Apple hiring big brains in car battery space

Last Updated: Saturday, February 21, 2015, 02:29

A year and a half ago, Apple Inc had applied for just eight patents related to auto batteries. Recently, it has hired a bevy of engineers, just one of whom had already filed for 17 in his former career, according to a Thomson Reuters analysis.

Scientists study neuronal basis of crows` intelligence

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 20:18

Crows are no bird-brains! Scientists have for the first time demonstrated how the brains of crows produce intelligent behaviour when the birds have to make strategic decisions.

Now, 'cars with brains' that ensures safety on road

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 21:34

According to Bart Herring of Mercedes Benz, now with the E and the S class they have a car that can actually steer itself.

Now, `cars with brains` that ensures safety on road

Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 17:31

An auto show in Los Angeles is set to showcase all the newest ways technology is influencing car design with this year`s theme being "cars with brains".

Monkeys use brain to move 2 virtual arms

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 14:15

Monkeys were able to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity, a new study has suggested.

Tiny particle may decide our universe`s fate

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 22:05

The universe may end in another 10 billion years or sooner if the heaviest of all the known elementary particles - the top quark - is even heavier than previously thought, scientists say.

Non flying dinosaurs evolved `flight ready` brains

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 12:58

Some non-avian dinosaurs evolved the brainpower necessary to fly before they actually took to the air as birds, a new study has revealed.

It`s evolutionary difference that makes for human brains

Last Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013, 15:01

Humans have two functional networks in their cerebral cortex not found in rhesus monkeys, which may have been added during evolution from primate ancestor to human.

Shark brains `similar to humans`

Last Updated: Monday, October 29, 2012, 17:08

Researchers have found that shark brains share several features with human brains, which could help them work on a shark repellent.

Human brain bigger than chimp`s from foetal stage

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 19:11

Human brain is larger than that of their chimp cousins from the foetal stage itself, says the first ever study to track and compare their brain growths.