by Charu Thakur | Nov 5, 2024
(November 5, 2024) In a small clinic in India, Kaavya Kopparapu watched her grandfather struggle with diabetic retinopathy, an eye condition that can lead to blindness if left untreated. The waiting rooms were crowded, the equipment was outdated, and specialists were...
by Charu Thakur | May 21, 2024
(May 21, 2024) 2020 had just begun and things were getting difficult for California boy Karun Kaushik as a delayed pneumonia treatment due to an inaccurate diagnosis nearly cost him his mother’s life. The harrowing experience put him face-to-face with Covid-19...
by Charu Thakur | Mar 31, 2024
(March 31, 2024) “During the Covid-19 pandemic, a single smartphone app averted up to 900,000 covid cases in just Wales and England. This single app reached the smartphones of 21 million people and made an impact by performing automatic contact tracing and...
by Charu Thakur | Aug 2, 2023
(August 2, 2023) She remembers sticking her head out of the school bus window on her way home, to catch a glimpse of the HCG in Bengaluru, the oncology hospital that came up with cyberknife technology and hormone therapy to cure cancer. Such was Swetha Kannan’s...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jul 22, 2023
(July 22, 2023) In a remarkable display of scientific brilliance, six young innovators of Indian American heritage have emerged as shining stars among the USA’s brightest in the prestigious 3M Young Scientist Challenge. These ingenious middle school students...
