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US to deploy robotic tuna to report fishy activities at harbours
24 Sep 2012
The BIOSwimmer robot, featuring fins and a flexible tail, will be able to inspect vessels including oil tankers, besides monitoring activities along American harbours to prevent terrorists or smugglers from sending in weapons and other contraband
Intel finds hot oil helps servers keep their cool
11 Sep 2012
Intel recently completed a year-long test using a liquid cooling technique in which servers were placed in a custom-server rack filled with mineral oil
Researchers uncover the full scale and weaknesses of the monitoring of illegal file sharers
07 Sep 2012
Computing in the net of possibilities
23 Aug 2012
The complex network computer processes information in a fundamentally new way – and could one day rival today's computers
Networcsim hoping to broaden wireless revolution
01 Aug 2012
Stanford researchers produce first complete computer model of an organism
By By Max McClure | 24 Jul 2012
Molecule changes magnetism and conductance
23 Jul 2012
Chips with self-assembling rectangles
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 19 Jul 2012
Researchershave developed a new approach to creating the complex array of wires and connections on microchips, using a system of self-assembling polymers that could lead to a way of making more densely packed components on memory chips and other devices
New techniques for spintronics and quantum computing
10 Jul 2012
Researchers are working on techniques to sidestep the limits to miniaturisation, to encourage the creation of the next generation of faster and smaller electronic devices
Testing unbuilt chips
By By Larry Hardesty | 10 Mar 2012
Internet censorship revealed through the haze of malware pollution
By By Jan Zverina | 09 Mar 2012
A robot sketches portraits
13 Feb 2012
The blind codemaker: a boon to communications
10 Feb 2012
New error-correcting codes guarantee the fastest possible rate of data transmission, even over fluctuating wireless links.
Scientists develop biological computer to encrypt and decipher images
08 Feb 2012
US - Israeli scientists have developed a “biological computer” made entirely from biomolecules that is capable of deciphering images encrypted on DNA chips
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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
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