Apple unveils new iPad Pro, MacBook Air, in India soon

Cupertino (IANS) Amid depressing coronavirus times, Apple on Wednesday brought some cheers in the market with launching an advanced iPad Pro with breakthrough LiDAR Scanner and new Magic Keyboard with Trackpad, along with new 13-inch MacBook Air for…

Supercomputer to forecast COVID-19 spread

Beijing, March 18 (IANS) Chinese researchers have developed a system based on a supercomputer to forecast the spread trend of COVID-19 and evaluate the effect of prevention and control, according to the Science and Technology Daily.

Developed…

IIT Madras to host global Hyperloop Pod contest

Chennai (IANS) Following in the footsteps of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is planning to organise a "Global Hyperloop Pod Competition" to increase awareness and enthusiasm about this transportation…

IIT Hyderabad makes hand sanitizer for institute community

Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Amid the novel coronavirus scare around the globe, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Wednesday said its researchers have developed their own hand sanitizer, in line with the standards recommended by World…

Novel coronavirus stable for hours on surfaces: Study

New York, March 18 (IANS) The virus responsible for COVID-19 disease, which has claimed over 7,000 lives globally, can be kept stable for several hours to days in aerosols and on surfaces, according to a new study.

The researchers at the…

COVID-19: Immune system can fight back, says study

Sydney, March 17 (IANS) Amid the soaring number of coronavirus cases around the globe, researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia's first COVID-19 patients, showing the body's ability to fight the virus and recover from…

Xbox Series X specs unveiled, includes 1TB SSD expansion cards

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Series X will be using a custom AMD Zen 2 CPU with eight cores at 3.8GHz each and a custom AMD RNDA 2 GPU with 12 teraflops and 52 compute units at 1.825GHz each, coming with 16GB of GDDR6…

Promising remdesivir drug against COVID-19 in 5 clinical trials

San Francisco (IANS) The most promising drug to potentially treat coronavirus -- Gilead Sciences' remdesivir -- is being given a second shot at clinical trials after three seriously-affected patients in the US treated with remdesivir recovered…

Social stigma forcing corona patients to avoid screening in India

New Delhi (IANS) With several reports now emerging that people suspected of coronavirus infection are fleeing from quarantine facilities in India owing to isolation and social stigma fears, this can lead to unnecessary panic and spread of the deadly…

Earth's mantle generated planet's early magnetic field

New York (IANS) Where did our planet's magnetic field come from? According to new research, Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's early magnetic field.

The Earth's mantle is made of silicate material that…