Machine tools manufacturer Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW) on Monday inaugurated Dr. Kalam Centre for Innovation at its premises here to work on core research and develop energy efficient and alternative material machine tools.


Bharat Fritz Werner launches Dr. Kalam Centre of Innovation


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Swedish communication technology giant Ericsson, French telecommunications company Orange and US technology giant Intel have successfully conducted the world's first extended coverage trial for Internet of Things (IoT) using EC-GSM-IoT (Extended Coverage-GSM-IoT) technology in Paris.


World's first Internet of Things has successful trial


"Based on the satellite data gathered, we can identify areas that, over the past 14 years, have shown high sensitivity to climate variability," said study first author Alistair Seddon from the  University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway.


New map shows areas most sensitive to climate changes 


People losing sleep over their financial health may also experience more physical pain than those who are comfortable with their economic condition, suggests new research.


Financial stress may cause physical pain


The organs in our body may have a sexual identity of their own, say researchers, suggesting that the findings can also shed light on why it is that some cancers are more common in women and others in men.


Organs do have sexual identity of their own: Study


Imagine living in a world where, every 69 years, the sun disappears in a near total eclipse that lasts for three and a half years. That is just what happens in an unnamed binary star system nearly 10,000 light years from the Earth.


Longest-lasting solar eclipse discovered


Researchers have developed a digital "magic wand" hardware device to improve home healthcare and to prevent hackers from stealing your personal data.


Digital 'magic wand' to improve healthcare, cybersecurity


Mothers who consume alcohol during pregnancy put their children at the risk of impairment in kidney blood flow in adulthood and heightened neurological problems caused by a stroke, warns a study.


Alcohol in pregnancy may put kids at neurological problems risk


Adults who smoke marijuana -- the most commonly used psychoactive drug or medicine -- are five times more likely to develop an alcohol use disorder (AUD) -- alcohol abuse or dependence -- compared with adults who do not smoke it, warns a study.


Marijuana smokers five times more likely to turn into alcoholics


Focusing on "equal work and equal pay", a new research calls for actions to ensure equal wages for equally-performing or -skilled scientists, especially females who earn about 14 percent less than their male peers.


Female researchers paid 14 percent less than men


Archaeologists have excavated a 12,000-year-old village in the Jordan Valley that sheds light on the historical shift from foraging to agriculture.


12,000-year-old Israel village links old and new Stone Ages


Ensure proper sleep if you want to boost your memory as brain activity during sleep sorts through several experiences we encounter every day and retains only important information in memory pockets, say researchers.


Good night's sleep strengthens memory


A Japanese researcher has found a new species of parasite plant on the subtropical Japanese island of Yakushima and named it Sciaphila yakushimensis after its place of discovery.


New plant species discovered in Japan


Exposure to highly polluted air for three-to-eight weeks may lead to an increase in weight, breathing problems and metabolic dysfunctions, showed a recent study.


Exposure to bad air increases obesity risk


A detailed investigation of all Chinese specimens of Pareiasaurs -- the "ugliest fossil reptiles" -- shows that there are similarities between Chinese fossils and those found in other parts of the world.


The 'ugliest fossil reptiles' once roamed in China


The US researchers have found that antibiotics -- a powerful drug that fights bacterial infection -- may be linked to a serious disruption in brain function, called delirium, and other brain problems.


Using antibiotics may lead to mental confusion


Commonly used chemotherapy toxins can impair the childhood cancer survivors' eye motor skills -- the eyes' ability to follow moving objects, new research has found.


Childhood cancer survivors face eye movement disorder


Exposure to sexual violence may alter the female brain and reduce maternal behaviour needed to care for offspring, a new study suggests.


Does sexual aggression change female brain?


Stress incurred during a six-second delay in video streaming is equivalent to the anxiety of taking a math test or watching a horror movie alone, a report by Swedish communication technology giant Ericsson said.


Delay in video streaming increases stress: Ericsson


In a potential ground-breaking move, Swedish automaker Volvo has started testing a smartphone app that would replace physical keys making it the first auto manufacturer to offer vehicles without keys.


This app can replace your car keys


An international team of scientists says the unusual dinosaur tracks found in northern China might have been by the four-legged sauropod dinosaurs.

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