MIT researchers are giving millions of plastic bottles a new life by turning plastic waste into homes, decks and bridges using AI robotsIn a significant development, the Atlas Building Composites, a spinout of Massachusetts Institute of Technology are turning millions of pla...
15 Sep, 2026, 05.54 PM IST
The rise of an FDE signals a new era for engineering talentAs AI reshapes entry-level engineering jobs, employers are looking beyond degrees for talent that can turn models into measurable business ...
15 Sep, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
Hexaware Technologies stock gains 5% on Project NANDA Fellowship collaboration to advance AI agentsHexaware Technologies shares rose sharply on Tuesday after the company partnered with Project NANDA Fellowship, a global programme focused ...
15 Sep, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
Doomers and boosters: who's who in the AI warsThe furious debate over artificial intelligence has hardened into warring camps -- and a cautious middle. Today, most of the doomers warnin...
15 Sep, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
From Ping-Pong table to Harvard: This 13-year-old built a Rs 3,000 robotic arm you can control with mindA teenager Benjamin Choi built a low-cost prosthetic arm during the 2020 lockdown using a 3D printer, fishing line and non-invasive brainwa...
11 Sep, 2026, 04.39 PM IST
AI can write, think and create; then why should people learn new skills? Psychologists identify a serious problem that automation creates in human mindAI is making coding, writing and other knowledge work faster, but its growing role is also making some workers question the need to keep le...
10 Sep, 2026, 09.06 PM IST
- Science says ancient roman concrete could repair its own cracks: The secret was hidden in tiny white chunks
Modern concrete can become vulnerable when cracks allow water and chemicals to seep into its interior. Ancient Roman concrete, by contrast,...
07 Sep, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
Foreign university influx fuels Indian edtech resurgenceForeign universities are establishing campuses across India, creating new business opportunities for edtech firms. This expansion is expect...
07 Sep, 2026, 10.54 AM IST
Festive carts to get heavier; Pixxel’s $100 million fresh fuelHappy Monday! Online festive shopping is set to hit a new high this year. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
07 Sep, 2026, 09.16 AM IST
Something strange may be happening high above the surface of Venus: New study finds a surprising clue about whether life could survive in its acidic cloudsNew research suggests peptides can survive Venus's acidic clouds. These molecules maintain stable structures in highly concentrated sulfuri...
05 Sep, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
In 2007, ESA sent 3,000 tardigrades into low Earth orbit; after 10 days of vacuum and UV-A/UV-B exposure, 68% revived upon rehydrationKnown for their resilience, tardigrades have astonishingly withstood the harsh conditions of outer space. Their unique protein showcases an...
04 Sep, 2026, 08.03 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
NASA sent Pseudomonas aeruginosa on shuttle Atlantis to space, where it formed denser biofilms with an unusual “column-and-canopy” structureIn groundbreaking space experiments, bacteria grown in synthetic urine were sent aboard the Atlantis space shuttle on two occasions. These ...
27 Aug, 2026, 02.50 PM IST
In 2022, MIT researchers built a portable desalination unit that removed particles and salts at once, producing about 0.3 liters per hourMIT scientists created a portable device that turns seawater into safe drinking water. This compact system uses advanced processes to remov...
27 Aug, 2026, 02.20 PM IST
MIT built a three-layer passive cooling panel of aerogel, hydrogel and reflective material; tests cooled it 9.3°C below ambient and suggested up to 40% longer food storage in humid conditionsResearchers have created a passive cooling system that uses natural processes. This innovative device cools significantly below ambient air...
26 Aug, 2026, 03.20 PM 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
MIT researchers redesigned ordinary fog nets, changing the mesh and coating, to extract drinking water from air in some of Earth's driest regionsScientists have created an innovative mesh tailored for capturing water from fog, enhancing water yield dramatically over current nets. Thi...
21 Aug, 2026, 01.40 PM IST