Washington, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting chaired by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Atlanta on Friday, focussing on easing energy supply chains and advancing cooperation on shared economic and security challenges. EAM Jaishankar in US for G20 Foreign Ministers’ meet Jaishankar arrived in Atlanta … Read more
Dushanbe, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the entire “ecosystem of terrorism” must be firmly and collectively “dismantled”, underlining that there can be “no place” for those who finance, support, or shelter terrorists. Ecosystem of terrorism must be firmly and collectively ‘dismantled’: Rajnath Singh at SCO meet Addressing the SCO Council of Heads … Read more
Dhaka, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed will skip the first-ever meeting of home ministers of the BIMSTEC grouping in New Delhi, with a delegation led by a senior bureaucrat set to represent Dhaka amid strained ties between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh home minister to skip BIMSTEC meet in India amid strained ties Home Affairs Senior Secretary … Read more
Representative Image of hydrogels, charcoal briquettes, and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge logo in a collage (AI Generated Image) Twin eighth-graders from Riverside, California, have tested nine hydrogels in a project exploring whether a sprayable gel could help stop burned areas from reigniting after a wildfire. Brothers Henry and Jack Grover, students at … Read more
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The four leaders of US President Donald Trump’s AI task force are slated to meet on Thursday, task force vice chair Scott Kupor told Reuters, adding that he expects the full committee to convene next week as pressure builds on Washington to take action on AI. Trump’s AI task force … Read more
The national conference offered students an opportunity to exchange ideas with aspiring educators from across the country while attending workshops focused on recruitment, advocacy and issues affecting students and educators Returning to college after more than a decade away can be daunting enough. For Franz Lozano Jr., it became the beginning of an unexpected leadership … Read more
A Florida State University doctoral candidate is trying to tackle one of the most persistent classes of environmental contaminants with a technology designed not just to capture PFAS, but potentially destroy them. Kimberley Christopher, a doctoral candidate in Florida State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has developed a patent-pending plasma process that uses electrons … Read more
A Michigan man has been turning discarded bicycles into prosthetic legs while also teaching others how to make them, all for free. Ben Hogan, a former bike mechanic and prosthetist at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, founded Project Bike Legan initiative that makes prosthetics sourced almost entirely from repurposed bike parts. He hopes his low-cost … Read more
FBI Director Kash Patel and his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins are now engaged. The pair revealed in an announcement Sunday on social media. Alexis Wilkins is engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel. (X/ @AlexisWilkins) Wilkins posted a picture with Patel while showing off her new diamond ring. “Went and got the law involved,” she wrote. The … Read more
Bailey Quinn FrankPhoto credit: Society for science When Bailey Quinn Frank learned that scientists can identify species from genetic material left behind in the environment, she saw an opportunity to apply the same idea to public health. The eighth-grader from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale designed a simple air sampler using small fans and … Read more