Washington, February 12 Searching for a power outlet to charge your devices may soon become a thing of the past, as scientists have developed a small metallic tab that can generate electricity from simple body movements. “No one likes being tethered to a power outlet or lugging around a portableRead More

Los Angeles Neanderthals lacked the hand- eye coordination to draw vivid renderings of animals and other figures, unlike early modern humans, according to a study that may explain the differences in how both groups hunted. While Neanderthals had large brains and made complex tools, they but never demonstrated the abilityRead More

Boston Fine volcanic ash can be used as a sustainable additive in concrete, and significantly reduce the energy spent in building infrastructure, a study has found. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US found that, by replacing a certain percentage of traditional cement with volcanic ash, theyRead More

San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is testing a new payments feature in India that aims to allow people to send money to their friends on the app, media reports said. The feature is currently in beta, but has not been publicly announced because it is not widely available atRead More

New Delhi, Feb 10 Reliance Jio on Saturday partnered with Indian mobile wallet major MobiKwik to sell the JioPhone on its platform. “We are proud to become the first mobile wallet to sell Jio phones in India. Users can book their phone in four easy steps and avail great benefitsRead More

NEW DELHI: To make technology accessible and productive for all Indians, Microsoft on Wednesday announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Neural Networks (DNN) to improve real-time language translation for Hindi, Bengali and Tamil languages. This technology will help users in getting results that are more accurate andRead More

BERLIN: Teaching science subjects outdoors instead of within closed classrooms can increase students’ motivation to learn and participate, a study has found. The study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Mainz advises offering more outdoor instruction at the lower secondary level. About 300 students participatedRead More

Washington, February 8 A small asteroid, estimated to measure between 15 and 40 meters, is set to brush past Earth at a distance of just 64,000 kilometres. Dubbed 2018 CB, the asteroid is the second one to pass by Earth this week. The first close-approaching asteroid – discovered by theRead More

NEW DELHI: To make technology accessible and productive for all Indians, Microsoft on Wednesday announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Neural Networks (DNN) to improve real-time language translation for Hindi, Bengali and Tamil languages. This technology will help users in getting results that are more accurate andRead More

BERLIN: Teaching science subjects outdoors instead of within closed classrooms can increase students’ motivation to learn and participate, a study has found. The study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Mainz advises offering more outdoor instruction at the lower secondary level. About 300 students participatedRead More