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Delhi-born MIT scholar’s AI-headset is one of Time’s 100 Best Inventions of 2020
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 22, 2020 12:01 PM IST
Time described Arnav Kapur’s AlterEgo as something which “doesn’t read your thoughts, but it can enable you to communicate with your computer without touching a keyboard or opening your mouth”.
STOPCovid: Researchers develop new Covid-19 test that can be done in less than an hour
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral | Boston
UPDATED ON SEP 18, 2020 05:18 PM IST
In a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers showed that the new test detected 93% of the positive cases as determined by the conventional Covid-19 tests.
US: Foreign students will confront more challenges
By Yashwant Raj
UPDATED ON JUL 17, 2020 07:41 PM IST
The administration has reportedly been planning to either substantially curtail or suspend a popular programme that allows international students to stay back on their student visa and work for one to three years, known as Optional Practical Training (OPT).
Nearly 25,000 new Covid-19 cases added in 24 hours, India’s tally soars past 7.67 lakh-mark
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 09, 2020 11:44 AM IST
A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has projected that India will witness 2.87 lakh coronavirus cases per day by the end of winter 2021 in the absence of a Covid-19 vaccine or drug intervention.
It is time to worry about deepfakes
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 13, 2019 07:48 PM IST
Don’t believe everything you see or hear. Verify it first
Indian-American academician Ankur Jain awarded Packard Foundation Fellowship
By Press Trust of India | Houston
UPDATED ON NOV 20, 2019 05:01 PM IST
The Indian-American biologist and academician, Ankur Jain has discovered that certain RNAs can form aggregates, clumping together into membrane-less gels. This process, known as phase separation, has been widely studied in proteins, but not in RNA.
Abhijit Banerjee’s achievement much bigger: Sourav Ganguly
By PTI | Kolkata
UPDATED ON OCT 16, 2019 09:19 AM IST
Banerjee, who is a teacher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday became the eighth Indian to get the award and was jointly chosen the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize winner along with Esther Duflo.
Very, very happy on Abhijit Banerjee winning Economics Nobel, says Amartya Sen
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 14, 2019 09:19 PM IST
Amartya Sen had won the same award in 1998 for his contribution to welfare economics.
Proud day for JNU as alumnus Abhijit Banerjee wins Nobel Economics Prize 2019
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON OCT 14, 2019 08:02 PM IST
Indian-American Banerjee, his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
Nobel Prize 2019 winner Abhijit Banerjee - Five things to know
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 10, 2020 05:57 PM IST
Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, economists Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
Charles Correa: Iconic architect, urban planner
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 08, 2019 11:15 AM IST
The renowned architect and urban planner applied modernist architectural principles in accordance with local climate, history and building styles. In town planning, he brought sensitivity to needs of the urban poor, use of traditional methods.
New AI method predicts future risk of breast cancer
By Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service, New York
UPDATED ON MAY 09, 2019 09:27 AM IST
Researchers have developed a new tool with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) methods to predict a woman’s future risk of breast cancer.
What parents in Maharashtra think of homeschools?
By Ankita Bhatkhande | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2018 12:17 AM IST
The option is gaining popularity with parents in Maharashtra after the success of homeschooled students like Mandlik and Malvika Joshi, who in 2016 was awarded a scholarship from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) despite not having taken any board exams
IISc Bengaluru tops India in global list of best institutes
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, London
UPDATED ON SEP 26, 2018 11:09 PM IST
The Times Higher Education’s (THE) world university rankings 2019, released on Wednesday, show Oxford continues to hold the first place, Cambridge second, and Stanford third. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology rose one place to number four.
Sickle-cell disease, here’s everything you need to know about this painful condition
By HT Correspondent | Asian News International, Washington DC
UPDATED ON SEP 04, 2018 01:31 PM IST
Sickle-cell disease, also called sickle-cell anemia, is a painful condition which leads to the deformation and break-down of red blood cells.
Indian-origin entrepreneur in UK develops platform to combat fake news
By Press Trust of India | London
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2018 06:11 PM IST
The aim is for the service to work as a news aggregator as well as an indicator of factual accuracy.
What’s it worth to use Facebook? An experiment gives surprising insights
By Cass R. Sunstein | Bloomberg
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2018 07:01 PM IST
People might be willing to pay $10 each month for the right to use Facebook, or demand $60 to give up that right. But what are the effects on their actual experience? Are they enjoying life more, or less, or the same?
This Japanese paper-cutting art has inspired a new, effective design for bandages
By HT Correspondent | Press Trust of India, Boston
UPDATED ON MAR 28, 2018 04:36 PM IST
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US attached the “kirigami film” to a volunteer’s knee and found that each time she bent her knee, the film’s slits opened at the centre, in the region of the knee with the most pronounced bending, while the slits at the edges remained closed, allowing the film to remain bonded to the skin.