RESEARCH

Artificial Intelligence hub in Bengaluru to promote technology innovations: DST

‘New model may shed light on how our brain works’

4:13 pm December 26, 2019

Tokyo: Researchers have developed a brain-like network composed of ultrasmall metallic wires, an advance that may lead to new ways for understanding the brain’s computation processes. As part of the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers used the metallic nanowire network to simulate the human brain’s electrical activity unique to processes like […]

RBI rate decision, macro data to steer markets in holiday-shortened week: Analysts

2:26 pm September 29, 2019

New Delhi: RBI’s interest rate decision, macroeconomic data points and global cues would be the key driving factors for the equity market in the holiday-shortened week ahead, say analysts. Markets would remain closed on Wednesday for ‘Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti’. “Markets are expected to consolidate further with the bias on the positive side. We feel the […]

Drinking tea regularly may boost brain function: Study

4:10 pm September 13, 2019

Regular tea drinkers have better organised brain regions — which is associated with healthy cognitive function — compared to non-tea drinkers, a study claims. The research, published in the journal Aging, examined neuroimaging data of 36 older adults for the study. “Our results offer the first evidence of positive contribution of tea drinking to brain […]

IIT Mandi developing technology to convert heat into electricity

1:58 pm August 20, 2019

Mandi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi are developing novel thermoelectric materials that can efficiently convert heat into electricity. While solar power has received a lot of attention, other alternative sources are equally promising, even if less known, researchers said. Generating power from heat, for example, is attractive as there is a […]

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