As US reboots psychedelics from counterculture to R&D, Indian pharma must take the leadThe United States is accelerating research into psychedelic drugs for mental illness. This shift prompts India to re-evaluate its own drug ...
08 May, 2026, 11.22 PM IST
Raccoons Are Getting Smarter About Trash CansUrban raccoons demonstrate remarkable intelligence, solving complex trash can challenges through trial and error and learning from experien...
27 Apr, 2026, 05.47 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Ian Hacking: ‘The social risks that worry us are not random…’Quote of the Day: Philosopher Ian Hacking argued that societal fears are not random but are deliberately structured by cultural, political,...
27 Apr, 2026, 09.33 AM IST
Canada makes play for H-1B visa holders with new talent driveCanada is launching an aggressive campaign to attract top global researchers, including U.S. H-1B visa holders facing increased pressure. T...
10 Dec, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
Canadian universities aim to attract top global scholars with funding boostCanadian universities are actively recruiting top global researchers, leveraging new federal funding and immigration reforms. This initiati...
09 Dec, 2025, 05.56 PM IST
Canada’s top universities hold strong in global rankings, led by University of TorontoThe University of Toronto remains Canada's top university in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025. Canadian institutio...
07 May, 2025, 01.37 PM IST
Ocean floor 'reservoir' of plastic pollution, study findsResearch estimates 3-11 million tonnes of plastic on ocean floor, acting as a reservoir for pollution. Understanding plastic pathways cruci...
05 Apr, 2024, 05.49 PM IST
QS World University Sustainability rankings: University of Toronto global best, University of Delhi leads India contingentThe ranking evaluates the social and environmental impact of universities as a center's of education and research, as well as a major emplo...
05 Dec, 2023, 06.58 PM IST
TCS launches Pace Port in TorontoTCS Pace Port hubs around the world include over 4,000 researchers and innovators, more than 2,300 start-up partners, over 30 innovation la...
13 Jul, 2022, 09.44 PM IST
TCS launches its 5th global research and innovation centre in TorontoTCS Pace Port hubs around the world include over 4,000 researchers and innovators, more than 2,300 start-up partners, over 30 innovation la...
13 Jul, 2022, 11.24 AM IST
Multi-institution research project aims to develop smart fabric-based wearablesThe collaboration agreement seeks to contribute to FIBRE, a research initiative by The University Health Network (UHN), a public research a...
05 Mar, 2021, 01.17 PM IST
Is your kid obese? It could be the reason why doctors are misinterpreting blood test reports70% of the blood tests studied were affected due to the children's obesity.
18 Dec, 2019, 06.37 PM IST
The Robot-Bard: Now AI system pens Shakespeare-like sonnetsResearchers trained a neural network using nearly 2,700 sonnets from a free digital library.
11 Aug, 2018, 05.50 PM IST
'Super Earth' that may host alien life identifiedThe dataset used by Cloutier and other researchers came from the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) using the ESO's 3.6-...
06 Dec, 2017, 08.29 PM IST
Are you rich or poor? Your face can determine it better than your pocketA person's economic standing may act as a 'self-fulfilling prophecy' that influences social interactions.
06 Jul, 2017, 01.44 PM IST
Siri to become more 'honest' after new AI algorithmIt learned to recognise hair in pictures with greater reliability than that enabled by the training.
17 Nov, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
- Bombay IIT joins foreign varsities to set up research centre
IIT-Bombay has joined a consortium of foreign universities for setting up a research centre in New York which would work to solve complex u...
24 Aug, 2012, 05.14 PM IST