Washington, October 16 NASA believes a ninth planet does exist that might be 10 times the mass of Earth and 20 times farther from the Sun than Neptune, debunking myths that the planet, dubbed ‘Nibiru’ by doomsayers, will end of the world. Konstantin Batygin, a planetary astrophysicist at California InstituteRead More

Toronto, October 15 In what could bring an end to the endless thermostat wars at office, scientists have developed a system that can automatically optimise the indoor conditions including air quality, temperature and lighting according to each worker’s needs. No matter the season, thermostat wars rage in offices worldwide. EmployeesRead More

Washington NASA is developing technologies to counter space radiation — one of the biggest challenges for human journey to Mars — to ensure a safe and successful exploration of the red planet. “Some people think that radiation will keep NASA from sending people to Mars, but that is not theRead More

Washington Scientists have found possible evidence of a source of energy that could be responsible for heating the Sun’s atmosphere or corona. In the study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the researchers used data from the FOXSI-2 sounding rocket — a rocket payload carrying seven telescopes designed to studyRead More

London: Twitter activity during football matches can help predict the result of the tie when combined with betting market prices, researchers have found. The tone of Twitter posts can predict when a team is more likely to win and soccer bets are mispriced, a study by the University of EastRead More

San Francisco: India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai has pledged $1 billion in new initiatives to prepare people for the next generation technology jobs. At an event in Pittsburgh, Pichai said Google will spend the money over the next five years to fund grants to nonprofits globally, CNET reported late onRead More

San Francisco: There is early excitement for the iPhones releasing in 2018 and Apple is likely to ditch Touch ID feature and move to Face ID, said reports. Despite initially believing Apple might re-adopt the fingerprint technology — an identity sensor that makes it easy for the user to getRead More

Seoul: As Samsung plans to launch a bendable smartphone “Galaxy X” in 2018, Apple has reportedly begun work on a foldable iPhone with LG Display. According to a report in the Korean website The Investor, Apple has decided to go with LG and not Samsung (Samsung OLED displays are theRead More

San Francisco: Twitter has launched a new feature called “Happening Now” that will showcase newcomers on its platform tweets about events. “Happening Now” will highlight groups of tweets about a topic — starting with sports — and will expand to other areas like entertainment and breaking news, TechCrunch reported onRead More

San Francisco, Oct 13 :Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have teamed up to launch an open-source and deep learning interface ‘Gluon’ that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms. According to a report in ZDNet, the interface would give developers a place where they canRead More