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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a new way to harness properties of light waves that can radically increase the amount of data they carry. The new work throws wide open the amount of information that can be multiplexed, or simultaneously transmitted, by a coherent light source.

VisionAware APH Huntington: New Initiatives for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired in a Small Appalachian Town About Huntington Huntington, WV is a small town in Appalachia, surrounded by individuals and families who live in rural and mountain counties. Home to only 46,500 residents, Huntington is comprised of a small, downtown area surrounded by a larger suburban and rural population, and as of the most recent census, nearly 25% of its population lives below the poverty line.   A...

Kutaisi International University Targeting Regions Brightest Undergraduates for September 2021 Intake News provided by Share this article Share this article KUTAISI, Georgia, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kutaisi International University (KIU), the brand new, state-of-the-art, €1 billion university and science hub situated in Georgias second city, is kicking off a recruitment drive to attract the "best and brightest" undergraduate students from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus and Centr...

20 South Side grads get scholarships ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette Twenty South Side High School 2020 graduates got full-ride, two-year scholarships to Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne thanks to an anonymous donor who shares their alma mater, according to a news release. The $200,000 gift ensures the 20 students will graduate from college with little to no educational debt, the Ivy Tech release said. Recipients can use the scholarship to pay for tuition, books, supplies and fees. Iv...

WSU president to recommend layoff of 113 faculty members By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com FAIRBORN — Wright State University President Sue Edwards is expected to recommend layoffs of more than 100 faculty members, according to a letter she wrote to the Board of Trustees. The letter, dated Feb. 15, recommends that the board eliminate 113 faculty positions and approve the formal retrenchment of the same. The university cited declining enrollment and financial hardships exacerbated...

by Bajan Reporter / February 19th, 2021 Bitt is pleased to announce the transition of Laurent Féral-Pierssens to the post of Chief Operations Officer. Laurent officially joins the Bitt executive management team after six months of serving the company as Strategic Advisor. As digital currencies are gaining popularity internationally, Bitt is seeing accelerating interest in its Digital Currency Management Solution ( DCMS), fueled by the transition of the world’s financial systems and globa...

Who Is Manasa Varanasi, The Telugu Girl Who Won Miss India 2021: Check Unknown Facts Feb 17, 2021, 15:30 IST Mana Telugu Ammayi-Manasa Varanasi, from Hyderabad, and Miss Telangana who was crowned the winner of VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020 recently, will represent the country at the Miss World 2020 pageant in December this year. Manasa (23) is a classic example of the adage, beauty with brains. Not only is she beautiful, this 5 foot 9 inch tall lady is a Computer Science graduate and...

16 February 2021 For the first time since 2008, The European Space Agency (ESA) is on the lookout for new astronauts, and UK citizens of any walk of life are invited to apply. Following an intensive period of training, which will include a 3-week course in caving and a course in practical geology, the new astronauts will take their first flights into space when they are deployed to the International Space Station. They are likely to be part of the crew on the next missions to the Moon in the la...

The European Space Agency is looking into the feasibility of flying a "para-astronaut" to orbit.

The UK Space Agency is actively searching for the next British astronaut and is looking beyond the able-bodied for the first time.  A recruitment drive from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK has launched today with the ultimate goal of hiring and training people who will be sent to the moon before the end of the 2020s. This recruitment drive, the first from ESA since 2008, is the only one in history to feature a pilot scheme which encourages people living with disabilities to apply. ...