During Alaska stream research, teams developed an automated salmon-counting system to track fish in sonar video and reduce reliance on manual countingAlaska's manual salmon counting techniques are laborious and expensive. To improve efficiency, new computer vision algorithms are under dev...
27 Aug, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
Billionaire Jeff Bezos came calling. These researchers walked away to build physics AI, leaving a $2 mn salary behindTwo AI researchers declined a lucrative offer from Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus. They instead chose to develop their own artificial intel...
26 Aug, 2026, 01.31 PM IST
The AI founders who walked away from Bezos-backed Prometheus to model the universeThe difference is that this new system is not built for understanding language. It is built for physics, said co-founders Anima Anandkumar ...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
This Mysore-born scientist, whose great-grandfather was a mathematician and grandfather a Sanskrit scholar, helped make AI faster at weather forecasting & drug discoveryAnima Anandkumar, a prominent AI researcher, applies machine learning to complex problems in physics and science. Her work at Caltech focus...
25 Aug, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Charlie Munger: “Nothing has served me better in my long life than...” — Why daily curiosity creates a compound life advantage? Timeless life lessons from an inspiring quote by Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner on continuous learning, wisdom, self-growth, discipline, success, and lifelong learningQuote of the Day by Charlie Munger: Munger's famous quote, “Nothing has served me better in my long life than continuous learning.” The sen...
13 Aug, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
Who is Deepak Dhar? Indian physicist who worked with Richard Feynman wins Dirac Medal previously won by Stephen HawkingProfessor Deepak Dhar has been honored with the 2026 Dirac Medal for his remarkable contributions to the realm of statistical mechanics. Sh...
10 Aug, 2026, 06.12 PM IST
'Booked flat in 2012, now possession in 2032': Millionaire Sabeer Bhatia shares homebuying ordeal in IndiaSabeer Bhatia booked a high-end apartment in India back in 2012. The property's construction remains unfinished after more than a decade. B...
29 Jul, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Richard P. Feynman: ‘You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with…’ - how to build a life by doingQuote of the Day by Richard P. Feynman suggests creating meaning through curiosity and action. He believed life's richness comes from immer...
28 Jul, 2026, 10.50 AM IST
Psychology says the person whose eyes keep drifting back to one option on the menu or one face on a dating app has basically already decided; a 2003 study found how your gaze locks onto your choiceResearch shows our eyes shift towards choices before we consciously decide. This gaze cascade effect grows stronger as decisions approach. ...
09 Jul, 2026, 05.29 PM IST
Wealth lesson by Charlie Munger: 'The big money is not in the buying or selling, but in the waiting' The timeless wealth lesson from Warren Buffett's legendary partner 'Oracle of Pasadena'Legendary investor Charlie Munger emphasized that substantial wealth isn't found in frequent trading, but in patient waiting. His advice hi...
26 Jun, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Young Sheldon: Will there be a Caltech spin-off? Producer reveals franchise’s future"Young Sheldon" has expanded its storytelling over the years, offering significant screen time to various characters. However, the finale o...
27 May, 2024, 06.45 PM IST
Caltech ends high-stakes US patent fight with Apple and BroadcomPasadena, California-based Caltech sued Apple and Broadcom in 2016, alleging that millions of iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and other Apple...
12 Oct, 2023, 10.30 PM IST
Caltech reaches 'potential settlement' in Apple, Broadcom patent caseCaltech sued Apple and Broadcom in 2016, alleging that millions of iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and other Apple devices using Broadcom chi...
11 Aug, 2023, 09.58 AM IST
US Supreme Court spurns Apple-Broadcom challenge to Caltech patentsThe justices turned away an appeal by Apple and Broadcom of a lower court's ruling affirming a trial judge's decision to prevent the compan...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
Joe Biden administration urges Supreme Court not to hear Apple-Caltech patent caseCalifornia-based Caltech sued Apple and Broadcom in Los Angeles federal court in 2016, alleging millions of iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches a...
25 May, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
ISRO embarking on replicating NASA partnership model in IndiaThe Bengaluru-headquarteted space agency is striking a partnership with the IIST -- something similar to the JPL- Caltech model in the Unit...
26 Mar, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
NR Narayana Murthy's son Rohan Murthy puts $1 million in astronomy project CaltechThe Robo-AO project was co-developed about three years ago by the Caltech Optical Observatories and the the Inter-IUCAA in Pune.
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