Self-eating rocket could boost UK space programme

In what could turn out to be a major boost to the capabilities of the space industry in the United Kingdom, a team of engineers at the University of Glasgow has built and fired the first unsupported ‘autophage’ rocket engine which consumes parts of its own body for fuel. Acco...

University of Glasgow launches Glasgow Centre for ...

Focussed on supporting the accelerating global transition to sustainable, low-carbon energy systems, the University of Glasgow is launching a new research centre. In a press statement, the university says that the Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy brings together academics fr...

Data on speech analysis to help create new applica...

Sophisticated new analysis of the physical processes which create the sounds of speech could help empower people with speech impairments and create new applications for voice recognition technologies, researchers say.  According to a press statement issued by the University of G...

Glasgow University team suggests steps to counter ...

A team of computer security experts has developed a set of recommendations to help defend against ‘thermal attacks’ which can steal personal information. Thermal attacks use heat-sensitive cameras to read the traces of fingerprints left on surfaces like smartphone screens, co...

UNESCO to support over 50 nations in designing Eth...

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has decided to support at least 50 countries in helping them formulate policies and laws to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence. In a press statement, UNESCO says that earlier this m...

Unveiling the iPhone 15: Expected features and rel...

As Apple about launch its next smartphone, the iPhone 15, in the coming weeks, the rumour mill has been swirling around for months about what the phones will look like and what they will be able to do. Like its predecessors, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro are expected to bring s...

Glasgow University unveils research on eye-control...

A new research conducted by human-computer interaction specialists from universities in Scotland, Germany and Portugal suggests that controlling mobile phones through movement of the eyes would be around soon. According to a press statement by Glasgow University, which led the re...

Data experts concerned over contact tracing apps

Globally, the Covid-19 outbreak has upturned all systems with an increasing number of infections and about a million deaths. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Artificial Intelligence and big data is playing a significant role in controlling the spread of the pande...

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Startups in Gujarat

For a state of entrepreneurs, it is but normal that the startup ecosystem in Gujarat is also flourishing. The government is doing its bit by giving a hand to the young entrepreneurs.