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Police make arrests at UCLA in tense clashes with Israel-Hamas war protesters

May 2, 2024 admin

Protesters being detained at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on May 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the U.S. overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early on Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a…

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Tropical birds show signs of mercury contamination, due to artisanal gold mining operations: Study

November 1, 2023 admin

A bird is caught in a mist nest set up in a forest to trap small animals while researching signs of mercury contamination, at the Los Amigos Biological Station, in Los Amigos, in the Madre de Dios region, Peru. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Tropical birds, from kingfishers to wrens to warblers, are showing signs…

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Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang to receive 2023 Sastra Ramanujan Prize

September 29, 2023 admin

Ruixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, U.S. | Photo Credit: www.berkeley.edu.in Ruixiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA will be awarded with the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his outstanding contributions in mathematics. The annual cash prize of USD 10,000 will be given at an international conference in Number Theory during…

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