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Smart way of saving lives in natural disasters
04 Jan 2012
Patterns of connections reveal brain functions
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 03 Jan 2012
Neuroscientists identify face-recognition areas based on what parts of the brain they link to.
Simulating firefighting operations on a PC
02 Jan 2012
Fewer animal experiments thanks to nanosensors
02 Jan 2012
Time for a change? Scholars say calendar needs serious overhaul
28 Dec 2011
Using computer programs and mathematical formulae,an astrophysicist and an applied economist have created a new calendar in which each new 12-month period is identical to the one which came before, and remains that way from one year to the next in perpetuity
Flipping an egg carton of light traps giant atoms
By By Nicole Casal Moore | 26 Dec 2011
Modelling the spread of radioactivity in seawater
By By Rachel VanCott, MIT Sea Grant | 24 Dec 2011
When earthquake-triggered tsunami waves hit Japan in March, the surging water overtopped seawalls and caused massive damage that resulted in a release of radioactive seawater. Researchers funded by MIT Sea Grant develop a model to examine its near-shore and open-ocean circulation
Water out of thick air
By By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office | 24 Dec 2011
How traditional social networks fuelled Twitter’s spread
By By Denise Brehm, civil and environmental engineeri | 21 Dec 2011
MIT researchers who studied the growth of the newly hatched Twitter from 2006 to 2009 say the site’s early growth in the US actually relied on media attention and traditional social networks based on geographic proximity and socio economic similarity
Two new Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 21 Dec 2011
Hunting for habitable worlds, NASA’s Kepler space telescope has unveiled two new planets, some 950 light-years away, and though neither planet is Earth’s twin, scientists say the discovery is a technological milestone
Physicists’ ‘light from darkness’ breakthrough named a top 2011 discovery
By By Nicole Casal Moore | 17 Dec 2011
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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
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