Huawei’s e-brand Honor has launched its second lot of devices – Honor 4C, Honor Bee and a powerbank. Here we take a close look at its mobile handset Honor 4C priced at Rs 8,999: Design and colour: The Honor 4C feels more compact than any of its predecessors but is chunky. The back panel features […]
A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, says a new University of Sussex study. The study reveals a direct link between the main culprit of Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is characterized […]
Can’t help skimming through your Facebook timeline even as you take a break from work? You may just be wired to do so as the brain prepares us to be socially connected to other people even when we get some rest, says a new research. “The brain has a major system that seems predisposed to […]
A new hyperlens can help us see tiny objects that elude even the most powerful optical systems. Called a metamaterial hyperlens, the lens may someday help detect some of the most lethal forms of cancer. “Today’s high-resolution endoscopes can resolve objects to about 10,000 nanometers. The hyperlens could improve that to at least 250 nanometers […]
Heard of a robot that can learn things on its own, through trial and error? Well, here is one. Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error — much like humans learn things. They demonstrated their technique, a type of reinforcement learning, by […]
It is not appropriate for the Indian armed forces forever to fly their fleet to the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) for repairs, a top scientist said here on Friday. “The equipment repair overall, they give to the OEM, they go back to Israel or anywhere the equipment is bought from. That is not the appropriate […]
The Indian arm of Kaspersky Lab – the global software security company – intendds to provide security solutions to government bodies, industries and organisations. “We will provide a complete security solution which will deal with all kinds of cyber threats,” Altaf Halde, managing director for South Asia at Kaspersky Lab, told IANS. “As India plans […]
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced his two-day visit to Seoul Monday, South Korea has offered to set up a $10-billion fund to support several of his ambitious projects, from bullet trains to smart cities, the country’s envoy to India Joon-gyu Lee has said. “My country is offering India a financial package amounting to a […]
India and Mongolia forged a strategic partnership, building on the “bonds of hearts and minds” over the “barriers of distance”, as Narendra Modi on Sunday became the first Indian prime minister to visit the landlocked northeast Asian nation which has declared India as its “third neighbour” as well as “spiritual neighbour”. The two countries also […]
Recalling the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan, former military strongman Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said New Delhi would never be able to forget the three-month-long battle when his armed forces “grabbed India by the throat”. “There was a second line force, too, which caught India by the throat and that was latter […]