Robots to help elderly or paint nails at Tokyo expoPneumatic muscle suits and a walking stick that behaves like a guide dog competed for attention with an industrial robot that can paint fingernails at a huge expo in Tokyo Thursday.
Professors won't be fired: GovernorAkim of Mangistau oblast has commented the firing of 81 professors from Yessenov Caspian State University of Technologies and Engineering in Aktau.
US universities top Chinese world rankings US universities dominate the top 20 in global annual rankings released by a Chinese organisation Thursday, with Harvard once again in top spot.
Activist says China pressured New York University Activist Chen Guangcheng charged that China waged an "unrelenting" pressure campaign that led New York University to end his studies as he voiced fear for academic freedom in the United States.
Oxford University sets up Thatcher scholarship Britain's famous Oxford University is to honour former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last month, with a £100 million ($153 million, 118 million euros) scholarship trust for "future leaders".
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Gunman shoots police officer at MIT: media A gunman shot and seriously wounded a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in an eruption of gunfire at the prestigious university late Thursday.