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ExoMars Space Programme Needs an Extra 400 Million Euros

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MOM has completed a revolution around Mars, ISRO scientist says

Times of India - ‎14 hours ago‎
Aurangabad: Stating that country's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, has completed one revolution around the Red Planet, Ritu Karidhal, deputy operation director of Bengaluru-based MOM ISRO Satellite Centre said studies based on ...

New Frontiers: To the Moon

Deccan Chronicle - ‎13 hours ago‎
The first private company in the world is going to the Moon. And here's what we need to know. Nasa's EM drive propulsion tech will propel us to the Moon in four hours.

Space Food: NASA Developing High Calorie Bars For Deep Space Missions

International Business Times - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
DeepSpaceFoodBar To help reduce the amount of supplies Orion will carry for its crew, scientists are developing a variety of food bars that astronauts can eat for breakfast during their spaceflight missions.

Wildlife expert for creating 'second home' for Sangai

Assam Tribune - ‎13 hours ago‎
IMPHAL, Nov 26 - Noted wildlife expert Dr MK Ranjitsinh, who had drafted the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972, has expressed the immediate need of a second home of the Eld's deer locally known as Sangai in Manipur.

Climate change: Arctic lost nearly 95% of its old ice since 1984

Hindustan Times - ‎2 hours ago‎
Ice floats in the Arctic near Svalbard, Norway. September Arctic sea ice is now declining at a rate of 13.3% per decade, relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.

Prepare for 'surprise' as global warming stokes Arctic shifts: Scientists

Daily News & Analysis - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
Co-editor Marcus Carson of the Stockholm Environment Institute said, he has heard a lot more "warning bells ringing about the Arctic and what spill-back effects it might have" in that last six to 12 months.

Writing, accessing data made easy with new material

Economic Times - ‎32 minutes ago‎
London, Nov 27 (IANS) In a first, scientists from Switzerland have developed a new perovskite material with unique magnetic properties that can be used to build next-generation hard drives, making writing and accessing data on them easy.

Past glacier movements offer clues to the future of ice melt

PBS NewsHour - ‎9 hours ago‎
The West Antarctic ice sheet holds enough water to raise the world's oceans an estimated 10 feet, and it's shrinking. Scientists analyzing the region have had a reasonable understanding of the ice sheet's changes over the last three decades, thanks to ...

Glimpse of space station thrills Shimla

Times of India - ‎5 hours ago‎
SHIMLA: The International Space Station (ISS) of NASA is visible in Shimla skies these days, much to the delight of city residents and tourists.

AAP's PWD punches hole in air purifier plan, terms it unreliable

India Today - ‎7 hours ago‎
Smog in Delhi The Delhi govt had announced the plan after air quality dipped to hazardous levels post Diwali. YOUR AD BLCKER IS ON.

Space Notebook: Busy launch month, pioneering programmer

Florida Today - ‎12 hours ago‎
At least three missions, each flown by different rockets, are scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during a 10-day period next month that could close out the 2016 launch manifest.

Mars hides a gigantic ice sheet that may help astronauts

Engadget - ‎2 hours ago‎
As a rule, the truly large deposits of ice on Mars are at the poles... right? No. Researchers using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's ground-penetrating radar have discovered that the planet's Utopia Planitia basin is hiding a thick (260 to 560 feet ...

Spaceship fires were all in a good cause

The Guardian - ‎Nov 24, 2016‎
The Orbital ATK Cygnus space freighter used in the Saffire-II experiment. Photograph: Nasa/AFP/Getty Images. Stuart Clark · @DrStuClark.

UFO Sighting: 'Alien Spaceship' Spotted Whizzing Past Supermoon [Video]

MStarsNews - ‎6 hours ago‎
(Photo : Getty Images/Matt Cardy) The supermoon rises behind Glastonbury Tor on September 27, 2015 in Glastonbury, England. UFO Sighting of the alien spaceship was reportedly seen whizzing past the Supermoon hours.

Scientists have uncovered vast underground oceans... and the world is set to end when they dry up

The Sun - ‎20 hours ago‎
SCIENTISTS have discovered a vast reserve of water deep beneath the Earth's surface, and there are fears that all life will die out when it dries up.

Cassini's grand finale: a death dive into Saturn

CBC.ca - ‎Nov 25, 2016‎
After 12 years orbiting the planet Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft is beginning a final series of daring manoeuvres that will carry it through the rings and end with a suicide plunge into the planet itself.

A look at a High Market Cap Stock: Gilead Sciences Inc., GILD

The Daily Leicester - ‎8 hours ago‎
Gilead Sciences Inc., GILD is in the exchange NASDAQ and its industry is Biotechnology in the sector of Healthcare. Based in USA, Gilead Sciences Inc., GILD has a market cap of 100667.14.

ExoMars Space Programme Needs an Extra 400 Million Euros

NDTV - ‎22 hours ago‎
Barely a month after its expensive test lander crashed into Mars, the European Space Agency asked member nations Friday to cough up an extra 400 million euros ($425 million) to complete the ExoMars exploration of the Red Planet.

GNDU to offer two new courses in December

Chandigarh Tribune - ‎12 hours ago‎
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) will be offering two courses - “Carbon capturing and sequestration” and “Nuclear magnetic resonance for analysis of chemical and material properties and its biomedical applications” - from next month.

Shifting of Sheep Farm: Dachigam turns into 'battleground'

Greater Kashmir - ‎13 hours ago‎
The decades old row between the Wildlife department and Sheep Husbandry over shifting of Sheep Breeding Farm from Dachigam National Park here took a violent turn here on Saturday when employees of these departments clashed with each other during .

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University Friends

Butler's 'Trumpism' course description draws backlash

Indianapolis Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
Butler University said it is reviewing its course description practices after it received backlash for a fall 2017 course offering that focused on the election of President Donald Trump.

Guidelines and Policy - Social Media at Your University

Inside Higher Ed (blog) - ‎9 hours ago‎
When you do an advanced Google search for social media policy and/or social media guidelines on either .edu or .ac.uk domains, a lot of results* appear.

Ex-UM health CEO named Oakland University president

The Detroit News - ‎15 hours ago‎
Rochester Hills - Oakland University has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as its seventh president, choosing a pharmaceutical company executive and former University of Michigan hospital leader who is a physician, researcher, administrator and fundraiser.

Congresswomen in Black Sorority Decry Racist Acts at American University

NBC4 Washington - ‎9 hours ago‎
The international president of the historically black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha spoke with News4 about the recent racist displays at American University. Jackie Bensen reports the unversity's security has been called into question due to poor ...

University Presses

New York Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
One of the lessons of NUMBERS AND THE MAKING OF US: Counting and the Course of Human Cultures (Harvard University, $27.95), a fascinating book by the anthropologist Caleb Everett, is that to exoticize the Pirahã (say, by likening them to Borges ...

Florida university to award degree to Trayvon Martin

CNN - ‎16 hours ago‎
The slain Florida teenager -- killed by George Zimmerman five years ago -- will be awarded a posthumous bachelor's degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University. Martin's parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will accept the ...

University of Akron bans all smoking including e-cigarettes

fox8.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
AKRON, Ohio-- Students at the University of Akron are being reminded that as of July 1, smoking of any kind will not be permitted on campus or at any off-campus university activity. The school will begin enforcing a ban that not only includes ...

Tuition hike proposed for some University of Montana students

The Missoulian - ‎7 hours ago‎
Tuition and fees for students at the University of Montana would jump 13 percent for resident freshmen and sophomores, but those costs at UM also would be equal to Montana State University, unlike the current setup. And, the total annual cost of ...

Baylor University Frat Suspended For “Mexican-Themed” Party

PEOPLE.com - ‎10 hours ago‎
The members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Baylor University faced repercussions for throwing a “Mexican-themed” party for Cinco de Mayo.

University of Iowa must pay $1.4 million to Jane Meyer

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines - ‎11 hours ago‎
Finding the University of Iowa discriminated against a former athletics administrator based on her gender and sexual orientation, a Polk County jury Thursday awarded Jane Meyer $1.43 million, according to her legal team.

University of Texas stabbing victim asked student to call his mom

New York Daily News - ‎13 hours ago‎
The victim of a stabbing spree at the University of Texas asked a student he didn't know to call his mom before he died Monday.

University of Arizona seniors behind viral red swimsuit giveaway

AZCentral.com - ‎7 hours ago‎
The company's founders, University of Arizona seniors Alan Alchalel and Brady Silverwood, now seem to be scrambling to figure out how to make the deal happen.

A Public University Acquires A Big For-Profit, And Raises Big Questions

NPR - ‎22 hours ago‎
In a move that's being called "bold" and "out of the blue," Indiana's Purdue University is acquiring the for-profit Kaplan University. In announcing the deal last week, Purdue President Mitch Daniels said it was designed to open the university up to a ...

Carlow University students mourn freshman who died in fall from balcony

Tribune-Review - ‎8 hours ago‎
A somber mood permeated Carlow University's Oakland campus Thursday, a day after the death of freshman Dalton Bacco. On the sidewalk outside the student center, bouquets of yellow, pink and blue flowers propped up alongside a few candles served as ...

Noose Found Inside University of Maryland Fraternity House

U.S. News & World Report - ‎18 hours ago‎
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Authorities at the University of Maryland are investigating a noose discovered in a fraternity house.

Potemkin Universities

National Review - ‎May 3, 2017‎
The university faces crises almost everywhere of student debt, university finances, free expression, and the very quality and value of a university education. Take free speech. Without freedom of expression, there can be no university. But if the ...

Student comes up with 'ingenious' way to cheat in university exams

Telegraph.co.uk - ‎12 hours ago‎
It may sound like something used by one of Harry Potter's wayward classmates at Hogwarts, but “invisible ink” has now been revealed by the university ombudsman as the latest university exam scam. According to the latest annual report by the Office of ...

Student Arrested After Crawling Into a Duct to Steal an Exam

New York Times - ‎12 hours ago‎
The Multidisciplinary Science Building at the University of Kentucky, where officials said two students tried to steal an exam from an instructor's office.

Salaries of 245 senior university staff are leaked

Devon Live - ‎1 hour ago‎
"The Information Commissioner was satisfied with the steps taken by the university to address the unauthorised disclosure and took no further action.

Arizona House OKs university bonding, Senate up next

ABC15 Arizona - ‎4 hours ago‎
The focus immediately returned to the Senate, where deal-cutting to gain support from conservative Republicans for the $1 billion university bonding program is yet to be tested with a vote. But it was clear the Legislature was moving closer to passing