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MIT keeps a firm commitment to undergraduate student support for 2021-2022

Mar 30, 2021

The Institute’s commitment to financial aid will remain robust for 2021-22, increasing from last year’s announced budget of $147 million to $155.2 million. The net cost for an average MIT...

The HELSEED student entrepreneurship programme makes its first investments in an environmentally friendly plant cultivation equipment and a digital solution for cancer care

Mar 30, 2021

To support the programme, the University of Helsinki Funds established the HELSEED endowment fund in early 2021. First investments madeThe first HELSEED investments have now been made with the help...

Researchers winning battle against sweat

Mar 30, 2021

When sweat oozes out of the sweat pores in the skin, it accumulates on the skin surface and pushes the adhesive material away. So the challenge was to find a...

Biden, health officials sound alarm as signs of covid surge proliferate

Mar 30, 2021

That is evidence that vaccines are protecting people older than 65 who once were the most vulnerable but leaving the unvaccinated exposed. At Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, inpatients older...

Vaccines Become a Race Against Time as CDC Warns of Covid Surge

Mar 30, 2021

“It’s just irresponsible to do the kinds of things you’re seeing many governors doing,” as variants spread with millions still unvaccinated, said Ashish Jha, dean of the school of public...

A significant €750,000 grant to the development of CAR T cell therapy from the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation

Mar 30, 2021

In immunotherapy, the cells of the patient’s immune system are activated to attack cancer cells increasingly effectively. CAR T cell therapy, which is based on gene technology, is one of...

Black hole key to galaxies behemoths

Mar 30, 2021

The new black hole was found through the detection of a gravitationally lensed gamma-ray burst. A new black hole breaks the record –– not for being the smallest or the...

Oxford researchers create online resource to optimise NHS routes for housebound vaccinations

Mar 30, 2021

VaxiMap is the direct response to a problem reported by GP practices of how to deliver huge numbers of Covid-19 vaccines to housebound patients on top of already busy workloads....

The University of Tokyo

Mar 30, 2021

One significant way in which laser precision could be improved is if there was a better means to obtain feedback on the way the laser interacts with a material. That...

Strong weld joints for aerospace applications

Mar 30, 2021

To produce joints with the necessary strength, a process known as “friction stir welding” is used. The friction stir welding process is increasingly common in applications requiring particularly strong and...