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New method allows computers to teach each other

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 12:22

Researchers have developed a new method to allow a computer to give advice and teach skills to another computer in a way that mimics how a real teacher and student might interact.

Bigger mobile phone screens boost mobile video consumption: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 12:10

Mobile phones with larger screens reportedly play an important part in increased mobile video consumption, a new study has found.

Hybrid vehicles more fuel efficient in India, China than in US

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 13:52

Researchers have found out that hybrid cars will be significantly more fuel-efficient in India and China than they are in the United States.

Onward robotic soldiers: IIT students pioneer cutting-edge research

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 09:47

icture this: Robots braving bullets while ferrying weapons and ammunition to soldiers on the battle front. Or, a robotic arm resembling the human variety that can work in hazardous areas like blast furnaces. Students at IIT-Roorkee are swotting to turn these ideas into reality.

Did Methane-spewing microbes wiped out life from earth 252 mn years ago?

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 15:34

According to researchers, around 252 million years ago, microbes which are believed to produce methane caused a major disaster may have led to the mass extinction in earth`s history.

New clean energy reserve found in China

Last Updated: Monday, March 31, 2014, 20:40

Geologists have found large masses of hot dry rock (HDR), a form of clean energy, in northwest China`s Qinghai Province, authorities said Monday.

India`s own satellite navigation system by 2014 end: ISRO chief

Last Updated: Monday, March 31, 2014, 20:34

India is expected to have its own satellite navigation system with the launch of three more satellites before the end of this year, said the Indian space agency`s chief Monday.

Now, firefighting robot that can walk through flames

Last Updated: Monday, March 31, 2014, 16:25

Researchers have developed a humanoid robot that can carry heavy equipment, interact with officers and head straight into a face-melting fire without hesitation.

Future cities that `glow` in the dark

Last Updated: Monday, March 31, 2014, 16:23

What about an evening stroll on a street with glowing trees and illuminated pathways? Or finding your favourite vegetable grown on the side of a skyscraper?

Ancient Egyptian tomb had 23-feet-long pyramid!

Last Updated: Monday, March 31, 2014, 16:19

In a thrilling discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a ransacked 3,300-years-old tomb at an ancient cemetery in Egypt that had a 23-feet-high pyramid at its entrance.