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 […]
Scientists may have finally discovered why pendulum clocks synchronise when placed nearby. After 350 years two Portuguese researchers believe that pendulum clocks eventually swing together because of sound pulses that travel through the wall from clock to […]
A 3D-printed unmanned ae rial vehicle (UAV) was successfully launched off the front of a Royal Navy warship and it landed safely on a Dorset beach after covering a distance of around 500 metres. Weighing 3kg and measuring 1.5m, the airframe was […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a different approach for rainfall forecast, scientists of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) have used variations in sea temperatures to predict […]
LONDON (TIP): Writer’s block may soon be a thing of the past, as scientists are developing a smartphone app that aims to measure and boost the mind’s creative ability . Scientists aim to uncover the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The US military is developing a next-generation hypersonic jet plane that could fly at up to five times the speed of sound – faster than a bullet. The jet that could take […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on major food borne pathogens and can be used as a chemical-free food preservation method, a new study has found. The team, led by Yuk […]
Krtin Nithyananda is a 15-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK, who as part of a scientific competition has developed a test with which not only can detect early signs of disease, but also to stop […]
Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams is among four astronauts who have been selected by NASA for commercial flights to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil. They will work closely with company-led teams to […]
When asked to imagine the future of transportation, most might draw a car of the future, perhaps solar powered and autonomously driven. For a select few the way we’ll move ourselves across the world tomorrow is in […]
NEW DELHI: Indian scientists have developed a sensor-based ‘Electronic Nose’ for sniffing out variety of gases at pulp and paper mill industries and environmental monitoring at other sensitive locations. The gases, emitted by these industries […]
Five teenage girl students from Bengaluru won the Technovation challenge at a global pitch event at San Francisco city in the US. Sanjana Vasanth, N. Anupama, Mahima Mehendale, Swasthi P. Rao and B. Navyashree, all […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): LG’s display subsidiary has announced that it is bringing drastically thinner, lighter touchscreens for notebooks later this year. According to the engadget.com, with full HD (1080p) resolution, the Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT) screens […]
LONDON: An Indian scientist, who suffered from malaria as a child, is among a group of top international scientists which has identified a key protein that if targeted stops the disease, paving the way for new […]
Sometime this summer, a United Airlines flight will take off from Los Angeles International Airport bound for San Francisco using fuel generated from farm waste and oils derived from animal fats. For passengers, little will be […]
LONDON (TIP): The world’s first human trial of artificial blood grown in a lab from stem cells is set to take place in the UK by 2017. The UK’s NHS (National Health Service) Blood and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): US defence scientists are planning to use genetically engineered algae, bacteria and plants to radically transform the climate of Mars and terraform it into an Earth-like planet. Scientists from Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
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