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Indian State Gets MIT Help to Boost Startups - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Startups in the southern state of Kerala are getting a boost from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in research, materials and job creation. MIT's Super Fab Lab, a fabrication laboratory, allows startups to not only carry out their own research, but also to access scientific research to improve their infrastructure in a state where most […]

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