Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL among 8 IT firms suspended from US green card programmeThe US government's recent decision to suspend eight leading IT companies, including Microsoft, from green card applications for foreign wo...
08 Oct, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Microsoft green card h1b visa program suspension: What is it? What does this mean for those seeking Microsoft jobs in USA?Microsoft green card h1b visa program suspension: Microsoft is based in Redmond, Washington, near Seattle. Vice President JD Vance said Mic...
08 Oct, 2026, 10.56 PM IST
Oxford University leads THE World University Rankings 2027; IISc tops India at 254In the recently released World University Rankings 2027 by Times Higher Education (THE), Oxford stands unchallenged at the top, followed by...
06 Oct, 2026, 02.33 PM IST
Scientists may have got one of Earth’s biggest ancient mysteries wrong: A 2-billion-year-old carbon clue thought to reveal a global change may actually point to magma, methane and microbesResearch from Caltech indicates that a significant carbon signal may arise from local geological processes instead of global events. The st...
27 Sep, 2026, 06.16 PM IST
Researchers losing the ability to develop scientific reasoning a big fear with AI: Climate Scientist William BoosAI could make weather forecasting cheaper and more accessible, but scientists warn that over-reliance on the technology could weaken human ...
22 Sep, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
Mathematicians vs AI war erupts: Why top maths medal winners are revolting against OpenAI and other AI companiesTwenty-five Fields Medal winners, including Terence Tao, have warned that the AI industry's race to solve major mathematical problems could...
12 Sep, 2026, 12.49 PM IST
‘The future is already being built’: Anand Mahindra praises 2 IISc Bengaluru professors for pushing the boundaries of high-speed aviationIndia’s aerospace sector is experiencing a notable rise, driven by cutting-edge technology and rapid progress in aviation research. At the ...
10 Sep, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
In 2010, Caltech used fish-school patterns to arrange 6 wind turbines. One year later, tests showed the design could deliver 10 times more power per unit of landIn 2010, Caltech researchers arranged six wind turbines using patterns inspired by fish schools. The design aimed to reduce turbulence and ...
04 Sep, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
In 1976, a theoretical physicist pushed Caltech toward building a machine to detect Einstein’s gravitational waves - 39 years later, black-hole-hunting LIGO heard their ripples, and by 2017, the Interstellar science adviser wept before the man who predicted them while receiving the Nobel PrizeKip Thorne, an illustrious physicist, chased the elusive gravitational waves predicted by Einstein for many years. His commitment yielded t...
03 Sep, 2026, 10.57 AM IST
Quote of the Day by Richard Feynman:“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and...” A powerful lesson on why we are easiest to foolQuote of the Day: Richard Feynman’s “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool” offers...
31 Aug, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
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
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