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'No Americans qualified': University of Michigan faces heat over $75,000 H-1B techie roles; critics question hiring of foreign workersH1-B row: The University of Michigan has sparked an online storm over H-1B visa job postings for tech roles. Independent journalist Chris B...
A termite pesticide banned in 1988 is still turning up in wildlife; researchers found toxic brain levels in nearly half the sick skunks they examined near DetroitA banned pesticide, chlordane, used for termite control, is causing severe neurological damage and death in urban skunks, according to new ...
In 1828, Friedrich Wöhler heated a simple chemical salt, and accidentally changed organic chemistry foreverIn 1828, Friedrich Wöhler made a groundbreaking discovery. He synthesized urea, an organic compound, from inorganic materials in his lab. T...
The monk who became a nuclear physicist: This Swami spent a decade in the Himalayas, then went to Europe and the US to study physicsAndhra University celebrates its centenary. The life of Swami Jnanananda is being remembered. He renounced ordinary life for spiritual purs...
US Education Department opens foreign funding probe into University of MichiganThe U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into the University of Michigan, citing “inaccurate and incomplete disclosur...
US lawmakers probe University of Michigan over Chinese nationals accused in agroterrorism fungus smuggling caseUS Congress is investigating the University of Michigan. The probe focuses on research ties to Chinese nationals. These individuals are acc...
What is the Chinese fungus, and how dangerous is it? U.S. says it stopped plan to bring pathogen to MichiganA Chinese scientist and his girlfriend are facing federal charges for allegedly smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a toxic fungus, into the U....
Weaponised fungus: From liver to reproductive harm, here’s what China’s bioweapon could have wreaked havoc onTwo Chinese nationals, Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, face charges in the US for allegedly smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a dangerous fungu...
‘Agroterrorism’: Chinese scientist arrested for smuggling deadly fungus into USTwo Chinese nationals have been charged by the US for smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a fungus classified as a potential agroterrorism weap...
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...
Vitamin D deficiency can be more fatal than you think. 60% of suicidal people lack vitamin DLow vitamin D levels are linked to increased depression and suicidal behavior, according to a Michigan State University report. Testing for...
When a watermark & historian's 'spidey sense' unearthed forged Galileo treasureThe treasured manuscript "is in fact a 20th-century forgery."
From the image of a black hole to 'artificial embryos', 2019 was the year of many firsts in scienceThere were many firsts in the micro world of laboratories too.
Three Indian-American researchers named MRS fellowsThree Indian-American researchers are among 14 people named as fellows of the US-based Materials Research Society.
Four Indian-Americans selected to US National Academy of EngineeringFour Indian-Americans have been selected to the prestigious US NAE to be part of its new list of 80 members for their valuable contribution...
Women should 'man up' for male-dominated fieldsThe study refutes that women who emphasise counter-stereotypical traits might face a backlash for not conforming to expected gender roles.
University of Michigan inks tie-ups with NCAER and AIIMSThe five-year MoU between NCAER and the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center (SRC) is aimed at promoting collaborative survey re...
- China-US ink deals worth USD 13 bn to boost energy cooperation
China and US made a flurry of deals worth about USD 13 billion to boost their cooperation in the field of clean energy, coinciding with the...
A very simple creation storyScientists rubbish the creationists' argument about the origin of life, and human beings in particular, along two fronts: the practical and...
- NRI scripts acquisition success story
The gritty story of O R Thanedar is a study in perseverance and the entrepreneurial spirit of the NRI.