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MIT J-WAFS awards eight grants in seventh round of seed funding

Jun 11, 2021

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) at MIT has announced its seventh round of seed grant funding to the MIT community. The seed grant program is...

CNN lawyer describes gag order and secretive process where Justice Department sought reporter's email records

Jun 11, 2021

That day, through our parent company WarnerMedia, I received a secret order issued by a federal magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. In this case, the only reason...

Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT partners with STAT on a new health journalism fellowship

Jun 11, 2021

The following is an adaptation of a joint announcement from the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, STAT, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT and...

McGill Engineering youth outreach program awarded NSERC PromoScience grant

Jun 11, 2021

Helping students extend STEM learning beyond the classroom will be supported by honouring multiple ways of knowing, bridging Western-based science learning with traditional Indigenous or community-based teachings. McGill faculty and...

Over 500 new FRBs detected in single year due to CHIME telescope

Jun 11, 2021

Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, blaze for a few milliseconds before vanishing without a trace. For each of the 535 FRBs that CHIME detected, the researchers measured its dispersion, and...

“Commit to changing the world,” civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson urges the Class of 2021

Jun 11, 2021

For only the second time in its history, MIT celebrated its Commencement in an online ceremony. This year’s event featured taped tributes from around the world, a musical composition created...

Trump administration pursued CNN reporter's records in months-long secret court battle

Jun 11, 2021

It's not uncommon for a media organization to receive a subpoena from the Justice Department for reporter records and to negotiate protections for its journalists. What stands apart is the...

China Returns to Its Strict Covid Restrictions to Fight a New Outbreak

Jun 11, 2021

© cnsphoto, via Reuters Newly built laboratories for nucleic acid testing in Guangzhou, China, on Thursday. New variants of the coronavirus have appeared, and questions remain about whether China’s self-made...

New Academy Projects to be launched in September

Jun 11, 2021

The Academy of Finland has granted Aalto University a total of EUR 12.4 million in funding for 24 Academy Projects. Some of the Academy Projects are consortium projects, and the...

Nearly 20 million euros for research

Jun 11, 2021

At the beginning of September, nine new academy research fellows, 15 postdoctoral researchers and 24 Academy Projects will start at Aalto. The total funding granted to Aalto University for the...