Category: Science & Tech

Image copyright Maxar/EPA Image caption Satellite images show the vessel leaking fuel off Mauritius The island nation of Mauritius has declared a state of emergency…

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Guwahati: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, and Imperial College London, UK, have developed a tailored ‘meta-grid’ of nanoparticles that could make…

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Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek on Thursday said the first laptops enabled by it and Intel 5G modem solution are expected in early 2021.…

View More MediaTek Joins Hands With Intel to Unveil Its First 5G Powered Laptop Chips

Is Instagram biased towards Trump? Facebook-owned firm blames ‘bug’ for promoting negative hashtags about Biden while HIDING same ones about the President Instagram has disabled…

View More Instagram blames ‘bug’ for negative Joe Biden hashtags bias

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi walks outside of the New York Stock Exchange its highly anticipated initial public offering on May 10, 2019. Spencer Platt |…

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Image copyright RBG Kew Image caption A flower from a species of forest climbers New Guinea has the highest plant diversity of any island in…

View More ‘Paradise island’ hosts untold botanical treasures

Chennai: Space enthusiast Shanmuga Subramanian, who found the debris of India’s moonlander Vikram, said on Saturday that Chandrayaan-2’s rover Pragyan seems to be intact on…

View More ISRO checking space enthusiast’s claim that Chandrayaan-2’s rover Pragyan is intact on…

Xiaomi has started selling its new budget smartphone, the Redmi 9 Prime in India via Amazon. Notably, the e-commerce platform has kicked off its…

View More Redmi 9 Prime Goes on Sale via Amazon India: Price, Specifications and More

Loneliness in adult life is experienced differently depending on what age you are, a new scientific study suggests.   Factors associated with feelings of loneliness, such…

View More Adults suffer from loneliness in different ways ‘depending on age’

(L-R) Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Ramos attend Lin-Manuel Miranda’s final performance of “Hamilton” on Broadway at Richard Rodgers Theatre on July…

View More Disney streaming subscribers shows massive growth

By Tom EdgingtonBBC News image copyrightReuters image captionAn ammonium nitrate explosion can release toxic gases Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate – taken from a…

View More Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and how dangerous is it?

Toronto: Scientists have found that moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates the novel coronavirus which causes COVID-19, an advance which could allow reuse of…

View More Low-cost moist heat treatment of N95 masks eliminates novel coronavirus: Study

Sony is well and truly back. After letting most rivals enjoy what can be best referred to as their free period last year, Sony…

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Social distancing measures to control the spread of coronavirus ‘make people feel safer spending money and working’ which actually helps the economy, a study has…

View More Social distancing may be GOOD for the economy as it makes people more comfortable to go…