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SECTOR | 08 Aug 2025

Rolls-Royce, IIT Bombay join hands to strengthen innovation, talent

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The MoU will enable knowledge exchange and upskilling, and explore opportunities to collaborate on joint projects in areas of mutual interest, Rolls-Royce said in a statement

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SECTOR | 07 Aug 2025

IIT Madras launches School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for deep tech start-ups

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The school will offer a minor stream in entrepreneurship, an MS (Entrepreneurship) degree and also establish programmes contributing to translational research

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SECTOR | 07 Aug 2025

Harvard scientists warn of years-long setback from funding freeze

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Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio's research is literally frozen. Collected from millions of US soldiers over two decades using millions of dollars from taxpayers, the epidemiology and nutrition scientist has blood samples stored in liquid nitrogen freezers within the university's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The samples are key to his award-winning research, which seeks a cure to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases. But for months, Ascherio has been unable to work with the samples because he lost $7 million in federal research funding, a casualty of Harvard's fight with the Trump administration. It's like we have been creating a state-of-the-art telescope to explore the universe, and now we don't have money to launch it, said Ascherio. We built everything and now we are ready to use it to make a new discovery that could impact millions of people in the world and then, 'Poof. You're being cut off.' Researchers laid off and science shelved The

Trump admin freezes $584 mn UCLA grants, research projects at risk

Business Standard | 07 Aug 2025 1 more

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SECTOR | 06 Aug 2025

Phones in pocket, laptops on lap linked to male infertility: Study

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A joint study by the genetics research unit of Calcutta University's department of zoology and the Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM), Kolkata, has found that keeping mobile phones in trouser pockets and keeping laptops on laps for long hours may significantly increase the risk of male infertility and even impotence. The five-year study, launched in 2019, was led by Professor Sujay Ghosh (Calcutta University), with support from Dr Ratna Chattopadhyay (IRM), Dr Samudra Pal (CU), Dr Paranb Paladhi (IRM), and Dr Saurav Dutta (CU). A copy of the findings was made available to PTI on Wednesday. "Male patients who visited IRM for infertility treatment were invited to participate in the study. We excluded cases involving diagnosed female infertility and obstructive male infertility (caused by anatomical defects). The study focused exclusively on cases of idiopathic male infertility (infertility of unknown origin), specifically those with azoospermia (absence of sperm in semen) or...

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SECTOR | 06 Aug 2025

Hacked Columbia University student, alumni data includes bank numbers, GPAs

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The university said that an unauthorised party accessed data on students, applicants, and some staff, including admissions, financial aid, and certain personal information

Education

SECTOR | 04 Aug 2025

80 years after Hiroshima bombing, search for missing goes on nearby island

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When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on August 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions. Many of the victims had their clothes burned off and their flesh hung from their faces and limbs. They moaned in pain. Because of poor medicine and care, only a few hundred were alive when the field hospital closed on August 25, according to historical records. They were buried in various locations in chaotic and rushed operations. Decades later, people in the area are looking for the remains of the missing, driven by a desire to account for and honour the victims and bring relief to survivors who are still tormented by memories of missing loved ones. "Until that happens, the war is not over for these people," said Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher who regularly visits Ninoshima to search for remains. Evidence of the missing

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SECTOR | 04 Aug 2025

Solar thermal gains its rightful place in the sun

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A collaborative IIT project harnesses the significantly higher efficiency of solar thermal systems for applications requiring heat

Education

SECTOR | 03 Aug 2025

Need to increase R&D investments to strengthen agri: ICAR DG

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Addressing the 55th Convocation of Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) on Saturday, he said the country should increase R&D investment in agriculture to at least one per cent of the Agri GDP

Education

SECTOR | 02 Aug 2025

Jharkhand minister Ramdas Soren in critical condition after brain injury

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Jharkhand Education Minister Ramdas Soren, who is admitted to a Delhi hospital after he suffered severe brain injury from a fall on Saturday, is in a critical condition, a source said. The 62-year-old Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader was airlifted to Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in the national capital from Jamshedpur after he fell in the washroom at his residence. In a statement issued on Saturday evening, the hospital said that Soren was on life support and a multidisciplinary team of senior specialists was closely monitoring his condition. "He is currently in a critical condition and on life support. A multidisciplinary team of senior specialists is closely monitoring his condition and providing intensive medical care," said the statement shared by JMM. Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari, who also flew to Delhi to oversee the treatment, said that Soren was initially admitted to a hospital in Jamshedpur, where doctors detected blood clots in his brain. He was later airlif

IIT-Bombay student dies by suicide after jumping from hostel building

Business Standard | 02 Aug 2025 3 more

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SECTOR | 02 Aug 2025

Columbia Sportswear sues Columbia Univ over confusingly similar merchandise

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For decades, T-shirts, sweatshirts and other clothing under the Columbia Sportswear brand and clothing emblazoned with the Columbia University name coexisted more or less peacefully without confusion. But now, the Portland-based outdoor retailer has sued the New York-based university over alleged trademark infringement and a breach of contract, among other charges. It claims that the university's merchandise looks too similar to what's being sold at more than 800 retail locations, including more than 150 of its branded stores, as well as its website and third-party marketplaces. In a lawsuit filed July 23 in the US District Court for the District of Oregon, Columbia Sportswear, whose roots date back to 1938, alleges that the university intentionally violated an agreement the parties signed on June 13, 2023. That agreement dictated how the university could use the word Columbia on its own apparel. As part of the pact, the university could feature Columbia on its merchandise provided