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He made a work presentation that morning: Family of Bangladeshi-origin AI scientist seeks probe into Irfan Al-Hussaini’s July death in Palo Alto, says something is not adding up

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He made a work presentation that morning: Family of Bangladeshi-origin AI scientist seeks probe into Irfan Al-Hussaini's July death in Palo Alto, says something is not adding up

Irfan al-hussaini and his wife Fabia Farlin Athena at their degree event at Georgia Tech. (Photo: Georgia Tech/Linkedin) 32-year-old Irfan Al-Hussaini died on July 30 in a hospital eight days after he was found unconscious in his Pao Alto apartment which the cops so far called suicide. Now, his family is seeking a detailed probe, … Read more

Meet Indian-origin scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan, the first Indian American named for the National Academy of Engineering’s Arthur M. Bueche Award

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Meet Indian-origin scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan, the first Indian American named for the National Academy of Engineering's Arthur M. Bueche Award

He is the first Indian American to receive the Arthur M. Bueche Award in its more than 40-year history In 1969, eight-year-old Sethuraman Panchanathan stood in a queue outside the American Center in Chennai with his father and hundreds of others. They had come to see rocks brought back from the Moon during the Apollo … Read more

India-born scientist named dean of University of Texas nursing school

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India-born scientist named dean of University of Texas nursing school

Houston, India-born scientist Kavita Radhakrishnan has been named the fifth dean of the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, the university said. India-born scientist named dean of University of Texas nursing school Radhakrishnan, who holds the Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing, took charge as dean on September 1 after serving as interim … Read more

A Michigan scientist buried seeds in 20 glass bottles in 1879; 142 years later, some still grew, and the experiment is set to run until 2100

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A Michigan scientist buried seeds in 20 glass bottles in 1879; 142 years later, some still grew, and the experiment is set to run until 2100

Michigan State University botanist William James Beal buried 20 glass bottles filled with seeds In 1879, Michigan State University botanist William James Beal buried 20 glass bottles filled with seeds and sand in an effort to answer a deceptively simple question: how long could seeds remain dormant in the soil and still grow when conditions … Read more

Meet Aniket Sarkar: The 13-year-old 3M Young Scientist who built a low-cost system to capture water from dry air for farmers

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Meet Aniket Sarkar: The 13-year-old 3M Young Scientist who built a low-cost system to capture water from dry air for farmers

PC: 3M Young Scientist Lab Dry air is not completely without water. There is moisture suspended in the atmosphere even when rainfall is scarce, and 13-year-old Aniket Sarkar wanted to find out whether some of it could be recovered for agriculture. His idea led to a low-cost atmospheric water capture system built with ordinary materials, … Read more