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US Revokes Student Visa Rule After Legal Challenge By Top Universities

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 15, 2020

The United States government rescinded its controversial decision to revoke foreign student visas whose courses move online due to coronavirus, a federal judge said Tuesday.

3M, MIT Partner To Make Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Test

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 14, 2020

US industrial conglomerate 3M Co has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a rapid antigen test for COVID-19, the company said on Tuesday.

MIT, Cambridge Have Opted For It: UGC Defends Exam Decision

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Wednesday July 8, 2020

Top ranking universities of the world have opted for the final exams to be done remotely, said the higher education regulator UGC while defending its decision to hold final year examinations in Indian universities by September-end.

Harvard, MIT Sue Trump Administration Over Student Visa Row

World News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday July 9, 2020

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have sued the Trump administration over its order to strip international college students of their US visas and deport them if their courses go entirely online because of the coronavirus.

IBM Scientist Rajiv Joshi Bags Inventor of the Year Award for Improving AI Capabilities

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 26, 2020

In his acceptance speech, Dr. Joshi said that cloud, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing not only remain the buzzwords, but their utility, widespread usage is advancing with leaps and bounds.

Amazon's Livestreaming Platform Twitch Announces Safety Advisory Council

Reuters | Friday May 15, 2020

The council includes Dr. Sameer Hinduja, the co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, sociologist TL Taylor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) whose research focuses on online gaming, Alex Holmes, the deputy CEO at UK-based youth charity The Diana Award, and Emma Llansó, the director of the Center for Democracy and Technol...

Ventilator From Old Car Parts? Afghan Girls Pursue Prototype

Associated Press | Monday April 20, 2020

Afghanistan’s prize-winning girls' robotics team say they’re on a life-saving mission — to build a ventilator from used car parts and help their war-stricken country battle the virus.

US University Develops COVID-19 Tracker Using Apple's "Find My" Feature

World News | ANI | Friday April 10, 2020

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have built a system for tracing contacts of COVID-19 patients while preserving the privacy of an individual.

New Scientific Breakthrough Aims to Turn Wi-Fi Signals Into Usable Power

Vineet Washington | Thursday April 2, 2020

A new scientific breakthrough achieved by physicists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could allow household appliances to be powered by the direct current produced using terahertz waves on day.

MIT Team Develops a Low-Cost Ventilator in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak

Aman Rashid | Monday March 30, 2020

A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a low-cost ventilator design to curb the shortage of ventilators worldwide.

Indian-origin Scientist Developing Robots With Human-like Ability In US

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday March 7, 2020

Humanoids or robots are in news for taking up certain chores like in restaurants or as cleaners but researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are now working on robots that can learn new tasks solely by observing humans.

'Space Unites Us': First Iranian-American Astronaut Was Gunship Pilot

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday January 12, 2020

Jasmin "Jaws" Moghbeli earned her fierce nickname during her time as a decorated helicopter gunship pilot who flew more than 150 missions in Afghanistan. The Marine Corps major, MIT graduate and college basketball player can now add another accomplishment to her burgeoning resume: the first Iranian-American astronaut.

Abhijit Banerjee Lauds Delhi Government Schools For Outperforming Private Peers

Education | Press Trust of India | Saturday January 11, 2020

The comments from the MIT professor, whose work on poverty alleviation won him the coveted Nobel Prize recently, come weeks ahead of the Delhi polls.

What MIT Students, Teachers Said On India's Citizenship Law Protests

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday December 26, 2019

The "enormity" of the new citizenship law and the citizens' list NRC combined will "irrevocably redefine Indian citizenship", wrote over 130 students, faculty, staff and alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as they expressed solidarity with the student protests that have erupted across India.

MIT Scientists Develops 1st Laser Ultrasound, Not Requiring Body Contact

Science | Pres Trust of India | Tuesday December 24, 2019

MIT scientists have developed a new ultrasound technique that does not require contact with the body to see inside a patient, an advance that may help remotely image and assess health of infants, burn victims, and accident survivors in hard-to-reach places.