutions such as MIT, Yale and Columbia University. Test-takers can easily book the test by creating a free account on the official Duolingo English Test website. The Duolingo English Test typically costs around 5000 INR …

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Surveillance by Sensor
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Surveillance by Sensor

New Indian Express  

In George Orwell’s prophetic novel 1984, ubiquitous telescreens symbolise the ultimate intrusion into privacy. They have devised a method to exploit ambient light sensors, minute components intended to regulate screen brightness, effectively transforming them into a clandestine surveillance tool.. However, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory researchers reveal these sensors’ ability to capture images of their surroundings without overt …

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Exclusive: ‘Asian Americans face bias,’ expert shares tips for students to get accepted at MIT and Stanford
1 year, 2 months ago

Exclusive: ‘Asian Americans face bias,’ expert shares tips for students to get accepted at MIT and Stanford

Hindustan Times  

Recently an Asian American student from Palo Alto, California, was rejected by 16 out of the 18 top U.S. universities he applied for. However, he added, for a foreign audience, it is very shocking that he was rejected despite a 4.0 GPA, “what is shocking is that with a near-perfect SAT score, he got rejected from many lower rank colleges.” …

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How app-based mindfulness practice could improve children’s mental health
1 year, 2 months ago

How app-based mindfulness practice could improve children’s mental health

Live Mint  

Today’s stressful environments can take a toll on the mental well-being of not just adults but also children. Previous studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed that including mindfulness—the practice of focusing on one’s present—in schools could benefit children by improving their academic performance and reducing stress. Now, a new study has found that practising mindfulness remotely, using an …

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64% of tech firms find poor skills as biggest recruitment challenge: Study
1 year, 3 months ago

64% of tech firms find poor skills as biggest recruitment challenge: Study

Business Standard  

Around 64 per cent of global technology companies consider poor skills as the biggest challenge in recruiting employees, says a new report. Almost 56 per cent of executives at such companies said there is a shortage of candidates, according to the report called 'New approaches to the tech talent shortage' conducted by MIT Technology Review, the American digital magazine, in …

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AI can help generate synthetic viruses and spark pandemics, warns former Google executive
1 year, 4 months ago

AI can help generate synthetic viruses and spark pandemics, warns former Google executive

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Synthetic viruses could be generated through the misuse of artificial intelligence and potentially …

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Explained | Abaucin, the potential new antibiotic found with machine-learning
1 year, 7 months ago

Explained | Abaucin, the potential new antibiotic found with machine-learning

The Hindu  

Researchers have used machine-learning to identify a potential new antibiotic against a challenging species of disease-causing bacteria, they reported in a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology on May 25. A. baumannii was acknowledged even a decade ago to be a “red alert” pathogen “primarily because of its exceptional ability to develop resistance to all currently available antibiotics”. The researchers …

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Astronomers spot star swallowing a planet in possible preview of Earth’s fate
1 year, 8 months ago

Astronomers spot star swallowing a planet in possible preview of Earth’s fate

The Independent  

Astronomers have spotted a star devouring a planet in a possible preview of the ultimate fate of Earth. Lead author Kishalay De, a postdoc in MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, said: “We were seeing the end stage of the swallowing.” Experts suggest Earth will meet a similar end to this planet, but not for another five billion …

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Scientists reveal the first ever direct image of a black hole blasting out a powerful jet
1 year, 8 months ago

Scientists reveal the first ever direct image of a black hole blasting out a powerful jet

Daily Mail  

A supermassive black hole and the fierce jet it emits have been imaged together for the first time in an exciting breakthrough that could shed light on the mysteries of the universe. First look: A supermassive black hole and the fierce jet it emits have been imaged together for the first time in an exciting breakthrough that could shed light …

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No atmosphere found at faraway Earth-sized world, study says
1 year, 9 months ago

No atmosphere found at faraway Earth-sized world, study says

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Webb Space Telescope has found no evidence of an atmosphere at one of the seven rocky, Earth-sized planets orbiting another star. Because the Trappist system’s innermost planet is bombarded by solar radiation — four times as much as Earth gets from our sun — it’s possible that extra energy is why there’s no atmosphere, Greene …

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MIT professor reveals key to maintaining healthy brain function and averting dementia
1 year, 9 months ago

MIT professor reveals key to maintaining healthy brain function and averting dementia

The Independent  

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SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | Protein deposits cause neuron death in Alzheimer’s
1 year, 9 months ago

SCIENCE NOTEBOOK | Protein deposits cause neuron death in Alzheimer’s

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 23, 2023 10:45 IST - 3 MINS READ A common sign of Alzheimer’s disease is the excessive build-up of two types of protein in the brain: tangles of tau proteins that accumulate inside cells and amyloid-beta proteins that form plaques outside cells. The technique, called STARmap PLUS, is the first to simultaneously map gene expression of individual …

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Smoke particles from wildfires can erode ozone layer: MIT study
1 year, 9 months ago

Smoke particles from wildfires can erode ozone layer: MIT study

The Hindu  

The smoke from recent wildfires is threatening to slow and even reverse the recovery of Earth's ozone layer, according to a study. The researchers identified a new chemical reaction by which smoke particles from the Australian wildfires made ozone depletion worse. By triggering this reaction, the fires likely contributed to a 3-5% depletion of total ozone at mid-latitudes in the …

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Review: ‘The Exceptions’ an inspiring and infuriating story
1 year, 10 months ago

Review: ‘The Exceptions’ an inspiring and infuriating story

Associated Press  

“The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science,” by Kate Zernike Kate Zernike had been covering higher education at The Boston Globe for about six months when she was tipped off to a major story: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was about to admit to years of gender discrimination against female faculty members. Zernike — now …

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How Huntington's disease affects different neurons: Study
1 year, 11 months ago

How Huntington's disease affects different neurons: Study

Hindustan Times  

Neurons in the striatum, a part of the brain affected by Huntington's disease, are among the most severely affected. How Huntington's disease affects different neurons: Study Neuroscientists at MIT have now shown that two distinct cell populations in the striatum are affected differently by Huntington's disease. "As many as 10 years ahead of the motor diagnosis, Huntington's patients can experience …

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‘Indoor ventilation’ can reduce Covid-19 transmission: Study
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Indoor ventilation’ can reduce Covid-19 transmission: Study

Live Mint  

A new study has revealed that effective indoor ventilation is required to prevent the spread of Covid-19 transmission. MIT researchers have recently discovered that indoor relative humidity may also affect the virus' ability to spread. The MIT research team reported that around 40% to 60% of indoor relative humidity is associated with relatively lower rates of Covid-19 infections and deaths, …

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