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The QS World University Rankings 2026, released on Thursday, highlight the performance of over 1,500 universities across more than 100 countries, reflecting key trends in global higher education. While the United States maintains its strong presence, universities from Asia and Europe have shown significant improvement. For this edition, QS introduced updated eligibility criteria. Now, institutions in regions like Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Arab Region must appear in their respective regional rankings to qualify. Earlier, only those within the top 50% regionally were eligible for the global rankings.  

Bankman-Fried is born on March 6, 1992. He grew up in a family of highly educated parents, both professors. Bankman-Fried was ultimately sentenced to 25 years behind bars.

In essence, this means that after wearing the gadget, one can order a pizza or a tube ride without having to speak to anyone.

Alexandr Wang's business obtained financial backing of about US$350 million last year. Due to this financial support, Scale has already generated US$100 million in revenue. The young entrepreneur's business was valued at an astounding US$7.3 billion.

Falor, who bagged the top rank in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced, had also scored 100 percentile in the JEE-Mains. He secured admission in MIT in March but was pursuing studies online from here due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown. Falor said he had prepared for the JEE for four years as it is just one exam but with a vast syllabus, while MIT evaluates a candidate on personality and potential and checks how much one can leverage from opportunities. "I have secured admission in MIT and I will go ahead with it. The classes have already begun and I am attending them online. I had prepared for four years for these exams so I didn't want to skip appearing for the exam," Falor told PTI over the phone from Pune.

There will be a noticeable difference in the colour of 50 per cent of the ocean by the end of the 21st century, said MIT study.

Scans obtained before and after missions were analysed to determine changes in the size and composition of the paraspinal muscles.

In a bid to study planets beyond our solar system, NASA engineers are developing designs for next-generation space telescopes.

The new light aircraft, inspired from the movie and television series "Star Trek", carries neither propellers or turbines, nor it depends on fossil fuels to fly.

The remote-controlled robot fish swims quietly through coral reefs and schools of fish and uses a fisheye lens to capture high-resolution photos and video with a camera built into its nose.

This new robotic drones can efficiently navigate cityscapes with parking spots, no-fly zones and landing pads.

The researchers believe that their strategy could work for nearly any amputee, including people whose amputations were performed many years ago.

The new device called "WiGait" could help reveal a wealth of important health information, particularly for the elderly by measuring the emerging vital sign.

The team found that at the molecular level, the structure of protein material is strengthened when the environment contains zinc ions and certain pH indexes.

Apple has hired Steven Keating, the doctoral student from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who made a 3D printout of his own brain after he was diagnosed with a tumour.

In a first, scientists have developed a new device that can harvest water from air everyday by using ambient sunlight, even in dry or desert climates.

IIT - Kharagpur has been ranked exceptionally well with regard to the parameters of `Graduate Employability Rate` and `Employers` Presence` on the Campus.

Training of informal health providers, a major component of primary care, can help fill the gap in the rural healthcare system due to huge shortage of medical professionals, a study has suggested.

 An Indo-American imaging scientist and inventor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been conferred with the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize for his path-breaking inventions to improve lives globally.

 Dinesh Bharadia, an Indian-born researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won the prestigious  'Marconi Young Scholar' award in the US.