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‘Nation needs young, dedicated researchers and innovators’

V-C Satyanarayana urges students to make use of facilities and excel in studies. Chief guest Radhakrishnamcharya says admission is just a beginning. Guest of honour Rao says mathematics plays an important role in space tech. Students have a greater role to play in advancing space tech.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt on the challenges universities face

Australia’s higher education sector is under heavy scrutiny. Still recovering from the impact of COVID and criticised for its treatment of staff, it faces strong pressures to step up its performance.

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London universities among the very best in Europe, new league table shows

Imperial College London, University College London, and King’s College London all make it into the top ten

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My Move to the Hoover Institution

Next year, I'll become a Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA School of Law, after 30 years of teaching, and move (effective July 1, 2024) to the Hoover Institution at Stanford, where I'll be a Senior Fellow—essentially like a permanent, tenured research faculty position, but with no teaching obligations. Technically,…

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Science and tech awards to get Padma-style makeover into Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar

Govt. institutes Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) to felicitate scientists, technologists & innovators. 56 prizes, no cash component, certificates & medallions. Awards for 13 categories, incl. physics, chemistry, biology, etc. & ‘Others’. Replaces 300 prizes, most internal, incl. DAE & Dept. of Space. Awarded annually on May 11 & Aug. 23.…

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Rising number of 'predatory' academic journals undermines research and public trust in scholarship

Taxpayers fund a lot of university research in the U.S., and these findings published in scholarly journals often produce major breakthroughs in medicine, vehicle safety, food safety, criminal justice, human rights and other topics that benefit the public at large.

The Conversation

Breakthrough Prizes 2024 winners include innovative cancer treatment

French and Canadian scientist Michel Sadelain was announced as a winner of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize for his pioneering work in CAR T-cell therapy

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Can you solve it? The man who made India’s trains run on time

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Science This Week | CSIR announces Bhatnagar prize winners, NASA names chief of UFO research and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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Ashton Kutcher steps down from anti-child sex abuse organisation over Danny Masterson support backlash

Kutcher’s wife, Mila Kunis, is also stepping down from board

The Independent UK

Supreme Court has prepared a ‘platform’ to assess ‘top’ 50 judges before appointment in the apex court: CJI

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has disclosed that the court had prepared a platform to assess ‘top 50 judges’ in the country who would be considered for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court

The Hindu

Reanimated spiders and smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizes

Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’

The Guardian - UK

Broadening the field: On science awards and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winners

Rather than reducing the number of science awards, there is actually a stronger case for expanding the remit of these awards

The Hindu

‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winners

Immunologists behind pioneering cancer therapy also among recipients of most lucrative prize in science

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Ashoka University: Row over disbanding data centre

At Ashoka Univ., Sonepat, controversy erupts over disbanding of Trivedi Centre for Political Data & removal of founding director Gilles Verniers. Members of Centre's Scientific Board allege Univ. didn't consult them & breached academic norms. Univ. refutes charges, says Verniers didn't clear tenure process.

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Four from Bengaluru bag Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Four persons from Bengaluru, including three from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSBP) for Science and Technology, 2022.

The Guardian - UK

Robert Adams obituary

Other lives: Researcher and statistician who loved singing and cricket, and was a keen crossword solver

The Guardian - UK

‘Only the great writers are misquoted’: Dublin marathon medal has wrong Yeats quote

‘There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t met yet’ is engraved beneath an image of the Nobel-winning Irish poet. Only he didn’t write it

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After year’s delay, CSIR’s Bhatnagar awards for 2022 announced

The winners of the 2022 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize awarded for Science and Technology were announced on Spetember 11, 2023.

The Guardian - UK

‘It redefined my values’: should you go on a year abroad?

Most universities now offer students opportunities to study, work and live abroad, no matter what course you’re studying.

The Guardian - UK

In forcing a U-turn on Horizon, scientists are showing that the flaws of Brexit can be overcome

Where science leads, British industry must speak with one voice to force politicians to re-establish vital links with the European Union

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Research and ethics

Academics face immense pressure to publish research papers to maintain their position and salary. This has led to a culture of rewards and recognition, where data is fabricated and ethical practices are disregarded. Research should be driven by social responsibility and creativity, not market forces. We must adopt sensible policies…

Evening Standard

British science still behind even after re-joining EU programme

It will take a “long time” for British science to recover its dominant position in Europe even after re-joining the EU’s £85 billion Horizon research programme, according to one expert in the field.

The Guardian - UK

UK’s years out of EU Horizon programme did ‘untold damage’, say scientists

Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since Brexit

The Guardian - UK

Horizon deal shows UK and EU can resolve issues, says Rishi Sunak

Prime minister hails deal as sign of restored trust and raises electric car tariffs as area for further agreement

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