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Coronavirus may spread more via respiratory droplets in winter

While transmission of the novel coronavirus as small aerosol particles is more significant in summer, direct contact with respiratory droplets may be more pronounced in the winter months, according......

Virus can travel 20 feet, 6 ft inadequate: Study

Scientists have modelled the spread of infectious droplets from coughing, sneezing, and breathing under different atmospheric conditions, and found that the novel coronavirus can spread up to......

3 Indian Americans among scientists honoured by Obama

Three Indian Americans -- Dr Kartik A Srinivasan, Sumita Pennathur and Hari Shroff -- were among 94 researchers who were named by United States President Barack Obama as recipients of the......

Meet Obama's new special envoy for Af-Pak

Marc Grossman, former United States under secretary of state for political affairs, is expected to replace the late Richard Holbrooke as Barack Obama administration's special representative for......

How much does earth's plastic weigh? Try a 100 crore elephants!

According to a study, humans have generated 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastics, turning earth into a ‘plastic planet’. IMAGE: Of the 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic created,......

Researchers use WiFi to count people

Researchers have demonstrated that a WiFi signal can be used to count the number of people in a given space, an advance that may one day lead to improved search-and-rescue efforts during a......

At $2.1 billion, Buffett is year's biggest philanthropist

The top 10 largest philanthropic donations of 2014 also include, Edward Meyer at 9th rank ($75 million donation to Weill Cornell Medical College) and Charles Munger at the 10th place ($65 million......

Not correct to say IIT students' quality is poor: IIT director

Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, the newly appointed director of IIT Madras is an alumnus of the same institution. He had passed in 1980 with a degree in Electronics. Then he went to the University of......

10 Indians in elite US engineering body

In his 30-year-plus career as a scientist, technologist and entrepreneur, Dr Kanti Jain has achieved many milestones, including developing fabrication technologies for microelectronics such as......

Of scam spam and mind games

The next time you have an urge to open an email that reads 'Urgent Security Notification' or 'Your billing account records are out of date,' be on your guard. Cyber criminals are increasingly......

Catherine Zeta-Jones' Shah Rukh Khan Connection

IMAGE: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas with their son Dylan Douglas. Photograph: Kind courtesy IFFI/Instagram Did you know that Catherine Zeta-Jones' children grew up watching films like......

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Coronavirus may spread more via respiratory droplets in winter

Virus can travel 20 feet, 6 ft inadequate: Study

3 Indian Americans among scientists honoured by Obama

Meet Obama's new special envoy for Af-Pak

How much does earth's plastic weigh? Try a 100 crore elephants!

Researchers use WiFi to count people

At $2.1 billion, Buffett is year's biggest philanthropist

Not correct to say IIT students' quality is poor: IIT director

10 Indians in elite US engineering body

Of scam spam and mind games

Catherine Zeta-Jones' Shah Rukh Khan Connection

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