Social Network for Students, Academicians
Kolkata, Dec 28 (IANS) Want to connect with the best of academicians in India? Wish to know what is happening in their labs? Log in to Techtud, a new platform that acts as a social…
Technology
Start-Ups, Digital India Dominated It Growth in 2015
Bengaluru, Dec 27 (IANS) Even as disruptive technologies rolled out game-changing products and software majors vied for more outsourcing, the start-up revolution and the government’s Digital India initiative dominated the Indian IT industry landscape in…
China’s Dark Matter Probe Results Expected in Six Months
Beijing, Dec 27 (IANS) Chinese scientists have announced the initial results of the country’s dark matter probe will be published within six months, the media reported on Sunday. Chang Jin, chief scientist of China’s Dark…
From Integrating Peoples to Internet.Org: Facebook’s 2015
New York, Dec 27 (IANS) During 2015, social networking giant Facebook was truly a uniting force through both good times and tragedies and focused its efforts on boosting internet connectivity in India, says its COO…
Soon, Pay Bills Through Twitter!
New York, Dec 27 (IANS) Twitter users in India may soon be able to pay their bills through the micro-blogging site, the media reported. The company has announced a partnership with India-based start-up Lookup to…
Facebook Unites Stolen Lambs with Family
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Facebook was yet again pivotal in reuniting two little ones with their family – in this case two stolen lambs who were reunited with their mother and delivered to a little…
Specialised Fuel Plutonium-238 to Power Future Deep Space Missions
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) Researchers from US Department of Energy (DOE) have completed the production of a specialised fuel to power future deep space missions. The production of 50 grams of plutonium-238 – roughly the…
Apollo 8: When Santa Claus Came from Moon
Credits: NASA New York, Dec 25 (IANS) On Christmas Eve in 1968, millions around the world listened in a live broadcast to the book of Genesis that describes the creation of the Universe. The only…
New Technology Turns Smartphones into 3D Scanners
New York, Dec 24 (IANS) An algorithm developed by Brown University researchers may help bring high-quality 3D scanning capability to off-the-shelf digital cameras and smartphones. “One of the things my lab has been focusing on…
Asteroid to Say Hello to Santa This Christmas Eve
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) NASA scientists have generated the highest-resolution images to date of an Asteroid that will safely fly past Earth on the Christmas eve at a distance of 11 million km. Using the…
Shanghai TV Station Deploys ‘Robot’ Weather Reporter
Joining Hands with Microsoft Xiaoice, Dragon TV Launches First AI Program Ever (PRNewsFoto/Microsoft) Shanghai, Dec 24 (IANS) Shanghai Dragon TV has employed an artificial intelligence (AI) robot as a weather reporter on its live breakfast…
Water on Mars, New Human Relative Made Science Headlines in 2015
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) When it comes to science, exploring the future and digging into the past are equally crucial to enable the human race to learn, survive and thrive. Here, 2015 will be…
Nanomeds, Combating Dengue, 3D Printing Trended in India in 2015
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) India became the world’s third country with the prowess to manufacture raw materials for nanomedicines, addressed a growing public health concern by approving a new drug for hepatitis C and made…
Know if You Are Dependent on Facebook
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) From reading the news to playing games, people use Facebook for various reasons but those who use the social media site to meet new people are the most dependent on…
Google May Be Building Chat Bot-Based Messaging App
New York, Dec 23 (IANS) To challenge rivals like Facebook, global internet search engine giant Google may be building a new app that lets users chat with friends or message a chat-bot for answers. With…
‘German Internet Mogul Kim Dotcom Must Face US Piracy Charges’
Wellington, Dec 23 ( IANS) A German millionaire should be sent to the US to face internet piracy charges, a New Zealand judge ruled on Wednesday. Kim Dotcom, who headed the Megaupload online file-sharing site,…
China Develops ‘Darwin’ Chip to Process Information Faster
Beijing, Dec 23 (IANS) Chinese researchers have developed Darwin – a new age information chip that will help run complex intelligent algorithms on small devices in the era of Internet of Things. Artificial Neural Network…
New GOTPass System to Secure Online Banking Better
London, Dec 23 (IANS) A system using images and a one-time numerical code can provide a secure and easy to use alternative to multiple device password systems like are used in online banking, researchers…
Facebook Users Identify Mysterious Jerusalem ‘Relic’ as Weber Isis Beamer
London, Dec 23 (IANS) Facebook users solved the mystery of a gilded object unearthed in Jerusalem within hours after Israel’s antiquities authority turned to the social networking site in an effort to identify it, a…
NASA Suspends 2016 Launch Of Key Mars Mission
Washington, Dec 23 (IANS) In a setback to future Mars exploration, NASA has decided to suspend the planned March 2016 launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to…