Libraries continue to play a central role in providing open and free access to information and ideas: Vice President The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari has said that the libraries continue to play a central role in providing open and free access to
New treatment elicits two-pronged immune response that destroys tumors in mice by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harnessing the body’s own immune system to destroy tumors is a tantalizing prospect that has yet to realize its full potential. However, a new advance
“The objective of education is to build citizens who can contribute to the well-being of society” Ahmedabad: Education is the basis of advanced society-said the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. He was addressing the students and faculty of Bapu Gujarat Knowledge Village and Samarpan College
by Charuta Pradeep India should walk on her own shadows – we must have our own development model-this was the dream of our former president, Dr. Abdul Kalam, a man of great visions. He wanted us to see our nation as a developed one. “Why
Ahmedabad: Finally, the confusion over the chairmanship of India’s foremost management institute come sto an end. Noted business man Kumar Mangalam Birla has been named as the new Chairman of the Indian of the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Birla is the chairman of Aditya Birla
With new algorithms, data scientists could accomplish in days what has traditionally taken months by Larry Hardesty, MIT News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Last year, MIT researchers presented a system that automated a crucial step in big-data analysis: the selection of a “feature set,” or aspects
Partnership of MIT, Boston Medical Center, and Post Office Square could set a sustainability example for others to follow by David Chandler, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, MA — MIT, Boston Medical Center, and Post Office Square Redevelopment Corporation have formed an alliance to buy electricity
Bengaluru: Indian spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whose messages for world peace are increasingly finding favor with nations in conflict, will address members of the French Parliament in Paris, a city ravaged last year in one of the world’s dastardly terror attacks. Gurudev
Biocompatible fibers could use light to stimulate cells or sense signs of disease by Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel — an elastic, rubbery material
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office Rubbery hair-lined wetsuits may help keep surfers warm CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Beavers and sea otters lack the thick layer of blubber that insulates walruses and whales. And yet these small, semiaquatic mammals can keep warm and even dry while diving,