The study led by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says airplanes flying at a cruise altitude of around 35,000 feet emit pollutants that contribute to about 8,000 deaths per year globally.
Dr Dinesh Patel, chief of arthroscopic surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital and associate clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at the Harvard Medical School, will be honored June 14 with the unveiling of an Arthroscopic Learning Laboratory at MGH named after him.
The Republic Day celebration was about India's Constitution, but the protests also argued for protecting the values of equality and secularism enshrined in it.
Infosys' Chief Mentor NR Naryana Murthy has hired Arjun RamegowdaNarayanaswamy to manage his Rs 600-crore (Rs 6 billion) venture capital (VC) fund -- Catamaran.
In what could revolutionise commercial aviation, scientists claim to have designed a green plane which is estimated to use 70 per cent less fuel than the current aircraft and reduce noise and nitrogen oxide emission.
In addition to declaring a national emergency, US President Trump has approved major disaster declarations for New York, California, Washington, Iowa, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas and Florida.
The arrival of summer in India may have raised hopes that hot and humid weather could slow the COVID-19 progression but virologist Naga Suresh Veerapu believes that outbreak and pandemic occurrences often do not follow seasonality.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
The trial began at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle as the first participant received the investigational vaccine.
American scientists claim to have developed a technology that would allow conversion of waste heat into electricity efficiently.
Newly minted American engineers are going into finance because tech jobs have been offshored.
'Ghost-like stands repel rather than attract audiences,' observes Ashis Ray.
A mix of around 150 variations in DNA sequence could act as an effective predictor of whether a person has the genetic artillery to live up to 100 years, researchers have found.
Yum has over 70 KFCs and 160 Pizza Hut units in India. It recently opened its first Taco Bell outlet in March.
Thomas Kailaith, a Pune-born engineer, was last week elected to the Royal Society, the UK's top independent science body.
A team of researchers, including a group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has developed what is called a "cocktail" of extremely tiny particles that work in concert in the bloodstream to locate, stick and kill cancerous tumors.
The Republican victory is a major setback to Democrats who would lose their filibuster majority of 60 in the 100-seat Senate, which was essential for President Barack Obama's ambitious health care reform bill to clear the Congress.
The virus may have acquired mutations that make it more severe and infectious.
From his economist mother to politicians and academia -- all hailed Banerjee's achievement.
'Investigating agencies are not acting as independent authorities; they have stopped being neutral.'
A large number of American companies like Google, Uber and IBM are offering their resources to help India successfully fight the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
If you are dreaming of a car that can also fly in case of traffic jams, it could soon come true as the United States aviation authority has given its green signal for the commercial production of such a vehicle.
Diplomatic observers and foreign policy wonks were left perplexed trying to figure out what Senator John F Kerry meant when he said India had begun "to reinvigorate its own programme there", which he described as "absurd on both sides".
United States Senator from Massachusetts John Kerry has said that the Barack Obama administration would not send its troops to combat militants on Pakistani soil. Kerry also emphasised that it is a fight that the Pakistanis have to engage in and fight out, asserting that Islamabad can overcome militant challenges through a homegrown approach."We're not going to send troops by any significant numbers of any kind to Pakistan," he said.
The influence Pakistan Army wields even in its diplomatic ties with the US was evident when Senator John F Kerry met the country's army chief to allay politicians' concerns about the new US aid package that has sparked public outrage.
All three scientists have played a leading role in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or Ligo, experiment, which made the first historic observation of gravitational waves in September 2015.
A little bit of self-reflection never hurt anyone, so we're asking you to judge yourself based on your cellphone use. Even funny and interesting experiences or anecdotes are welcome.
According to the New Scientist, the finding of the study opens new possibilities for social scientists and others who want to know how people connect and interact socially. For the study, an international team handed out mobile phones to 94 students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- the gadgets were modified with software which logged their calls, and used Bluetooth to detect when another was close by.
Well-known as a powerful advocate for contemporary and traditional artists in India, she will be the first international appointment to the museum board.
Das had been with SAP for over eight years.
According to the CNN, Senator Kennedy collapsed at the inauguration luncheon. However, channel did not give any details leading to the collapse of the veteran Democratic leader from Massachusetts.
Indian Intelligence agencies have drawn much flak for their glaring lack in communication that failed to preempt the 26/11 terror attacks last year. American intelligence agencies operating in South Asia also don't share information with each other, Massachusetts Democrat and Senator John F Kerry, who recently visited Indian, Pakistan and Afghanistan, revealed during a Congressional hearing on Tuesday.
Neri Oxman is an award winning architect who combines technology with botany and life.
Edward Kennedy, prominent member of one of America's most famous political families, died Tuesday after a year-long battle with brain cancer
The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values, the fourth such center in the world, seeks to promote the Dalai Lama's vision of a better world by sponsoring interdisciplinary programs and deliberations on ethics. Attending the two-day event, among others, will be former Indian President A P J Kalam.
It's a digital prototype called "sixth sense" that is currently being evaluated by major companies like Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard and Samsung. The brain behind this device is the 28-year-old Indian-born Pranav Mistry, a researcher at the Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Thrust into the spotlight as a Republican rising star following the party's drubbing in the November 4 polls, the Indian-American governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, has bagged the second spot in a straw poll for the 2012 presidential nomination.
The more you drink alcohol, the smaller your total brain volume gets, according to a new study by Wellesley College, Massachusetts. The study found that even moderate alcohol consumption can lead to decline in brain volumes. Lower brain volumes have been linked to progression of dementia and problems with thinking, learning and memory.
Florida Governor Charlie Crist and former presidential hopeful and ex-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney have also accepted invitations, fueling speculation that the three (Jindal, Crist, Romney) are the McCain campaign's top choices, and that this weekend's discussions will go a long way in determining who gets the nod.
This new institute, which will be modeled after the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, will include faculty from multiple disciplines and professions and offer degrees through multidisciplinary programs.
