London, December 18 Scientists have developed the first robotic car that can drive over snow covered roads, paving the way for autonomous vehicles that can safely navigate through slippery stretches. The fully autonomous robot car Martti, developed by researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, also succeeded inRead More

WASHINGTON: Women receive less credit for speaking up in the workplace than their male counterparts, a study has found. “In sum, we find that when men speak up with ideas on how to change their team for the better they gain the respect of their teammates–since speaking up indicates knowledgeRead More

London Geologists exploring volcanic rocks on Scotland’s Isle of Skye have found ejecta from a previously unknown 60 million-year-old meteorite impact. The discovery, the first meteorite impact described within the British Paleogene Igneous Province (BPIP), raises questions about the impact and its possible connection to Paleogene volcanic activity across theRead More

London, December 17 NASA has done what it does best — making new and groundbreaking researches. The space organisation announced on Thursday that the space agency’s Kepler Space Telescope, for the first time, has discovered an eighth planet in an alien solar system, meaning it has at least as manyRead More

Toronto, December 13 Pokemon Go may help people who struggle socially, according to a study which found that the popular augmented reality game has a lot of social aspects and requires players to have good social competence. Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada recruited 101 PokemonRead More

Melbourne Scientists have found a novel way to alter the structure of glass to improve its resistance to fractures, an advance that may lead to the development of shatter-proof smartphone screens. “Everyone knows how frustrating it is when you drop your mobile device and get a large crack in theRead More

New Delhi: India is ranked 109th in the mobile internet speed and 76th for fixed broadband speed globally, which is a 15 percent increase, according to data from Ooklas November Speedtest Global Index. “At the start of 2017, the average mobile download speed in India was 7.65 Mbps. Heading intoRead More

San Francisco: Phablets (smartphones with screen size of 5.5-7 inches) will far outpace total market growth by climbing from 611 million units in 2017 to one billion units in 2021, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.1 percent. In comparison, the total smartphone market is expected toRead More

San Francisco: Facebook users will soon be able to send a variety of `greetings to interact with their friends in a unique way. Apart from `Poke`, now you can send a wink, a high-five, a hug and a wave. According to a report in The Nation, the options are underRead More

San Francisco: WhatsApp is testing new features for its over one billion users that include tap to unblock and private replies in groups, among others. In the latest WhatsApp Android Beta version, spotted by the popular fan website WABetaInfo, “when you want to select a contact from the Contact List,Read More