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Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education Rajan Sawhney announced a commitment of $55 million over three years to build the seven-floor structure. The university’s science dean said the building would be designed to encourage multidisciplinary collaboration, have incubator space, and allow industry to come in and work alongside the researchers.
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2 years ago Read more at Global News

Feng “Frank” Xiao has been recognized with an Excellence in Review Award from Environmental Science & Technology. The award recognizes scientists who perform peer review in their area of expertise to a consistently high standard. From a pool of 7350 reviewers, 54 individuals (0.73%) have been recognized.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Missouri College of Engineering

India has made substantial progress in enhancing women’s enrolment in STEM education, from 37% in 2010–11 to an impressive 43% in 2021–22. It’s encouraging to see that women in India have effectively shattered the so-called ‘bro code’ in mathematics classrooms.
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2 years ago Read more at Deccan Herald

Europa Clipper carries a triangular metal plate designed to symbolize Earth's profound connection to the enigmatic moon. It exhibits evidence of a subsurface ocean beneath its icy exterior, containing more than double the water found in all of Earth's oceans combined. This microchip, a nod to Nasa's "Message in a Bottle's campaign, will be integrated into an illustration.
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2 years ago Read more at The Times of India

Ramco’s AI and analytics team has successfully addressed challenges ranging from warehouse process optimisation to user personalisation. Over the past five years, the team has developed and implemented chatbots using traditional NLP techniques and is now upgrading them with LLMs for enhanced capabilities. The selected candidates will play a crucial role in the founding team, establishing processes and procedures that will guide future generations.
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2 years ago Read more at Analytics India Magazine

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University documented in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, in a mouse model. The technique relies upon transferring the nucleus of a skin cell into a donated egg that has been removed. It could be used by women of advanced maternal age or those who are unable to produce viable eggs due to previous treatment for cancer or other causes.
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2 years ago Read more at Medical Xpress

Grade 6 and 7 class from McBride Centennial Elementary School presented their science fair projects to classmates, other students, as well as members of the public. Some of the students learned how the salinity of water affects its density (Wyatt), how plants and animals react to sounds in their environments (Mykayla), Eli explored the world of homemade bottle rockets using hairspray and a spark.
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2 years ago Read more at The Rocky Mountain Goat

The current statistics are not heartening, and we need new approaches to getting women into data. As machines influence decision-making, we need women at the table. The World Economic Forum Global Gender report estimated that around 5-22% of the profession is female.
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2 years ago Read more at IT Brief Australia

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb scoured the Pacific seafloor last summer in search for debris from a meteor that had exploded in a fireball on Jan. 8, 2014. Based on its astonishing speed, he suspected the object came from beyond our solar system — and might even be evidence of alien technology. But reanalysis of seismic data now suggests he may have been looking for the meteor remnants in the wrong place. Aliens are a tough sell among scientists these days even if they are
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

UC Merced’s NSF-funded CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM) hosted the event as part of the seven-week Mother Daughter Science Camp. The sessions took place in a lab in the Biomedical Sciences and Physics Building. Participants learn about different fields and associated careers. Experiences like the science camp can spark new interests and understandings.
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2 years ago Read more at University of California, Merced