Science & Technology

OSLO (TIP): A type of rock that often bears diamonds has been found in Antarctica for the first time in a hint of mineral riches in the vast, icy continent that is off limits to […]

Scientists stored information in a quantum computing system for 39 minutes, a massive increase from the previous record of 25 seconds Scientists have achieved an “exciting breakthrough” in quantum computing, creating a solid-state memory system […]

Back in May, Google announced the launch of their Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab: a collaboration with NASA to “study how quantum computing might advance machine learning.” Now, after months of secrecy the search giant has […]

LONDON (TIP): A computer in the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Pune) has been declared the 44th fastest machine in the world, capable of 719 trillion calculations per second. In all, 12 Indian computers have […]

LONDON (TIP): Researchers from the US space agency NASA have said that granite – an igneous rock common on Earth— could be found in abundance on Mars. For years Mars was considered geologically simplistic consisting […]

NEW YORK (TIP): The idea came to Jorge Odon as he slept. Somehow, he said, his unconscious made the leap from a YouTube video he had just seen on extracting a lost cork from a […]

LONDON (TIP): A computer in the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (Pune) has been declared the 44th fastest machine in the world, capable of 719 trillion calculations per second. In all, 12 Indian computers have […]

LONDON (TIP): Researchers from the US space agency NASA have said that granite – an igneous rock common on Earth— could be found in abundance on Mars. For years Mars was considered geologically simplistic consisting […]

NEW YORK (TIP): The idea came to Jorge Odon as he slept. Somehow, he said, his unconscious made the leap from a YouTube video he had just seen on extracting a lost cork from a […]

When an asteroid exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in February, shattering windows for miles and injuring well over 1,000 people, experts said it was a rare event — of a magnitude that might […]

NEW DELHI (TIP): Nasa scientists have discovered a strange new microbe living in one of the cleanest rooms in the world: the room where spacecraft are prepared for final launch. The new berry-shaped bug can […]

It’ll be the cheapest ticket to the Red Planet, a world record in the history of Mars exploration. On November 5, when India’s unmanned orbiter mission blasts off from Sriharikota at 3.28pm it’ll carry a […]

LONDON (TIP): Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy known to man to date. They have also confirmed this galaxy was created within 700 million years after the Big Bang, raising interesting questions about the […]

LONDON (TIP): An Indian aero acoustics scientist has finally worked out why and how a kettle actually whistles – a problem which has puzzled scientists for more than 100 years. A team of British researchers […]

NEW YORK (TIP): A Japanese company has developed a crafty wallet to keep your spending in check – if you are short on cash, it rolls away when you reach for it. The “Living Wallet,” […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa’s gen-next laser communication system has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 384,633 kilometres between the Moon and Earth. The data transmission was accomplished at a recordbreaking […]

BUSAN (TIP): A new format that gives movie-goers a panoramic 270 degree view will be rolled out by South Korea’s biggest cinema chain this month, using the walls of theatres as additional screens. Screen X, […]

NEW DELHI (TIP): Water scarcity is endemic in our country. With groundwater irrigation accounting for over 60% of the total area irrigated, it’s important to save this precious resource. Recognising this, the ministry of water […]

JOHANNESBURG (TIP): Scientists have found the first-ever comet material on Earth – a black pebble filled with diamonds – left behind when an ‘apocalyptic’ comet exploded over modern-day Egypt, 28 million years ago. The discovery […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): US scientists have developed a new fourlegged robot called WildCat that gallops at 25 km/h on flat ground and will aid military and rescue operations. The robot was built by Boston Dynamics, a […]

LOS ANGELES ( TIP) A Nasa spacecraft bound for Jupiter will swing by Earth to get the boost it needs to arrive at the giant gas planet in 2016. Using Earth as a gravitational slingshot […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers are developing a wireless music player that fits the ear like earbuds and can be controlled by biting. The music player ‘Split’ eliminates headphone cords and the need for a pocket to […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): A giant radio telescope in Chile has received the last piece of its 66-antenna array, marking the beginning of a new era of discoveries in deep space. The final antenna for the Atacama […]

HOUSTON (TIP): Ancient Mars was home to giant volcanoes capable of eruptions a thousand times more powerful than the one that shook Mount St. Helens in 1980, scientists said. The finding raises fresh questions about […]