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Modi government 'hell-bent' on killing scientific research in country, alleges Congress

Modi government is hell-bent to kill scientific research, Congress president Mallkarjun Kharge said alleging scientists at top research institutions having not received funds for this financial year

The Hindu

Explained | What is the National Research Foundation?

How will India’s National Research Foundation facilitate “ease of doing science”, particularly at a time when the nation’s gross domestic expenditure on research and development is too low compared to the U.S. & China? Binay Panda, a JNU professor in New Delhi, explains.

The Hindu

John Goodenough obituary

American materials chemist who won the Nobel prize for his role in the invention of the rechargeable lithium battery

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When Bengaluru’s peace activist E.P. Menon walked from Delhi to Washington 60 years ago

In this exclusive to The Hindu with Praveen Sudevan, author and peace activist E.P. Menon recalls his cross-border walk tour in 1962 with his friend Satish Kumar and talks about his concerns about the world.

The Hindu

British scientists can request grants if UK rejoins EU’s £85bn Horizon scheme

‘Expected’ return could help retain scientists and researchers lost after grants were cancelled in Brexit row

The Guardian - UK

Visva-Bharati hits out at Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, calls him ‘a migrant traveller’

The Santiniketan-based Visva-Bharati has issued a press release criticising — without naming him — Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, whom the university accuses of being in illegal possession of its land.

The Hindu

K.S. Babai, secretary of Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, passes away aged 81

K.S. Babai, secretary of Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College, passed away on Thursday. She was 81. Her sister, K.S. Lakshmi, is the secretary of Meenakshi College for Women.

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Sunak ‘concerned’ over price tag of rejoining EU science research scheme

The Prime Minister is seeking ‘value for money’ and is still considering a UK-based alternative to the collaboration scheme, said No 10.

The Independent UK

Paul Krugman Smacks Down ‘Recession Truthers’ Led By Elon Musk As ‘Crypto Cultists’

Economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman revealed he had no soft corners for an emerging group he calls “recession truthers,” following a decline in inflationary pressure over the past year

Zenger

UK ‘agrees deal’ to rejoin EU’s £81bn science programme after being locked out for years

Britain has been locked out of the £81 billion scheme since Brexit – amid warnings it will damage competitiveness

The Independent UK

UK edges closer to rejoining EU’s £85bn Horizon science programme

Talks on returning as an associate member after Brexit row are close to agreement, say diplomatic sources

The Guardian - UK

Scientists, academicians write to IISc. Director expressing dismay over UAPA discussion

The discussion was to be led by Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita, activists who participated in the movement against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

The Hindu

Thornhill scientist honoured with a top prize

Dr Stephen Wallace, who now lives in Edinburgh, has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Norman Heatley Award in recognition of brilliance in research and innovation.

Daily Record

John Goodenough, a Nobel Prize-winning co-creator of the revolutionary lithium battery, dies at 100

John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100

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Why It Matters | Scams in scientific publishing

An email has allegedly accused a data scientist of being an instrumental part of a research paper publication scam

The Guardian - UK

Nobel prize winner Giorgio Parisi: ‘There’s a lack of trust in science – we need to show how it’s done’

The Italian physicist puts the fiendishly tricky theory of complex systems in terms of birds and bus rides, as his new book aims to make his branch of science accessible to all

Space

A 79-year-old mathematician may have just solved an infinite dimension puzzle that's vexed theorists for decades

Mathematician Per Enflo, who solved a huge chunk of the 'invariant subspaces problem' decades ago, may have just finished his work.

The Hindu

Gulbarga University to hold 41st annual convocation on June 19

As many as 72 students will share 165 gold medals and 15 students will receive cash prizes at the 41st annual convocation of Gulbarga University on Monday

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Wembley school where pupils speak 31 languages shortlisted for World’s Best School prize

Barham primary school was in the top 10 for ‘community collaboration’ in recognition of the work it does to foster strong relationships with parents

The Conversation

Folbigg pardon: science is changing rapidly, and the law needs to change with it

US defence lawyer Alan Dershowitz once said:

The Guardian - UK

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa says research by Oxford institute can be used against reporters

Exclusive: methodology used by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism risks undermining media in global south, says Ressa

The Hindu

Has a mathematician solved the ‘invariant subspace problem’? And what does that even mean?

A new paper purports to contain the final piece of a mathematical jigsaw puzzle: the invariant subspace problem

Reason

No First Amendment Academic Freedom Right to Give Quizzes in Public University Class

From Fass v. Benson, decided Wednesday by the Texas Court of Appeals (Dallas), in an opinion by Justice Erin Nowell, joined by Justices Robbie Partida-Kipness and Nancy Kennedy: Professor Fass is a tenured professor of public policy and affairs at UTD [University of Texas Dallas]. For the past thirty years,…

Bangkok Post

Youngsters to meet Shaw Prize winners

The inaugural Hong Kong Laureate forum will be held in November, with more than 20 Shaw Prize scientists set to exchange research and ideas with about 200 young scientists from 30 countries, including Thailand.

The Hindu

Data | China overtakes the U.S. in scientific research output

While there has been dispute over the best metrics with which to judge the quality of research output, China seems to be rising to the top in all of them

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