Smartphone can be your fitness tracker
Uncomfortable with your wristband fitness tracker? Now you can bury it somewhere in your closet as your smartphone would be your new fitness tracker, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Nov 15, 2015, 16:29 PM IST
Newly-found earth-sized rocky planet too hot for life
Scientists have discovered a new exoplanet that, in the language of "Star Wars," would be the polar opposite of frigid Hoth, and even more inhospitable than the deserts of Tatooine.
Nov 12, 2015, 16:43 PM IST
'Understanding the brain can bring global recognition for India'
It is believed that understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
Oct 31, 2015, 15:36 PM IST
MIT's RF-Capture helps identify people through walls
The RF-Capture device sends wireless signals and reconstructs the human body by analyzing reflections of those signals.
Oct 29, 2015, 10:06 AM IST
Our memories reside in specific brain cells: MIT researchers
The researchers used optogenetics to show that memories really do reside in very specific brain cells, and that simply activating a tiny fraction of brain cells can recall an entire memory.
Oct 25, 2015, 00:19 AM IST
New 3D printed soft robot hand adapts to objects
Its three fingers have special sensors that can estimate the size and shape of an object accurately enough to identify it from a set of multiple items.
Oct 05, 2015, 21:35 PM IST
How brain encodes memory of time and place
Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory.
Sep 24, 2015, 16:35 PM IST
Here`s how our soft palates help flu to spread
A new study has revealed how flu viruses gain the ability to spread.
Sep 24, 2015, 09:25 AM IST
Protein-based sensor may spot, kill cancer cells
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a protein-based sensor that can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such as cell death.
Sep 22, 2015, 16:00 PM IST
Lunar surface as fractured as possible
As per a new study, the far side of the moon is as fractured as possible.
Sep 11, 2015, 11:15 AM IST
New method predicts which tech startups will thrive
MIT researchers have developed a method that can project the growth potential of new high-tech firms.
Feb 08, 2015, 13:22 PM IST
New MIT algorithm can predict price of Bitcoin
MIT scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can predict the price of the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
Oct 26, 2014, 17:16 PM IST
Twitter wants MIT to make sense of your tweets
Twitter has teamed up with MIT on a USD 10 million project that will analyse every tweet sent since the micro-blogging site was launched in 2006 in an effort to better understand social networks.
Oct 03, 2014, 20:05 PM IST
New technology shows who is using your data online
MIT researchers have developed a new technology that tracks how your private data is used online.
Jun 15, 2014, 18:57 PM IST
