Information technology
A faster internet — designed by computers?
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 22 Jul 2013
Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times higher than those designed by humans
How computers can learn better
By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 30 May 2013
Another step toward quantum computers: using photons for memory
By By Eric Gershon | 02 Apr 2013
Scientists at Yale University have found a new way to manipulate microwave signals that could aid the long-term effort to develop a quantum computer
Erasing electronic footprints
26 Mar 2013
A ‘cleaner app’ which allows those at risk from domestic violence to seek help online without leaving an electronic trail behind them has been developed by Newcastle University
Making cloud computing more efficient
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 13 Mar 2013
For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 per cent while actually improving performance
Non-glaring photovoltaic installations
06 Mar 2013
Researchers experiment with shape-changing GHOSTS to change the face of digital display units
04 Mar 2013
Study finds ‘Internet addicts’ can suffer withdrawal symptoms similar to substance abusers
25 Feb 2013
Smart agriculture
23 Feb 2013
Beefing up public-key encryption
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 19 Feb 2013
Tiny lights could spark communications revolution
01 Feb 2013
Minute LED lights could deliver Wi-Fi-like internet communications, while displaying information and illuminating homes
Storing data in individual molecules
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 24 Jan 2013
An international team of researchers demonstrates the possibility of molecular memory near room temperature that promises a 1,000-fold increase in storage density
New qubit control bodes well for future of quantum computing
By By Eric Gershon | 12 Jan 2013
Smart search engines for news videos
05 Jan 2013
MIT researchers discover a new kind of magnetism
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Dec 2012
Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behaviour, adding to the two previously known states of magnetism
AI computer programme develops video game
19 Dec 2012
The inspiration for an artificially intelligent computer program that could create games grew out of work aimed at making computers more creative and inventive
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation