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Percent representation of White and Hispanic males and females in 2021 by academic rank. Credit: Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.016 In 2022, Latinos, as a group, comprised more than 19% of the U.S. population or nearly 64 million individuals. People of Mexican ancestry make up almost 12% of the US population and 62.3% of Latinos. Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Central American Ancestry (MPRCA) individuals represent 4 of…

Credit: Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing U.S. college students majoring in STEM fields currently graduate about 20% less often than their non-STEM peers, a resounding clarion call for better assisting those students, especially in their first few semesters. Though systemic, long-term shifts—away from lecturing, toward the sharing of evidence-based teaching practices—should help, the inertia of academia…

Actor Jeremy Renner`s life has taken a massive turn ever since his harrowing and near-fatal snowplow incident. Detailing his recovery process, the `Avengers` star has said that he has been exploring every possible option ranging from endless hours of physical therapy, peptide injections, iv drips and pushes, stem cell and exosomes etc. Ever since his close brush with death and being given a second chance at life, the actor has been struck with several epiphanies, though the biggest for him is that he is never again…

HCLTech has announced the launch of its Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Rabat, Morocco. The GDC is the company’s first facility in Morocco and is part of the company’s nearshore strategy to serve global enterprises. It will deliver transformation projects to clients across HCLTech’s portfolio themes of digital, engineering, cloud, AI and software. The launch follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between HCLTech and the Government of Morocco in 2022 to invest in the technology sector. Roshni Nadar Malhotra,…

A new stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease is one step closer to human trials after scientists were able to successfully rebuild neural damage in an animal model.Researchers from Scripps Research and Cardiff University used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from skin cells of two people with Parkinson’s disease to grow young neurons, which were then transplanted into rats with the degenerative condition. By timing the growth of the new cells just right, they’re able to replace the damaged neurons and potentially…

The authors suggest that female science and engineering instructors may be more willing to divulge CSIs to some students in order to act as role models in a space that has been historically unwelcoming to marginalized identities. Credit: Tasneem Mohommed, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Women working as STEM instructors are more likely than men in the same profession to disclose to their undergraduate students…

Kenyan workers who helped remove harmful content on ChatGPT, OpenAI’s smart search engine that generates content based on user prompts, have filed a petition before the country’s lawmakers calling them to launch investigations on Big Tech outsourcing content moderation and AI work in Kenya. The petitioners want investigations into the “nature of work, the conditions of work, and the operations” of the big tech companies that outsource services in Kenya through companies like Sama — which is at…

Differentiated immortalized bovine stem cells with fully expressed muscle proteins (blue = nuclei; magenta = myogenin; green = myosin). Scale approx 1 mm. Credit: Andrew Stout, Tufts UniversityMinimizing the necessity for animal biopsies, stem cells offer a potentially endless source for cultured meat.For cellular agriculture—a technique that grows meat in bioreactors—to successfully feed millions, numerous technological hurdles must be conquered. The production of muscle cells from sources such as chicken, fish, cows,…

Duke-NUS Medical School has developed a promising stem cell therapy for heart failure, where pluripotent stem cells grown in the lab can repair damaged tissue and improve heart function when transplanted into a damaged heart. This innovative procedure could be transformative for patients with heart failure, reducing the risk of complications like arrhythmias or tumors while promoting the regeneration of healthy heart tissue.These stem cells have been shown to repair diseased cells, providing a promising remedy for…

This past spring, as I closed out my 18th year of teaching, I felt anxiety that I’d never before felt at the end of a school year. By the time grades are submitted and signs of summer arrive, teachers are typically able to breathe for the first time in nine months. Instead of the relaxation, joy, and accomplishment that typically awaits the end of an academic year, I was consumed with worry that this might be the last time in a nearly two-decade career that I taught a class without having to worry about AI.I get it–AI has…