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22 Jun 2025

Gen.AI Is Making You Dumb, Finds New MIT Study

The research suggests that relying on AI early in the learning process reduces cognitive engagement and memory.

23 Mar 2025

Meet MIT Graduate Backed By Ratan Tata- His Net Worth Is...

Shark Tank India Season 4 New Judge: The popular business reality show Shark Tank India has a new judge on its panel—Srikanth Bolla, CEO, co-founder, and Chairman of Bollant Industries. A visually impaired entrepreneur and philanthropist, he was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30. His inspiring journey even led to a 2024 biopic, Srikanth, starring Rajkummar Rao.

Sam Bankman-Fried

29 Mar 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried: Once Wealthy, Now Faces 25 Years Behind Bars - Read More

Bankman-Fried is born on March 6, 1992. He grew up in a family of highly educated parents, both professors. Bankman-Fried was ultimately sentenced to 25 years behind bars.

21 Jul 2023

Pizza At Your Fingertips: Mind-Controlled Pizza Ordering Device Unveiled

In essence, this means that after wearing the gadget, one can order a pizza or a tube ride without having to speak to anyone.

world's youngest billionaire

28 Jun 2023

World's Youngest Billionaire: At The Age Of 19, He Used To Make Piles Of Notes

Alexandr Wang's business obtained financial backing of about US$350 million last year. Due to this financial support, Scale has already generated US$100 million in revenue. The young entrepreneur's business was valued at an astounding US$7.3 billion.

Manipal University

29 Nov 2022

Manipal professor who compared Muslim student to Ajmal Kasab suspended

MIT decided to ban a professor for inappropriate remarks to a student He linked a Muslim student with Ajmal Kasab The student confronted his teacher in front of his classmates.

17 May 2021

IIT-M, MIT scientists grow Human Brain tissues for research on Cancer

Scientists from Indian and American Institutes claim to have developed a novel solution in Cell Culture This technology has the potential to speed up medical discoveries for conditions such as Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Cell culture is a crucial step in the pre-clinical study of anything from COVID-19 to cancer

22 Feb 2020

MIT researchers develop system to find best way to deflect incoming asteroid

Researchers at the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a system that could help identify the best type of mission for deflecting an incoming asteroid.

29 Aug 2019

Tiny robotic thread can slip through brain's blood vessels

The procedure is physically taxing, requiring surgeons who must be specifically trained in the task

26 Nov 2018

MIT engineers fly first-ever silent plane with no moving parts

The new light aircraft, inspired from the movie and television series "Star Trek", carries neither propellers or turbines, nor it depends on fossil fuels to fly.

23 Jul 2018

Quadrillion tons of diamonds may be hidden in Earth, far from anyone's reach

Shaped like inverted mountains, cratons can stretch as deep as 200 miles through the Earth’s crust and into its mantle, geologists refer to their deepest sections as “roots.”

silicon robotic fish

23 Mar 2018

Meet SoFi, the silicon robotic fish built to study marine life

The remote-controlled robot fish swims quietly through coral reefs and schools of fish and uses a fisheye lens to capture high-resolution photos and video with a camera built into its nose.

14 Dec 2017

MIT engineers induce plants to give off light

By embedding specialised nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, the researchers successfully induced the plants to give off dim light for nearly four hours, according to the study published in the journal Nano Letters.

31 Oct 2017

Alzheimer's may vanish by drinking this 'miracle mix'

The drink, called Souvenaid is aimed at treating the root cause of Alzheimer's, which is the loss of brain synapses.

Artificial intelligence

03 Aug 2017

New AI system can edit photos like a pro in real time!

Scientists from MIT and Google have developed a new artificial intelligence system that can automatically retouch images like a professional photographer in real time, eliminating the need to edit images after they are clicked with smartphones.

08 Jun 2017

16-year-old Bengaluru girl to have a minor planet named after her

Sahithi Pingali, a class 12 student from Bangalore’s Inventure Academy, joins an elite group of people having their names named after stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Prosthetic limbs

05 Jun 2017

New technique to make prosthetic limbs feel more natural

The researchers believe that their strategy could work for nearly any amputee, including people whose amputations were performed many years ago.

21 May 2017

New workout suit breathes out body's heat, sweat

In the study published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers engineered moisture-sensitive cells to not only pull flaps open but also light up in response to humid conditions.

04 Feb 2017

Scientists design robots that can catch, release live fish

The robots, that move when water is pumped in and out of them, are made entirely of hydrogel - a tough, rubbery, nearly transparent material composed mostly of water.

15 Dec 2016

Neutron stars generating gravitational waves continuously, say Indian scientists

Neutron stars are the densest observable objects in the universe, with a fistful of stellar material outweighing a mountain on Earth.

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