The Hindu
Cosmic Quest
Anil Ananthaswamy is the author of The Edge of Reason, a work of narrative non-fiction. The book tells the story of scientists whose research into the workings of the universe takes them to remote places. And, it celebrates those very destinations which make certain scientific...
Read MoreTowards low-tech, high-value solutions for disabilities
"Watch out for falling legs,” Amos Winter, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate student, warns. The legs in question are prosthetic limbs of rubberised material. This is at the Mobility Lab, M-Lab for short, a workshop for an MIT undergraduate course of the same...
Read MoreAn energy-efficient microchip
A cell phone dying at a crucial moment, a digital camera that warns of low power at a perfect photo opportunity or a laptop inopportunely running out of juice — many of us have had such vexing experiences firsthand. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Read MoreUnravelling Mysteries of Ancient Human Migration
Where did humans originate and how did they populate the entire globe? Scientists may finally be able to answer these fundamental questions when they have enough DNA samples from people all over the world. The Genographic Project attempts to trace the ancient journey of man...
Read MoreDown the Infinite Corridor of Learning
Professor R.S. Kumar, the unassuming head of the computer science department of Bannari Amman College of Technology in South India, still remembers that Google search from five years ago. Sitting at his office desk, he keyed in the search strings “computer science” and “course material.” Within...
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