Diagnosing lung cancer could become as easy as inhaling nanoparticle sensors and then taking a urine test that reveals whether a tumor is present, according to an Indian-origin engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.
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Sun Pharma clinches $30 million deal for 16.7% stake in US firm
India’s Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Monday, Dec 18 that it has agreed to acquire a 16.7 percent stake in US company Lyndra Therapeutics Inc for $30 million.
Lyndra Therapeutics, based in Massachusetts, is engaged in the business of developing novel delivery technology for long-acting oral (LAO) therapies.
Indian-origin Anuradha Palakurthi to sing climate theme song at COP 28’s Resonance Climate Concert
Anuradha Palakurthi, a noted Indian playback singer, will be one of the featured singers at the COP 28 Resonance Climate Concert. She runs JuJu Productions, is the serving chairperson of MIT’s Heritage Arts of South Asia (MITHAS) and co-hosts a weekly Radio Music India show on WLYN 1360 that educates and entertains listeners on the Carnatic & Hindustani classical roots of Indian Film music.
Two Indian American students among MIT’s 13 Takeda Fellows for 2023-24
Two Indian American students of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been chosen with 11 other graduate student fellows as Takeda fellows for the 2023-24 school year.
Indian-origin computer scientist and FTP pioneer Abhay Bhushan inducted into Internet Hall of Fame
Indian-origin computer scientist Abhay Bhushan, the author of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) who played a significant role in the development of the Internet by pioneering early architecture models that influenced Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and early e-mail standards, has been selected for the 2023 Internet Hall of Fame.
Jason Ma: How to handle college admission rejections
The current college admissions season is coming to a close, and the decisions started arriving for Class of 2027 freshman applicants. Congratulations to those who have been admitted! This article provides some words of comfort or wisdom for all the applicants who experience their share of college acceptances and denials when regular decisions come out from around mid-March to early April.
Indian-origin MIT professor awarded 2023 Marconi prize
Indian-origin professor Hari Balakrishnan has been awarded the 2023 Marconi prize for his fundamental discoveries in wired and wireless networking, mobile sensing, and distributed systems.
Indian-American MIT scholar applies for Twitter CEO post
Indian-American V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, who “invented email” when he was just 14, has expressed interest in taking up the position of Twitter CEO after Elon Musk said that he wishes to step down from the post.
Google Search hit highest-ever traffic in 25 years as Messi dazzled: Sundar Pichai
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday said that Google Search logged its highest-ever traffic in 25 years of its existence during the nail-biting FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, December 18.
5 Indian-Americans selected for Rhodes Scholarship 2023
Five Indian-American students have been selected from a pool of 840 applicants to join the ranks of Rhodes Scholars Class of 2023.
Indian American Assemblymember in California Ash Kalra supports UC academic workers’ strike
Indian American Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a Democrat who is also the chairperson of the State Assembly’s Labor and Employment Committee told indica that he will support University of California (UC) Academic Workers. The University of California university workers are on strike from November 14, impacting over 48,000 academic workers.
Harvard, MIT sue Trump administration over student visa rules: Report
Two universities, Harvard and MIT, have filed a lawsuit Wednesday to prevent the United States government from enforcing the new student visa rules, according to a report in The Harvard Crimson.
Indian engineers at MIT to develop open-source, low-cost ventilator for US
indica News Bureau- One of the most pressing shortages facing hospitals during the COVID-19 emergency is a lack of ventilators. These machines can keep patients breathing when they no longer can on their own, and they can cost around $30,000 each. Now, a rapidly assembled volunteer team of engineers, physicians, computer scientists, and others, centered […]
65 US varsities contest Trump’s visa changes
indica News Bureau – Top US Universities like Harvard and MIT have contested the Trump administration’s new stringent visa policy for foreign students in a court. As many as 65 universities have warned that the Department of Homeland Security’s new ‘backdating’ rule will likely result in fewer international students, scholars, and instructors contributing to […]