Ever wondered if you have a doppleganger on this planet? Perhaps a clone? Just a look-alike, or maybe even a real twin? While science takes the DNA route to resolve…
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Other than being a writer, editor, moderator, and events' curator, I help companies devise an integrated communications strategy. I'm passionate about digital transformation and deep-tech topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, fintech, electric vehicles, solar power and autonomous vehicles. I am an MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow (2010-11), Boston; EARLIER ASSIGNMENTS include: Editor-South and National Technology Editor, Mint (HT Media) -- India; and Associate Editor, Business Standard.
The day scientists make it possible for human beings to live on the Moon, or Mars for that matter, they will need to provide shelter too. With this in mind,…
Most people who have seen movies such as Star Wars, Terminator,Transformers, Surrogates, Bicentennial Man and The Matrix may believe that robots and computers will soon rule over, or even eliminate,…
Imagine being asked to submit your birth certificate to your employer by the end of the day. Most people would typically have to rummage through piles of files at home…
Playing computer games may help researchers build a quantum computer Think about this. You may want to play a computer game, learn about physics and simultaneously help researchers build a…
The wealthier a country is, the more likely the Internet will be up and running at all times. In other parts, it “sleeps”, almost like a living creature, researchers studying…
Computer modelling of the human eye, the brain of a rat and a robot could revolutionise advances in neuroscience and new technology, says a QUT leading robotics researcher. Michael Milford…
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), mission scientists say they have solved a lunar mystery that is almost as old as the moon itself. Early theories…
Simultaneously using mobile phones, laptops and other media devices could be changing the structure of our brains, according to new University of Sussex research. A study published on 24 September…
A new study has reported a material in which electrons move at a controllable angle to applied fields, similar to sailboats driven diagonally to the wind. In a research paper published…