• Mon, March 17, 2025

by: Forbes

Current Climate: The EPA's Radical, Un-Republican Shift

In this week's Current Climate newsletter, EPA's radical break with Republican history; a climate-friendly digital bank's troubled tale; decarbonization challenges ahead

by: abc27

Cumberland Co. student wins Central Pennsylvania Spelling Bee for second consecutive year

A Cumberland County middle school student won the Central Pennsylvania Spelling Bee for the second consecutive year and will advance to the Scripps National

by: ISACA

Will MFA Redefine Cyberdefense in the 21 st Century

MFA has the potential to revolutionize cyberdefense in the 21st century. There is value to be gained from delving into its benefits, limitations, and the possibilities it offers when integrated with emerging technologies.

by: UPI

Firefly Areospace's Blue Ghost commercial moonlander completes two-week mission

After the first successful commercial moon landing, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost completed its first mission two weeks in.

by: IFLScience

A New Way To Detect Pacific Earthquakes Using Deep-Sea Cables Shows Groundbreaking Results

The Southern Cross NEXT is a 15,857-kilometre (9,853-mile) network of submarine cables that links Sydney and Auckland, as well as Los Angeles and the Pacific Islands of Fiji, Tokelau, and Kiribati. Using fiber-optic cables, it provides high-capacity broadband internet connectivity between this part of the Pacific.

by: NextBigFuture

Tricking Waymo, Cruise and Tesla Driving Systems

Youtuber Mark Rober made a video sponsored by Luminar Lidar (valuation about $170M-200 Million) which used a large billboard sized picture of the road ahead

by: CNET

How to Calculate How Many Solar Panels You Need to Charge Your EV

You can harness the power of the sun's rays to charge your electric vehicle. Here's how many solar panels you'll need to do it.

by: InsideNoVa

Construction underway on Northern Virginia Science Center in Loudoun County

Plans for the Northern Virginia Science Center are steadily coming to fruition, as the start of construction on the new site near Dulles was announced last week. The science center is expected to draw over 300,

by: PopCrush

Did You Know a 'Butt Load' Is an Actual Measurement?

by: GlobalData

CASIT to join forces with academic centres for academic hub launch

Center for Advanced Surgical & Interventional Technology (CASIT) in the US has announced the establishment of a Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHIP) academic hub in collaboration with over 24 academic and industrial centres.

by: Vox

Trump's attacks on higher ed could provide a chance to reimagine the university

As a result, when well-resourced STEM departments fall, they take humanities down with them. And when graduate programs downsize, universities lose the PhD students that keep research and undergraduate education afloat. And without grad student labor, the whole academic system crumbles.

by: Insider

I work at a leading quantum lab: Here are the qualifications recruiters in the field are looking for

Yaad Oren is a managing director at one of the world's largest tech companies. He explained what recruiters in quantum computing are looking for.

by: Nature

What's in store for US science as funding bill averts government shutdown

Spending on research, including at the NIH, will see modest cuts this year. But the threat of big reductions in future remain.

by: Variety

Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies 'Exploit' Copyrighted Works

More than 400 Hollywood creative leaders urged the Trump White House to not roll back copyright protections at the behest of AI companies.

by: CNN

History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first "fully successful" commercial operation on the moon.

by: MyJoyOnline

Court receives amended charge sheet, autopsy report in KNUST murder case

The prosecution handling the murder case of Miss Joana Deladem Yabani has submitted an amended charge sheet and an autopsy report to the court, marking a key development in the ongoing trial.

by: GeekWire

Portal Space Systems opens its doors for a sneak preview of solar propulsion system

Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems shows off the lab where its solar thermal propulsion system will be developed.

by: GeekWire

Sen. Cantwell pushes for 'technology NATO' as one way to counter China rather than tariffs

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) speaks alongside National Foreign Trade Council President Demetrios Marantis at a Washington Council of International

by: Variety

CPH:DOX Chief and Head of Industry on Their Program, Standing Up for Values and Sticking Together (EXCLUSIVE)

More than 355 decision-makers and 90 broadcasters/platforms have signed up for the major documentary industry showcase.

by: CNN

Firefly's Blue Ghost lander finishes historic mission, meeting '100%' of objectives

Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced the conclusion of its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, declaring it the first "fully successful" commercial operation on the moon.
  • Tue, March 18, 2025

by: Bisnow

Bay Area Life Sciences Conference

Bay Area life sciences conference will cover the factors behind stabilizing supply and demand for lab space, biotech growth, funding, tenant needs, flexible and sustainable lab spaces, and the growth of the Peninsula market.

by: cnbctv18

IIT Madras, ISRO launch Fluid And Thermal Science Research Centre

The centre will serve as a hub for research in heat transfer, cooling systems, and fluid dynamics, with ISRO scientists collaborating with IIT Madras faculty and researchers.

by: Moneycontrol

Karnataka bets big on emerging tech: Bengaluru to host Quantum Summit

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has said Quantum Research Park Phase-2 will be set up with a grant of Rs 48 crore over the next three years in collaboration with IISc, Bengaluru

by: NDTV

IIT JAM Results 2025 To Be Out Soon, Check Details

Delhi will announce the Joint Admissions Test (JAM) 2025 results soon. Students who appeared in the IIT JAM exam will be able to check the results by visiting the official website, jam2025.iitd.ac.in,

by: Gizmodo

Tesla's Self-Driving Fails the Wile E. Coyote Test

At the risk of spoiling the video for you, the Tesla leaves a cartoonishly large hole in the wall after Autopilot plows right through the thing at about 40 miles per hour.

by: CNN

Satellites powered by solid metal could one day use space junk for fuel

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat to fuel source.

by: Insider

31 of the top defense tech venture capitalists to know

A new wave of techno-optimist patriotism and rising geopolitical tensions are driving more venture capital investing to defense tech startups.

by: Sciencing

The Rare Shark Species That Will Outlive Us All

The mysterious Greenland shark has an unusually long lifespan, and scientists are beginning to think they finally know why.

by: onmanorama

Central University of Kerala gets first science-background Vice-Chancellor in Prof Siddu Algur

Prof Siddu Payappa Algur is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Kerala (CUK), Kasaragod

by: Yahoo

400 Hollywood Creatives Push Back on OpenAI and Google's Calls to Train AI on Copywritten Material

Celebrities including Ron Howard, Cate Blanchett, Cynthia Erivo and Paul McCartney submitted a letter to a White House office stating "America's global AI leadership must not come at the expense of our essential creative industries.

by: Astronomy

Inside radioisotope generators, the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft

How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last for decades.

by: KSTP

Stuck astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are finally on their way back to Earth

NASA's two stuck astronauts are finally on their way home after more than nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams left the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule early Tuesday,

by: TAG24

Hollywood stars urge Trump to protect film and TV from AI

Hundreds of Hollywood stars have urged Donald Trump's White House to protect film, TV, and music copyrights against big tech and artificial intelligence.

by: SciTechDaily

Physicists Bend Time Inside a Diamond, Creating a Brand-New Phase of Matter

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter known as "time crystals" and the even more advanced "time quasicrystals." Thes

by: pix11

Newark 16 and 17-year-olds prepare to vote in April school board election

A celebratory atmosphere inside the gym at Newark School of Data Science and Information Technology, as students ages 16 and 17 registered to vote in their school

by: NextBigFuture

Astronauts Return Safely on SpaceX Dragon

Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov have returned on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

by: PCMag

Nvidia Teams Up With Harvard, MIT to Supercharge Quantum Computing With AI

A new Boston-based facility will bring together researchers and Nvidia's latest GB200 NVL72 rack-scale hardware to achieve 'accelerated quantum supercomputing.'

by: MSN

How circulation patterns of surface currents could help clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A study published in Ocean Science has analyzed surface currents as observed from satellites to identify regions that—due to their circulation patterns—attract objects drifting nearby into large garbage patches. "With this information, we can let the ...

by: Newsweek

Our Universe Was Born With 'Anti-Universe' Twin, Claims Physicist

Theoretical physicists James Hartle and Stephen Hawking, for example, proposed that rather than having a strict beginning as we would understand it, the universe evolved out of a "no-boundary" state in which time and space were intertwined.

by: NextBigFuture

SpaceX Crew Dragon Returning With Stranded Astonauts

The SpaceX Crew Dragon has undocked from the Space Station. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have donned SpaceX spacesuits ahead of their return to Earth on board Dragon.

by: Newsweek

Mind and Machine: David Eagleman on What the Brain Can Teach Us About AI

Having dedicated his career to understanding human brains, Eagleman shared his perspective in Newsweek's AI Impact interview series with Marcus Weldon.

by: CNET

The Weirdest New Smart Home Appliances You Can Actually Buy

Weird doesn't mean bad. Here are some of our favorite strange new smart home appliances you can actually buy right now.

by: Reuters

South Korea keen to avoid impact on US cooperation after 'sensitive' country designation

South Korea's acting president urged ministries on Monday to work with the U.S. to avoid any negative impact on science, technology and energy cooperation after the U.S. Department of Energy designated South Korea a 'sensitive' country.

by: Moneycontrol

IIT JAM Result 2025 out today @ jam2025.iitd.ac.in, direct link here

Delhi is scheduled to announce the results of the Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM) 2025 today, March 18, 2025.

by: cnbctv18

ISRO Kulasekarapattinam spaceport will see first SSLV launch in 2027

The state-of-the-art research Centre, housed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will focus on critical advancements in spacecraft and launch vehicle thermal management — a key area for India's expanding space ambitions.

by: NextBigFuture

GTC March 2025 NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Keynote

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's GTC 2025 keynote describes AI advances and reaching $1 trillion per year for AI data centers.

by: Newsweek

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks passing the planet this week. The asteroid, known as "2025 DU25," will zip past at a distance of approximately 692,000 miles, according to NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

by: NextBigFuture

NVIDIA Omniverse Provides Simulation and Optimization of AI Data Centers

Nvidia AI and simulation is used for faster and more profitable AI data centers.

Trump's attacks on higher ed could provide a chance to reimagine the university

As a result, when well-resourced STEM departments fall, they take humanities down with them. And when graduate programs downsize, universities lose the PhD students that keep research and undergraduate education afloat. And without grad student labor, the whole academic system crumbles.
The article from Vox discusses the impact of funding cuts on PhD programs, particularly focusing on the case of Columbia University. It highlights how the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts to education could exacerbate the already precarious situation for PhD students. At Columbia, these cuts have led to reduced stipends, increased teaching loads, and diminished support for research. The piece also touches on the broader implications for academia, where the lack of funding not only affects current students but also deters potential PhD candidates due to the financial instability and job market uncertainties. The article argues that these cuts could lead to a decline in the quality of research and education, potentially stifling innovation and intellectual growth in the U.S.

Read the Full Vox Article at:
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/403869/trump-university-funding-cuts-columbia-phd