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WATCH Antisemitism Shocker: Harvard, MIT, Penn varsities refuse to condemn call for violence on Jews

The presidents of Harvard, Pennsylvania and MIT varsities on Tuesday refused to condemn call for violence on Jews when they were being grilled by the Congress about their responses to alleged incidents of antisemitism on their campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war

Narayana Murthy's MIT-fantasy is a no-brainer. India's innovation capacity even lower than Brazil, China

The self-critical charge of Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) that India hasn’t done any “earth shattering” innovation in the last 60 years, and his comparison of the country’s record with that of a single institution such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is great to inspire India’s young science and technology aspirants, but is utterly devoid of a sense of realism.

MIT engineers invent a wireless, battery-free camera that works underwater using soundwaves

The new underwater camera uses energy from soundwaves made by ships, submarines and swimming fish to power itself. It also uses soundwaves to transmit the photos it takes.

Super-Earth, three gas giants discovered by high school students using TESS data

The mentorship program the students were part of, connects high schoolers interested in research with real-world scientists at Harvard and MIT.

Scientists create plant-based sensor to monitor the levels of arsenic in the ground

This can be used for environmental monitoring and for food safety since arsenic is a common contaminant for agricultural products as rice, vegetables and tea leaves.

Global temperature shifts may play critical role in COVID-19 spread and vulnerability, reveals new study

The researchers found that countries with a mean temperature above 27 degrees Celsius showed unusually low death rates in March and April

After phosphine, Indian researchers now discover amino acid glycine in Venus' atmosphere

There are some 500 known amino acids, only 20% of which are encoded for, in living organisms. Glycine is the simplest amino acid.

Cytokine storm may be keeping COVID-19 patients from developing long-term immunity: Study

Cytokine storm is an inflammatory condition associated with COVID-19 infection that occurs when a person’s body releases too many pro-inflammatory cytokines.

US immigration department says it may not grant visas to new students if colleges conduct courses online

The policy to deport already enrolled foreign students if they took classes online was rescinded after being challenged by eight federal lawsuits

All-woman Afghan robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to help treat Coronavirus patients

The ventilator is easy to carry, runs on battery for 10 hours, and costs roughly $700 to produce, compared with the $20,000 of a traditional ventilator.