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Aramont Fellowships spotlight and support pathbreaking initiatives

Oct 26, 2022

The Aramont Fellowships do more than help kickstart promising careers; they spotlight pathbreaking initiatives and interdisciplinary innovation, with the potential to make great strides in technology, life sciences, physical sciences,...

“Drawing Together” is awarded Norman B. Leventhal City Prize

Oct 26, 2022

“Drawing Together,” a social and ecological resilience project in New York City, has been awarded the 2022 Norman B. Leventhal City Prize. Through their Service Corps (affiliated with the national...

Remarks by President-Elect Sally Kornbluth to the MIT community

Oct 26, 2022

The following remarks were given by President-Elect Sally Kornbluth to a gathering of community members in room 10-250 on Thursday, Oct. 20. And a big hello to the entire MIT...

MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management reaches 1 million enrollments

Oct 26, 2022

A milestone in the evolution of education in the supply chain field was reached at the end of September, with the one-millionth enrollment in the MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply...

Penguin feathers may be secret to effective anti-icing technology

Oct 25, 2022

But, by looking to nature, McGill researchers believe that they have found a promising new way of dealing with the problem. We initially explored the qualities of the lotus leaf,...

Likelihood of receiving an autism diagnosis may depend on where you live

Oct 25, 2022

After analysing all new autism cases across England using NHS health service boundaries for possible hotspots, some areas stand out. For example, 45.5% of the NHS Rotherham catchment area had...

Water extractions key driver of drying Darling River

Oct 25, 2022

Poor water management and excessive extraction are the primary cause of declining flow and the poor state of Australia's iconic Darling River, a new study has found. Researchers from The...

Study to look at impact of bushfires and COVID on families

Oct 25, 2022

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) will shed light on the full impact of the 2019/20 bushfires and outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on young families. "During...

Excessive water extraction, not climate change, most to blame for Darling River drying

Oct 25, 2022

Climate change shouldn’t be used as a 'get out-of jail free' card to excuse bad decision-making and poor planning decisions. A couple of months later, an expert investigation concluded excessive...

$1.6m funding to improve genomic health care for people with intellectual disability

Oct 25, 2022

The research led by UNSW Sydney aims to make genetic tests and genetic counselling for people with intellectual disability more accessible and equitable. More than 400,000 Australians have intellectual disability....