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Researchers develop new N95 mask that can curb Covid spread, kill virus

Researchers have developed a new N95 face mask that can not only reduce COVID-19 spread but also kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus upon contact with it. Image used for representational purpose only.......

Ray Tomlinson, creator of email and saviour of @ passes away

Ray Tomlinson, widely credited as the creator of email passed away at 74. Tomlinson invented direct email messages in 1971. Before his invention, electronic messages could be shared only on a very......

Water discovered on Mars by NASA's rover Curiosity

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered water during its first sample analysis of the red planet's surface. The first scoop of soil analysed by Curiosity......

US: Sunderesh Heragu wins tech innovation award

The Institute of Industrial Engineers presented the Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering to Professor Sunderesh S Heragu, the Mary Lee and George F Duthie Chair in Engineering......

Chat rooms under the scanner

Are terrorists using internet chat rooms to plot their next move? That is what the US government hopes to find out from a study on internet chat room surveillance under an anti-terrorism programme,......

Tech giants to assist US govt in combating coronavirus

US-based global tech giants, including IBM, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, have partnered with the White House to "unleash the power of American supercomputing resources" for combating the novel......

NRI discovery may see pencils powering PCs

An Indian origin scientist at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has discovered how graphene's extremely efficient conductive properties can be exploited for use in nanoelectronics, as a possible......

9 Indians in MIT top innovators' list

It's been a good year for Indians abroad, with Bobby Jindal getting elected to the US Congress and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal topping the UK rich list and many achievements by Indian scientists on......

Why US must let in more skilled workers

Deepa Singh's journey to the U.S. began as a classic tale of the American dream. She left her native New Delhi in 1999 at the age of 23 and received a master's degree in computer science from......

Business books you must read

It has been a good year for business books. Spoilt for choice, readers have had a tough time making up their minds. Should they find out why Nassim Nicholas Taleb is urging everybody to imagine the......

Can we do without films?

They say we are a cricket driven nation. Sure we are. When Sachin Tendulkar bats, all other work is left aside to cheer the little master.But it is not just cricket that runs in our blood. Movies......

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Researchers develop new N95 mask that can curb Covid spread, kill virus

Ray Tomlinson, creator of email and saviour of @ passes away

Water discovered on Mars by NASA's rover Curiosity

US: Sunderesh Heragu wins tech innovation award

Chat rooms under the scanner

Tech giants to assist US govt in combating coronavirus

NRI discovery may see pencils powering PCs

9 Indians in MIT top innovators' list

Why US must let in more skilled workers

Business books you must read

Can we do without films?

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