EDUCATION

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has released a new set of preliminary recommendations for an overhaul of the Medical College Admissions Test.

When completed, this will be the largest, most precise and highest astronomical facility in the world and is expected to provide answers to some of the most fundamental questions of cosmology.

The Momentum Project launched initially in Spain and expected to be replicated across Latin America seeks to support the most promising social entrepreneurs and enable them to consolidate, grow and scale up their social impact.

Upon completion of the four-year program offered by the Yale-NUS College, students will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts or Science (Honours) from the Yale-NUS College, awarded by NUS.

The Revs program is expected to be a hive of interdisciplinary activity for studying every aspect of the automobile, including the seemingly endless stream of literature, film and song.

A recent novel experiment conducted by an assistant professor in communications at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania found that personal tweets on the social media platform raise the credibility of professors in the eyes of students.

The leaf device effectively mimics the photosynthetic process that natural leaves use to convert sunlight and water into energy.

China's share of global authorship went up from 4.4% to 10.2% between the periods studied, taking the country from sixth to second position globally. Whether it can match quantity with quality, however, remains to be seen.

Noted English industrial designer, Sir James Dyson has accused a section of Chinese students studying in the United Kingdom of infiltrating universities in order to steal intellectual property and technology inventions.

Over 200 New York middle school and high school students attended a NASA-led education forum, which gave them a chance to interact with astronaut Cady Coleman aboard the ISS.

While 285,000 students left the country for education in 2010 alone, there was also a 25 per cent year-on-year increase in the numbers returning home.

The 2002 Civic EX four-door sedan has the conventional powertrain replaced with a 35-horsepower electric motor and 33 lithium-iron-phosphate batteries.

The site has proved to be a huge success among students and already has 400 members.

The grounds of the Springfield Technical Community College, which hosted the former Springfield armory over 40 years ago, would be tested for traces of radioactive material that may have been used at the weapons facility when in operation.

Presenting a look at the five best engineering schools in the U.S. as ranked by U.S. News and World Report

A three-year $1.35-million grant will see the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University working closely with the University of the West Indies' Cave Hill School of Business (CHSB) to develop a comprehensive entrepreneurship program for MBAs.

Seven out of the top ten positions in a ranking of global universities by Times Higher Education according to their reputation and perception among academics were bagged by universities in the U.S., with Harvard emerging on top.

In its annual listings of the global individual wealth, Forbes magazine also released the youngest billionaires in the U.S.

A recent study undertaken by the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) found that workplace climate was the foremost reason behind women choosing to stay away from the engineering profession after college or quitting it after a temporary stint.

According to a report in the college newspaper Stanford Daily, a closely guarded quarterly list containing selective and supposedly easy courses to choose from was distributed among athletes only on campus for years since 2001.

On Wednesday, Forbes magazine unveiled its 25th annual ranking of the richest men on the planet; we take a look here at the 10 billionaires on top.

Take a look here at 5 of the best undergraduate business schools and the ways in which they are preparing students for eventual careers in the global economy.

The University of Chicago is all set to launch its first ever school of engineering with a new Institute for Molecular Engineering, set up in collaboration with the Argonne National Laboratory.

New study reveals that the vast Antarctic ice sheets covering 98 per cent of the continent are not always formed by falling snow, but could have, in places, been the result of refreezing water from below.

The School asserted on Wednesday that they would be retaining him in the post of Chairman of the board.

Students across universities are campaigning to get the embattled actor on campus at the 2012 commencement ceremonies.

Investigations into use of the dangerous but legal drug has led to the expulsion of eight midshipmen from the Academy; the number could well go up.

A case that came up for hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, involving Stanford University and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, is expected to clarify a landmark intellectual property rights law that lays down the rules for grant of patents for federally funded inventions.

A couple of recent partnerships between Arizona State University (ASU) and institutions dedicated to healthcare research is expected to herald significant advancements in medical education, research and practice.