Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating mode that is more fuel efficient and equally clean.
A 30-member team of CEOs from leading Indian automobile components companies will be participating in a five-day orientation programme at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on product design and development.
Imagine that the particles visible in turbulent water are like an army of ants being chased through a bowl of mixed-up red and blue spaghetti.
Air travellers have come to recognise as routine the gut-wrenching sensation they experience as their flight jostles after hitting an 'air-pocket'-- scientifically known as turbulence.
Want to improve your intelligence? Well, then all you need to do is get smart about what you eat, suggests a new study in mice.
Feeling the pinch because of the rising costs of fuel, Americans long used to gas guzzling vehicles with power and speed are steadily moving to smaller and energy efficient cars, says an Indian professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In an effort to bring all Test nations on board, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has sought the services of a leading technology institute -- the MIT -- to 'achieve' a uniform Decision Review System (DRS), an innovation which India has been opposing for long.
Do you think foreign funds should be allowed in India's higher education sector? Will it be a boon or curse for the Indian economy? Or does it sound silly to run foreign playschools, colleges and universities in India?
The transparent fibre-webs could even enable huge computer screens to be activated with beams of light instead of the touch of a finger.
A Pakistani woman, who mysteriously disappeared five years ago, having alleged links with the al Qaeda, was arraigned in a New York federal court on the charges of attempting to kill American soldiers and officials in Afghanistan and a bail hearing was set for Monday.
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Twelve universities from India feature in the top 100 of QS Rankings by Subject 2021.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named two minor planets after two girls from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Arthur J Pais has interviewed Anita Desai many times over the years. Here, he shares impressions and anecdotes about the celebrated author.
West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta, an MIT alumnus, had announced last month that the MIT is eager to open a Kolkata chapter and tie up with leading institutions in the state.\n\n
Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come up with a new way to power electronic gadgets without an electrical cable.
The Tamil Nadu government will constitute an 'economic advisory council' to the chief minister comprising Nobel laureates, former Reserve Bank of India governor and other economic experts from around the globe to advise the state on how to reverse the economic slowdown.
Researchers at the institute have been trying to engineer a patch of tissue that has the same properties as native heart tissue.
A patent is to an idea what an alert watchman is to your property. Everyone can look, but no one can steal.
Easy access to this kind of test could help people determine what kind of precautions they should take against COVID-19 infection, such as getting an additional booster shot, the researchers said.
The top 10 are from the United States of America.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is seen as an astute politician and a rustic crowd puller by many of his countrymen, but a group of young management students from the US on Saturday gave him a new tag -- a good manager.
Media Lab Asia, the socio-economic project between the Indian government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be completely recast with the project becoming a fully government-aided
An Indian scientist has developed an innovative 'hide-and-seek' alarm clock which would force even the laziest person to wake up from sleep.
An Indian American scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working on a project aimed at making hand-held computing "as easy as breathing."
Company appoints Parvatheesam K as compliance officer.
The lawsuit seeks an injunction to stop the entire rule from going into effect.
Banerjee, 58, was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Named after 'Feluda', the detective character in legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's stories, the test has been developed by Debojyoti Chakraborty and Souvik Maiti as a simpler way of detecting SARS-coV2 presence in clinical samples, IGIB Director Anurag Agarwal said.
Aafia Siddiqui, also known as 'Lady Al Qaeda', is a Pakistani national who was convicted in 2010 by a New York City federal court of attempting to kill US military personnel. She is currently serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas.
She met Jasmine Shah in New York when both were pursuing their Masters from Columbia and New York University respectively.
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