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As demand for EVs rises, it's not just chips and other supplies that are in short supply. Skilled engineers with the proper battery know-how are also limited.

Some 12th-grade students may have been up several nights awaiting the announcement of the Thai University Central Admission System late last month. My ex-colleague's daughter was one of those who were eventually admitted to Srinakharinwirot University. Others who were rejected still had a chance to win in the university's direct…

MIT scientists have developed a portable desalination unit, the size of a suitcasethat requires less power than a mobile phone charger.

Fifty years ago this spring, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century was published. Written for the Club of Rome by Donella Meadows and colleagues at MIT, The Limits to Growth used new computer models to forecast an uncontrollable collapse in the global population and economy if…

The Federal Reserve appears firm on its commitment to implement multiple interest rate hikes in 2022 to curb runaway inflation. Amid widespread market uncertainties and an anticipated economic slowdown, we think it could be wise to bet on quality stocks KT (KT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTTYY), which possess…

An early architect had warned about turning diversity into "a numbers game."

The discovery was made using a new method the MIT team developed for measuring the dry mass of cells.

"Cambridge, we have a problem" doesn't quite have the same ring to it

Some 40 years ago, Silvio Micali and his colleague Shafi Goldwasser wanted to figure out how to play poker together on their phones. They needed a way to ensure neither could know the other player's hands.