Tag: Harvard

Harvard-backed startup develops EV battery tech with over 10K cycles

Harvard University has now granted the business a technological licence to scale its cutting-edge lithium-metal battery technology for commercial use.

September 3, 2022

Glory be…

The Academy has underlined the fact that “as a result of one of their studies, more than 5 million Indian children have benefitted from programmes of remedial tutoring in schools.”

October 16, 2019

Gaining a competitive edge

Economics, Management and Finance (EMF) graduates have rigorous training in doing just that, and this gives them a competitive edge, making them highly sought after by eminent employers. 

July 2, 2019

Editing genes like alphabets

The journal, Nature, has selected David R Liu, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, as the first of the 10 people who mattered in 2017. Liu has “developed gene-editing tools that are new to nature, and that could one day save lives”, says the write-up in the journal. In October 2017, the...

January 3, 2018

With billboard-style illustrations, ABC Desi alphabet book has distinctly Indian flavour

Here’s a typical case of necessity being the mother of invention. For 12 years, Priti Paul, who heads the 43,000-strong Apeejay Surrendra Group, searched in vain for the ideal alphabet book for children but found they lacked an Indian flavour. So, she thought why not write one and illustrate it in the manner of billboard...

August 25, 2017

US to probe Harvard’s admission process: Report

The US Justice Department will probe allegations against the prestigious Harvard University that the Ivy League institution discriminates against Asian- American applicants in its admission process. The allegations were levelled in 2015 against the university by a coalition of 64 Asian-American groups, including four Indian-American organisations. The New York Times reported that the Trump administration...

August 3, 2017

New form of matter developed

Harvard scientists, including one of Indian origin, have created a new form of matter – dubbed a time crystal – which could offer important insights into the mysterious behaviour of quantum systems. Crystals – like salt, sugar or even diamonds – are simply periodic arrangements of atoms in a three-dimensional lattice. Time crystals, on the...

April 19, 2017