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Android users more honest, humble than iPhone users: study
24 Nov 2016
People who use Android smartphones may have greater levels of honesty and humility than iPhone users
Of Catalysts and Coke
23 Nov 2016
India becomes associate member of CERN
22 Nov 2016
India and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research on Tuesday signed an agreement making India an associate member state of CERN, the world's largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory
Terminally ill girl wins right to cryogenic preservation
19 Nov 2016
A terminally ill 14-year-old girl in the UK who wanted her body to be preserved in case she could be cured in the future won a historic legal fight shortly before her death
A step toward biodegradable plastics
19 Nov 2016
Would banning of 'killer robots' actually stop robots from killing?
16 Nov 2016
By looking at killer robots we are forced to address questions that are set to define the coming age of automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, says University of buffalo researcher Tero Karppi
A new way to image solar cells in 3-D
16 Nov 2016
New technology to make solar cells cheaper
16 Nov 2016
The new fabrication method involves adding a small amount of the element indium into one of the cell layers during fabrication, increasing the cell's power output by as much as 25 per cent
Older women do have memory issues – but fewer than men
10 Nov 2016
In a new study, researchers compared the memory capabilities of middle-aged women and men, and found that women outperform their male counterparts across all measures
Researchers hack light bulbs using a drone
07 Nov 2016
Hubble successor James Webb Space Telescope set for final trials
05 Nov 2016
Unlike the Hubble, the Webb telescope is being placed in orbit around the sun, rather than the Earth. It will follow the Earth's path, but nearly a million miles farther from the sun
These plants can detect explosives
03 Nov 2016
By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
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One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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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