In a first, a robotic exoskeleton device has enabed a 39-year-old former athlete, who had been completely paralysed for four years, to control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps, scientists in the United States […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India may soon be able showcase to the world a solar train, which uses a mix of thermal power and solar energy generated from panels on its roof. Science and technology minister […]
On August 27, 2015 India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle has successfully deployed a communications satellite, with the rocket’s ninth flight lofting the GSAT-6 spacecraft. The launch was on schedule at 16:52 local time (11:22 UTC) […]
A Brazilian wasp’s venom contains a powerful ingredient which targets and destroys cancer cells without harming normal cells and may lead to an entirely new class of anticancer drugs, scientists say, reports PTI. Researchers have […]
Common anaesthetics used during surgeries may help combat viral and bacterial infections in the lung, including influenza and pneumonia, researchers including an Indian American, Krishnan Chakravarthy of Johns Hopkins Institute of Nanobiotechnology have found. A report on the […]
skyTran, cofounded by Indian engineer Ankur Bhatnagar, a path-breaking transportation company headquartered in California, has received financial investment from Google chairman Eric Schmidt. Bhatnagar, a BTech engineer from IIT-Roorkee and an MTech from IIT-Kanpur is the sole Indian […]
MIT Technology Review recently released the 2015 edition of its “35 Innovators Under 35” list, which included four young inventors of Indian origin. The annual list is broken up into six categories: biotechnology and medicine; computer […]
Indian American scientist & professor Sona Patel, Ph.D. of Seton Hall’s School of Health and Medical Sciences is conducting a new research that could one day make early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other […]
Android Wear update brings interactive watch facesA new Android Wear update adds official support for interactive watch faces, allowing for even more at-a-glance information for you to digest on your smartwatch. Now, it can really show […]
PUNE (TIP): Parents will be able to keep up with details of their child’s school bus, its driver and attendant as well as the school committee, formed under the state’s school transport policy, through a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has delivered the closest-yet views of the dwarf planet called Ceres that show the small world’s features in unprecedented detail. The new images show Ceres’ tall, conical mountain, crater formation […]
New batteries could hold much more charge, last pretty much forever and not be liable to blowing up like existing technology, according to researchers. MIT and Samsung scientists claim that using solid-state batteries will be much […]
AHMEDABAD (TIP): In a major technology demonstration which will cut down cost of satellite launches significantly, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will flight test an indigenously developed re-usable satellite launch vehicle for the first […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): An oral drug that treats alcoholism and has very few side-effects may be available in five to six years, according to scientists, including one of Indian-origin, who have identified compounds that drastically reduced […]
NEW YORK (TIP): One can only assume that before Larry Page and Sergey Brin chose Alphabet as the name for their new holding company, they Googled it. If so, they would have discovered that the […]
TORONTO (TIP): Scientists are tapping into photographs taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to reliably measure the amount of light pollution worldwide. Light pollution is excessive or obtrusive artificial (usually outdoor) light. […]
LONDON (TIP): Mimicking the v-shaped posture adopted by a butterfly species to heat up its flight muscles before take-off, the amount of power produced by solar panels can increase by almost 50 percent, a study […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Facebook is building a mobile app that will send breaking news alerts straight to your phone. The app will ask users to choose which publications they want to receive notifications from, and […]
An Indian-American scientist at Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois has found that a simple two-cycle mechanism controls waking-up and going-to-sleep process in animals during a 24-hour day. Ravi Allada, circadian rhythms expert, […]
The first planet detected by the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) from an international team of astronomers, which includes two scientists from the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Stony Brook University, is one outside earth’s solar […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A global survey by Peel, the California-based company funded by ecommerce giant Alibaba, shows that infrared-based universal remote control functionality has emerged on the top of the list for buyers looking to […]
Indian-Origin Sundar Pichai, 43, was named CEO of a newly organised Google, becoming only the third chief executive of the company after Mr Schmidt and cofounder Larry Page. “Really excited about the vision and brilliance of […]
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama will honour three Indian Americans among others for their innovative and path breaking startups which have had a major impact on people’s lives. The three are – Privahini Bradoo from San […]
An Indian American electrical engineer from Stanford University “Krishna Shenoy” has developed a technique to make brain-controlled prostheses more precise. Shenoy has developed a precise brain controlled prostheses intended for people with paralysis and amyotrophic lateral […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): With its biggest orbit manoeuvre since 2006, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is preparing for the arrival of NASA’s next Mars lander called InSight next year. The Mars orbiter will be engaged in […]
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