HIT researchers in China have developed a microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition (MPCVD) technology to grow high-purity, single crystal diamonds of any size. This breakthrough could provide China with an advantage in next-generation AI hardware due to diamonds' superior heat dissipation capabilities.
Japan's education ministry plans to offer doctoral students up to ¥5 million annually, recognizing their lower treatment compared to other developed nations. This initiative aims to reverse the declining trend in doctoral candidates and boost numbers to 20,000 by 2030.
The "Doctoral Shenyang Trip" initiative, a major talent attraction program in Northeast China, has drawn 16,000 doctoral students from home and abroad since 2023. The latest event in Shenyang included 7 Taiwanese universities, showcasing the city's industrial and innovation environment, and talent policies.
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the killings of two Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida. Zamil Limon and his girlfriend Nahida Bristy disappeared April 16; Limon's remains were found in a trash bag on the Howard Frankland bridge last Friday, and a body believed to be Bristy was recovered from a nearby waterway Sunday. Abugharbieh had a prior 2023 arrest for battery against his brother and mother, during which he was delusional and taken under the Baker Act for involuntary mental health observation.
Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, a college dropout, has been charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27-year-old doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared April 16. Their bodies were found at a bridge and in a nearby waterway. Prosecutors reveal Abugharbieh asked ChatGPT about disposing a body in a garbage bag. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
A 26-year-old former University of South Florida student has been charged with the premeditated murder of his two roommates, both doctoral students from Bangladesh. One victim's remains were found, while the other remains missing.
A former University of South Florida student, Hisham Abugharbieh, 26, has been charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the deaths of Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, two 27-year-old doctoral students from Bangladesh who disappeared on April 16. Limon's remains were found on the Howard Frankland bridge Friday; Bristy remains missing. Abugharbieh, a native-born U.S. citizen, was taken into custody Friday after a standoff at his family's home near campus.
Hisham Saleh Abugharbieh, 26, has been arrested in Tampa in connection with the disappearance and death of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh. Zamil Limon's remains were found on the Howard Frankland Bridge, while Nahida Bristy remains missing. Abugharbieh was Limon's roommate and has been charged with domestic violence battery, false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report a death, and unlawfully moving or handling a dead body.
Two 27-year-old Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida have been missing since April 16, 2026. Zamil Limon (geography, environmental science and policy) and Nahida Bristy (chemical engineering) were last seen at their Tampa campus locations. A family friend contacted authorities after being unable to reach them. Police do not believe they were detained by federal immigration officers.
Two Bangladeshi doctoral students at the University of South Florida, Zamil Limon and Nahida S Bristy (both 27), have been missing since April 16, 2026. Limon was last seen around 9 am at his student apartment on Avalon Heights Boulevard, and Bristy was last seen around 10 am at the Natural and Environmental Sciences Building. Both phones are switched off. Families in Bangladesh and the US are concerned, with Limon's brother describing the disappearance as suspicious. Police have confirmed their immigration status is clear and they are not being held by ICE.
Janusz Pawliszyn, a 71-year-old internationally renowned analytical chemist and recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada's highest honour, has joined Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou as a professor. Pawliszyn, who was appointed a Canada Research Chair in 2003 and became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2010, has supervised over 110 master's and doctoral students along with nearly 200 postdoctoral students and visiting scholars, many from China. One of his former postdoctoral fellows, Ouyang Gangfeng, now serves as dean of the university's school of chemical engineering and technology.
