NET score allowed for admissions to PhD in place of entrance test: UGC | Education

The University Grants Commission (UGC) in a public notice issued on Wednesday informed that the NET- score can be used by students for admission to Ph.D. programmes in place of entrance tests conducted by the different universities/HEIs. UGC also informed that for candidates who qualify in categories 2 and 3, 70% weightage will be given … Read more

All eyes are on the future of freshwater after a winter of record heat

Quirks and Quarks19:36Water, water, everywhere. But will we have enough to drink? After a winter that smashed heat records, researchers around the world are taking a close look at how human disturbances and the rapidly changing climate are affecting the world’s freshwater supply. “We’re reducing both water quantity and water quality,” says Katrina Moser, an associate professor … Read more

Woman Overcomes Teenage Pregnancy at 13 and Gets Her PhD The Same Day As Her Son

In 2013, the mother-son duo of Dr Vickie McBridge and Dr Maurice McBridge defied the odds when they graduated with PhDs at the same ceremony. Their journeys to the podium are a tale of awe-inspiring triumph against considerable setbacks, especially since Vickie was barely 13 when she gave birth to her son, Maurice. Born to … Read more

Colombian biologist bridging songbird research gap in Canada’s southernmost region

Nelsy Nino says she’s always found it amazing how birds communicate through sound. So much so that the Colombian biologist moved to Canada to study birds in the country’s southernmost region. “You can close your eyes, but you can’t close your ears,” said the University of Windsor international PhD student in the faculty of science. … Read more

IIM Kashipur Doctoral Program 2024 Admissions Begin, Last Date To Apply 31 March

Home Education Admission Alert: IIM Kashipur Doctoral Program 2024 Admissions Begin, Last Date To Apply 31 March The gender diversity percentage for the batch is 27.8% females and 72.2% males. Kashipur provides a wide range of fruitful areas for specialization under the Ph.D. program. (Image: Facebook/@IndianInstituteOfManagementKashipur) IIM Kashipur Doctoral Program 2024: Indian Institute of Management … Read more

This UBC grad has discovered thousands of likely planets across our cosmos

At 30 years old, Michelle Kunimoto already has more than 3,000 planet candidates under her belt. Inspired by science fiction and curiosity, the University of British Columbia astronomy graduate is passionate about searching for exoplanets — bodies orbiting stars outside our own solar system. She’s currently leading a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hunting for them. … Read more

Researchers used Hurricane Larry to prove ocean microplastics can be swept inland as air pollution

As Hurricane Larry lashed Newfoundland in 2021, university students from Halifax headed to a rural area in its track to find out whether the ocean might whip microplastics up into the atmosphere then transport them by air to otherwise pristine communities. The results, you could say, blew their socks off. “It was such, like, an astonishing result that we … Read more