Weird, funny scientific discoveries honoured at 23rd Ig Nobel awards

Last Updated: Friday, September 13, 2013, 18:45

The 23rd Ig Nobel awards reportedly saw actual Nobel laureates announcing the winners of some of the most weird and humorous scientific discoveries.

Indian universities fail to feature in world`s top 200

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 18:02

US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University on Tuesday topped an authoritative list of the world`s top 200 university rankings that did not figure any educational institutions from India.

US wildfire season to be three weeks longer, twice as smoky by 2050: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 21:37

A recent study by Harvard University researchers point towards a worsened scenario for the US wildfire season which is expected to turn even smokier and prolonged as a result of climate change.

Now, sprayable coffee to give you caffeine buzz

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 18:21

Soon, you will be spraying your coffee instead of drinking it!

`Over 170 mn children live in difficult conditions in India`

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 16:48

The government spends less than one percent of its total expenditure on child protection, child rights activists said.

10-year-old prodigy to enter Harvard this fall

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 11:15

He`s only 10-years old but thanks to an IQ similar to Albert Einstein`s, Luis Roberto Ramirez will begin the next school year studying applied quantum physics at Harvard University.

Oprah Winfrey receives honorary degree from Harvard

Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2013, 13:33

TV mogul Oprah Winfrey donned the traditional black-and-red graduation regalia as she was handed an honorary doctorate at the prestigious Harvard University.

RoboBee makes first controlled flight

Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2013, 15:07

In culmination of more than a decade`s work, an insect-sized robot took its first controlled in a Harvard robotics laboratory.

Kumbh Mela study to be presented at Harvard

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 09:13

A study about the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage in India will be presented at an annual symposium on South Asia hosted by the Harvard University.

Akhilesh heads for Harvard to share Kumbh success mantra

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 10:55

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav left for the US to deliver a lecture at the Harvard Business School on organising the Maha Kumbh Mela.

Ekta Kapoor set to study at Harvard University

Last Updated: Sunday, April 7, 2013, 16:25

Ekta Kapoor, who has back-to-back projects – ‘Ek Thi Daayan’, ‘Shootout At Wadala’, and ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’ -- lined up for release, is tired and says that she will take a break to attend a summer entrepreneur course at the Harvard University.

Harvard invites Akhilesh after successful Kumbh

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 16:26

After Uttar Pradesh played host to world`s largest religious congregation during Mahakumbh in Allahabad, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav have been invited by the Harvard University to share the story of organising the event.