Students or spies? How China infiltrated US universitiesThe United States will revoke visas of Chinese students linked to the Chinese Communist Party or studying sensitive subjects. This action f...
29 May, 2025, 06.11 PM IST
Donald Trump wants to take $3 billion of Harvard University and give it away to trade schoolsPresident Trump is considering redirecting $3 billion in grant money from Harvard University to trade schools across the country. This acti...
26 May, 2025, 07.04 PM IST
Inside the multi-agency attack Trump unleashed on Harvard UniversityThe Trump administration has launched a multifaceted campaign against Harvard University, encompassing investigations, funding cuts, and po...
23 May, 2025, 10.14 PM IST
US NIH reverses conference travel ban for scientistsThe U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted a ban restricting scientists from attending conferences and meetings, reversing a p...
11 Apr, 2025, 07.49 AM IST
Who is Jay Bhattacharya, US' new National Institutes of Health directorDr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor against Covid lockdowns, is set for a Senate confirmation hearing to lead NIH. His nomination is...
10 Mar, 2025, 12.56 PM IST
Does Donald Trump's 'transgender mice' claim have teeth? Govt report reveals 'real' spending figures on Biden's experimentsDonald Trump claimed in his Congress address that the government spent $8 million "making mice transgender," prompting laughter and controv...
06 Mar, 2025, 09.16 PM IST
DOGE slashes research funds to private medical sector, scientists warn China could snatch America’s brightest mindsThe policy has faced legal challenges, with a federal judge temporarily blocking it, as reported by news agencies, leaving some universitie...
22 Feb, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
Democratic-led states sue to block Trump research funding cutsDemocratic attorneys general from 22 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging cuts to NIH funding for research i...
11 Feb, 2025, 08.51 AM IST
Trump's DEI order leaves academic researchers fearing for political influence over grantsPresident Trump's crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives raises concerns among researchers, including Kendra Dahmer, who...
08 Feb, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
These universities in the U.S may be in the line of fire as Trump may withhold massive research grants; here's the listThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to withhold significant NIH research grants from universities accused of lacking "academic ...
09 Dec, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
Scientists find new clue to prevent heart attacks and develop treatmentNew research suggests that scar-forming cells in the scar tissue of an injured heart may play a role in creating disturbances in heart rhyt...
29 Sep, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
Dr Subhash Babu, first Indian scientist to be awarded Bailey K. Ashford MedalThe American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) is the world's largest scientific organization in tropical medicine, and the ...
08 Nov, 2022, 12.27 PM IST
Kamala Harris's first job was to clean glassware in mother's laboratoryShyamala Gopalan Harris was a breast cancer researcher who died of cancer in 2009.
27 Jan, 2021, 05.53 PM IST
US health department wants ayurveda cures for cancer documentedSeveral issues pertaining to traditional medicine, especially ayurveda, were discussed at the meeting and the expression of interest to doc...
18 Oct, 2016, 11.32 AM IST
Rutgers University appoints Jasjit Ahluwalia as Dean of School of Public HealthAn eminent Indian-origin researcher and academician has been appointed as dean of the public health school at the prestigious Rutgers Unive...
21 Jan, 2015, 10.39 AM IST
- Obama says $5 bn in grants will aid medical research
Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants on Wednesday to figh...
30 Sep, 2009, 10.35 PM IST
- Legislation on intellectual property to scientists
Indian government plans to introduce a new US-type legislation to promote innovation and flexibility in the country's universities where sc...
10 Sep, 2006, 03.45 PM IST