Information technology
Patching up Web applications
16 Apr 2016
New debugging method finds 23 undetected security flaws in 50 popular Web applications
Computer in your clothes? A milestone for wearable electronics
15 Apr 2016
Researchers have succeeded in embroidering circuits into fabric with 0.1 mm precision — the perfect size to integrate electronic components such as sensors and computer memory devices into clothing
Quantum simulation 2.0: Atoms chat long distance
08 Apr 2016
Physicists have measured long-range magnetic interactions between ultracold particles
Experiment shows magnetic chips could dramatically increase computing's energy efficiency
14 Mar 2016
Researchers have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can operate with the lowest fundamental level of energy dissipation possible under the laws of thermodynamic
The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?
By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | 10 Mar 2016
New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way that could enhance encryption for protecting credit cards, state secrets, and other confidential data
New hardware to expand fast fibre-to-the-home
20 Feb 2016
The cost of deploying fast fibre connections straight to homes could be dramatically reduced by new hardware designed and tested by researchers
Women better than men at writing computer code
15 Feb 2016
Researchers have found that computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, indicating that a 'glass ceiling' still exists for women
Record for fastest data rate set
12 Feb 2016
Researchers in the UK have achieved a rate of 1.125 Tb/s as part of research on the capacity limits of optical transmission systems, designed to address the growing demand for fast data rates
New chip fabrication approach
01 Feb 2016
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers
Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing
29 Dec 2015
High-performance prototype means chip makers could now start building optoelectronic chips
New chip design could boost electronic performance by factor of a thousand
14 Dec 2015
In modern computer systems, processor and memory chips are laid out like single-story structures in a suburb. A new skyscraper-like design, based on materials more advanced than silicon, provides the next computing platform
Researchers in China unveil mind-controlled car
09 Dec 2015
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation