Developing economies risk exclusion as ‘age of AI’ dawns
Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are …
Europe is recruiting astronauts: Here is what it takes to become one
Recruiting new astronauts is the first step into this new era of human space exploration. Many people may have dreamed of becoming an astronaut …
5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter
But about half of matter in our galaxy is too dark to be detected. It takes the form of cold, dark clumps of gas, in which lies Milky Way’s&…
An app that can detect distress speech and trigger SOS
The innovation won the first prize in a national contest organized in India by the US-based Marconi Society under its Celestini Programme
MIT scientists built biggest-ever carbon nanotube computer chip
The carbon nanotubes can conduct electricity much faster, are 10 times more energy-efficient and could also be seen as a greener option compared …
New space telescope to create a 3D X-ray map of Universe
The Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma telescope aims to detect up to 3 mn supermassive black holes — many of which will be new to science — and …
13.5 billion-year-old star discovered by scientists
The star is around 9 billion years older than the sun and was immediately formed after the Big Bang
IIT-Madras researchers design white light emitters for LED applications
The innovation has been patented by the researchers and was recently granted the Government of India’s ‘SERB-Technology Translation …
Redefining how we look at the early universe | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Two years ago, NASA launched the most advanced telescope that has been created so far
Climate effect in space: Expect more satellite collisions
There were 5,000 active and defunct satellites in low Earth orbit as on March 2021
IIT Madras scientist to improve algorithms in lattice cryptography
Lattice cryptography is an emerging technology for secret keeping
Missing gamma ray puzzle solved
The sources of highly energetic cosmic rays were a mystery until recently
First ever image of a black hole unveiled
It is a 'breakthrough for humanity', say scientists
Giant leap to view materials — one atom at a time
national facility for Atom Probe Tomography has been established at IIT Madras
Meet the next four people headed to the Moon
Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen are highly experienced, with three of …
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR alone not a solution’
Technology can deny work to a population or it can liberate them. Outcome depends on how we organise technology use
Africa has ambitious goals for 2063: plans for outer space hold the key to success
The outer space programme seeks to enable Africa to obtain maximum benefits from space science, technology and applications
James Webb Space Telescope: How our launch of world’s most complex observatory will rest on a nail-biting knife edge
If all goes well, humanity will have a new eye on the cosmos, with capabilities that far surpass anything that has gone before
Want to visit Mars? Zebrafish may help
Queen’s University researchers observed zebrafish in a state of induced torpor; they believe such a state could protect humans during …
IIT-Bombay researchers make new model to accurately estimate variations in microchips
This is the first time that the experimental validation of variations predicted using physics-based modeling has been reported
SETI: New signal excites alien hunters. Here’s how we could find out if it’s real
A mysterious radio signal seemingly coming from the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, has generated a flood of excitement among …
Pentagon UFO videos steal limelight from COVID-19
Older, leaked clips of unidentified flying objects now confirmed by US defence department
A Modi motto on innovation
A simplistic formulation ignores the reality of India's research environment and the constraint it faces
IIT-Madras to increase intake in data science course
The programme was introduced in 2017 as part of an exercise to provide undergraduate students an opportunity to do courses across disciplines
This new photonic chip may power 5G
It can also find applications in satellite communication, RADARs, sensing and medical imaging equipment
