(Clockwise from left) IIT Madras scientists T. Pradeep, Ganapati Natarajan, Atanu Ghosh and K.R. Krishnadas. — Photo: Special Arrangement
IIT team with a Midas touch, on a nano-scale
Researchers transformed nanoparticles of gold to silver and vice-versa by replacing atoms one at a time
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Brain implants help paralysed monkeys walk
Scientists say they have started small feasibility studies in humans to trial some components.
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NCBS researchers find a biomarker for stress-induced memory loss
The results were published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Sony launches world’s fastest auto focus compact camera Cyber-shot RX100
RX100 V is equipped with a Fast Hybrid auto-focus (AF) system with AF acquisition at 0.05 seconds and comes with world’s highest number of AF points on sensor
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Ebola may have mutated to better infect humans: study
By increasing infectivity in human cells, it is possible that these mutations increased Ebola virus spread during the outbreak.
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New York,
November 11, 2016
Facebook being blamed for Trump’s rise: Reports
Critics have blamed the social networking giant Facebook for influencing the US-elections in favour of President-elect Donald Trump by circulating a “host of fake news stories about political topics,”...
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SEOUL, South Korea,
November 10, 2016
Samsung's biotech unit debuts in Seoul
Samsung Biologics Co., the contract drug making unit of Samsung Group, made its market debut in Seoul on Thursday in South Korea’s largest initial public offering in six years. Samsung is looking...
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BERLIN,
November 10, 2016
Brazilian free-tailed bat is the fastest flying animal: study
Brazilian free-tailed bats are the fastest flyers in the animal kingdom, shooting through the night skies at record speeds of over 160 kilometres per hour, a new study has found.Up to now, the speed ...
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MARRAKECH, Morocco,
November 9, 2016
Trump win raises question about UN climate deal
The election of a U.S. president who has called global warming a “hoax” raised questions Wednesday about America’s involvement in the Paris Agreement on climate change and the future of the deal itse...
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San Francisco,
November 9, 2016
Facebook threatens LinkedIn with job posting feature
In a direct threat to Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, social networking giant Facebook is experimenting with a job opening tab on its business Pages.A Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch: “Based on behavi...
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MARRAKECH, Morocco,
November 8, 2016
Human footprint ‘increasingly visible’ in climate
Hot and wild and with an “increasingly visible human footprint” that’s how the U.N. weather agency sums up the global climate in the past five years. In a report released Tuesday at international ...
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Bangalore,
November 8, 2016
Controllers at the ready!
Dishonored 2Back in 2012, when the flagbearers of stealth games were Thief, Hitman and Splinter Cell, Dishonored came out of the shadows in spectacular fashion. As supernatural imperial assassin Corvo...
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Thiruvananthapuram,
November 8, 2016
SAARC satellite to be launched in March: ISRO
India’s ambitious South Asian satellite, proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the benefit of SAARC members, will be launched in March next year, ISRO Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said on Tuesday....
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November 7, 2016
Samsung to get AI in for Galaxy S8
Samsung may have suffered quite a blow with its exploding smartphones. So, it has decided to enter new territory to win back the lost fans. It has announced that it will be introducing its own ar...
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TIRUCHI,
November 7, 2016
University takes up study on impact of amino acid
Tamil Nadu Agriculture University’s Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute has taken up a research project to study the impact of application of amino acid in paddy fields with...
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Bio-mining helps in tackling garbage problem
‘Blindly trying to protect something does not help the ecosystem’
ISRO starts landing tests for Chandrayaan-2 mission
What are circumstellar disks?
IMD ill-equipped to gauge oceanic phenomena: Earth Sciences Secretary
Right to clean air
Do air purifiers keep out pollution?
Astronomers to gather in Goa for science meet
New York,
November 10, 2016
Facebook buying passwords from black market to keep accounts safe
Ever got irritated when Facebook asked you to re-think a password for your account even if you typed in the one you have been using for years? That’s because the social networking platform wants your ...
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New Delhi,
November 10, 2016
To combat air pollution, NGT comes out with a range of directions
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday passed a slew of directions, including the setting up of centralised and State level monitoring committees, to prepare action plans to combat pollution.
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New Delhi,
November 10, 2016
ASUS launches Zenfone 3 Max with good battery life
Expanding its Zenfone 3 series, Taiwanese giant ASUS on Wednesday launched two variants of Zenfone 3 Max smartphone with a massive 4,100 mAh battery in India.The two variants — 5.5 inch (ZC553KL) and...
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New Delhi,
November 9, 2016
Panasonic launches new P series smartphone
Extending its P series, Panasonic India on Tuesday launched a new smartphone P71 that will come in two variants.While the 1GB RAM variant is priced at Rs. 7,490, the 2GB RAM variant will cost Rs. 8,19...
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NEW DELHI,
November 9, 2016
Commercial apps will soon be able to strike open data gold
The Centre will soon notify a policy that will allow apps and services to be created for commercial purposes using over 42,000 databases. This will remove the restriction on their use solely for acad...
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Bangalore,
November 8, 2016
Tech-a-byte: tech news this week
Android Auto - now on your phoneGoogle's navigation platform designed for in-car use, Android Auto, was previously available only as an inbuilt feature on stereo head units. This is now set to change ...
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New Delhi,
November 8, 2016
Testing of cosmetics on rabbits banned
In a major victory for animal rights campaigners, the Union Health Ministry has prohibited use of the cruel and obsolete “Draize” irritation tests that involve using rabbits.
The test was developed...
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New Delhi,
November 8, 2016
COP7 meet kicks off amidst protests
The seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) began amidst controversy in New Delhi on Monday. Nearly 500 farmers from tobacco growing countries were detained by the Noida police for pr...
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Almora,
November 7, 2016
At CoP 22, India will highlight climate impact on Himalayas
India will host a special side event during the UN Climate Change Conference opening on Monday at Marrakech, Morocco, on the 12 Himalayan States that face the impact of a changing climate.The Himalay...
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TIRUCHI,
November 7, 2016
Arrival of banana on the rise
Arrival of banana has been on the rise at the wholesale market in the city following rains in a few parts of the central and western regions of the State last fortnight.Banana farmers in these regions...
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Blood test to detect drug-resistant TB
Can a human live up to a thousand years?
Lightning on aircraft
What is 47 Tucanae?
Delhi’s air quality turns ‘hazardous’
Global fears over India’s ticking TB time bomb
TN’s new mantra: kill pests with insects
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