Science and Technology: News
26 Oct 2021
SpaceXThis company couldn't find paying billionaires for trip to space
Were you praying you would witness the day no billionaire wanted to pay for a trip to space? Well, that day is here.
22 Oct 2021
Elon MuskMusk's Boring Company will build Vegas Loop with 51 stations
Local officials have recently greenlighted Elon Musk-led Boring Company's proposal to build a network of underground tunnels in Las Vegas, Nevada.
18 Oct 2021
Space NewsWill we be able to access Wi-Fi on Moon soon?
Move over Starlink, NASA's new study has pitched a plan to help America's internet coverage issues.
18 Oct 2021
CanonCanon sued for disabling scanning, fax if printers exhaust ink
A consumer has filed a class-action suit against Canon Inc. in the US for not allowing certain printers to use the scanner and fax functions if the printer runs out of ink.
17 Oct 2021
Space NewsNASA's Lucy space probe blasts off to explore asteroids
American space agency NASA launched the Lucy Mission space probe strapped to a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on October 16.
14 Oct 2021
Space NewsAsteroid larger than Pyramid of Giza to zoom by tomorrow
NASA might be planning to launch the Lucy spacecraft to investigate the Jupiter Trojan asteroid belt but few cosmic events come close to the one we are about to witness on Friday.
05 Oct 2021
PhysicsHasselmann, Manabe, Parisi win Nobel Physics Prize for climate discoveries
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."
26 Sep 2021
Space NewsNASA releases its first AR-enabled comic: Check details here
NASA released its first digital, interactive graphic novel Saturday in a two-pronged effort to commemorate National Comic Book Day as well as to encourage more youngsters to sign up as astronauts for the planned Artemis manned lunar missions.
23 Sep 2021
AppleApple researching how iPhones could help detect cognitive decline, depression
Tech giant Apple is reportedly developing methods to detect depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline using digital clues gathered from your Apple devices, including iPhones and Apple Watches.
21 Sep 2021
Space NewsNASA announces landing site for its VIPER lunar rover mission
In May, NASA announced the VIPER mission to the moon under the Artemis program to look for water, its deposits, or at least signs of it on the dark side of the moon.
13 Sep 2021
Computer ScienceYou can now download most detailed simulation of the universe!
Astronomers can't compare multiple universes to ours because there is only one universe known to exist.
09 Sep 2021
TechnologyLargest known Triceratops dinosaur skeleton goes under auction in October
The reconstructed skeleton of a 66 million-year-old Triceratops dinosaur could soon belong to a passionate enthusiast ready to part with around €1.2 million (roughly $1.4 million).
07 Sep 2021
TechnologyJeff Bezos, Yuri Milner invest in start-up for anti-aging research
Elon Musk might be pioneering brain-machine interfaces at Neuralink but Jeff Bezos doesn't appear to be stopping after flying to space. His latest crazy bet on technology is nothing short of a science fiction flick.
06 Sep 2021
NASANASA testing Joby's eVTOL aircraft for commercial readiness as air-taxi
American space agency NASA has finally started testing Joby Aviation's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle for its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign.
22 Aug 2021
Boston DynamicsBoston Dynamics flexes its Atlas robot's parkour skills on camera
A video of three robots dancing to Do you Love Me went viral on the internet late last year. Now, the company behind those antics, Boston Dynamics, has shown off its creations' mastery over a parkour routine.
22 Aug 2021
YouTubeYouTuber manages to swing like Spider-Man with custom-made web shooters
Real-life superheroes seldom have the technology demonstrated in movies although they may not be lacking perseverance and grit.
22 Aug 2021
Nuclear Power PlantResearchers achieve breakthrough, inch closer to igniting nuclear fusion reaction
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California successfully achieved a breakthrough that inches humankind closer to sustainable power generation by nuclear fusion last week.
21 Aug 2021
Computer ScienceIIT Guwahati researchers' breakthrough improves lifetime of NVM cache memory
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) have made a breakthrough in memory architectures used by non-volatile memory (NVM) of computers.
16 Aug 2021
Data LeakT-Mobile investigating alleged data hack affecting 100 million customers
American telecom operator T-Mobile has confirmed that it is investigating a data breach possibly involving around 100 million customers.
18 Jul 2021
TechnologyJapanese researchers have set new internet data transfer speed record
Most modern computers are capable of gigabit-speed (1 Gbps) wired internet. Meanwhile, organizations like NASA, where the internet is a mission-critical component, enjoy wired internet speeds up to 400 Gbps.
16 Jul 2021
Narendra ModiPM Modi to inaugurate major development projects in Gujarat today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to virtually inaugurate several railway and development projects in Gujarat today.
11 Jul 2021
HuaweiHuawei engineer develops open-source autonomous self-balancing bicycle after an accident
When we think of the uses for Artificial Intelligence in the mobility sector, we usually think of autonomous cars, right? But the implementations today are still in development and outside the financial reach of commoners.
13 Jun 2021
Engineering CollegesAndhra Pradesh engineering student develops ingenious biodegradable face shield
In May 2021, a 21-year-old student of Mechanical Engineering at SRM University, Andhra Pradesh, Pabolu Mohan Aditya, was granted a design patent for a biodegradable face shield that costs just Rs. 15.
09 Jun 2021
Climate ChangeScientists devise novel method for early detection of tropical cyclones
A team of scientists has devised a novel method for the early detection of tropical cyclones.
06 Jun 2021
SmartphonesNewsBytes Explainer: Here's how graphene will transform smartphone technology
It's hard to miss graphene even if you are only tangentially interested in technology. This wonder material spans a mind-boggling spectrum of possible engineering applications that can radically improve commercial products.
06 Jun 2021
Doctor StrangeThese new portals bridge gaps between people, physical and otherwise
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, depriving people of the opportunity to travel and interact with others. While we've been wishing that Dr. Strange's portals were a reality, people in Lithuania and Poland can now experience something pretty similar.
27 May 2021
Foldable TabletsRoyole unveils world's first stretchable display at Display Week
While Samsung was busy flexing new prototypes at the Display Week symposium, Royole Corporation unveiled what it claims to be the world's first micro-LED-based stretchable display technology.
25 May 2021
CoronavirusSingapore provisionally approves COVID-19 breathalyzer test, results in 60 seconds
A spin-off start-up from the National University of Singapore (NUS) called Breathonix appears to have found a new way to check if a person is suffering from COVID-19—all in under 60 seconds.
20 May 2021
AntarcticaWorld's largest iceberg breaks off from the Antarctica
An enormous slab of ice, almost four times the size of New York City, has broken off the coast of Antarctica, becoming the largest iceberg currently afloat in the world.
18 Apr 2021
TechnologyScientists secure government nod for genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida
In a turn of events straight out of a science fiction flick, a biotechnology company called Oxitec has secured approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release swarms of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys.
13 Mar 2021
India'Shalu': UP teacher develops robot that can speak 47 languages
Move over Sophia, a desi social humanoid robot called "Shalu" is here!
02 Mar 2021
WorldFirst-ever hotel in outer space to be ready by 2027
An out-of-the-world hotel experience will no longer be just a metaphor a few years down the line.
04 Jan 2021
IndiaTamil Nadu's 18-year old S Riyasdeen creates world's lightest satellite
S Riyasdeen, a second-year Mechatronics engineering student from SASTRA University hailing from Karanthai in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur, won the global competition "Cubes in Space" for creating the world's lightest femto-satellite.
03 Jan 2021
South KoreaLG incorporates Mini LED technology in its 2021 TV line-up
LG might be the king of OLED TVs, but LCDs are still the bread-and-butter for the television segment of the Korean electronics giant. The company has revealed details of its Mini LED-enhanced LCD television line-up for 2021.
19 Aug 2019
IndiaIIT girls develop affordable, eco-friendly device to clean reusable sanitary-napkins
Two IIT students have invented an innovative low-cost, eco-friendly device that not only offers a solution to menstrual health and hygiene but also reduces biomedical waste.
03 Aug 2019
IndiaThese innovations by IIT engineers make world a better place
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the country's premier engineering institutes recognized as centers of academic excellence in science and technology.
25 Jul 2019
Pakistan NewsPakistan plans to send one citizen to space by 2022
A minister of Pakistan's government has given the country's citizens a reason to rejoice.
29 Jun 2019
IndiaFive best frugal innovations by IITians to know about
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are the country's premier engineering institutes that are recognized as centers of academic excellence in science and technology.
20 Jul 2018
EducationNumber of girls in IITs distressingly-low, needs to rise: President
President Ram Nath Kovind today said girls often outscore boys in board examinations, colleges and universities, but their number is "distressingly low" in the IITs and it has to increase.
22 May 2017
IndiaOdisha teen generates power from scrapped Rs. 500 notes
A teenager in Odisha has managed to produce electricity using the scrapped Rs. 500 notes after demonetization.
