Watson supercomputer (named after IBM’s first president, Thomas J. Watson) was first in news in 2011, when it played the popular quiz show Jeopardy in 2011. Recently IBM...
Dario urops is a small, recently discovered freshwater fish species belonging to the family Badidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India and is of...
Daniel Hillel (born in 1930) is an internationally renowned Israeli scientist, hydrologist, and environmentalist whose pioneering work in soil physics and water management revolutionised modern agriculture, particularly in...
Liu Yang (born 6 October 1978) is a Chinese military pilot and taikonaut who became the first Chinese woman in space. She is a prominent figure in China’s...
The SMART Search Engine refers to an information retrieval system based on the principles of the SMART (System for the Mechanical Analysis and Retrieval of Text) project developed...
Myristica swamps are unique freshwater ecosystems found primarily in the Western Ghats of India. They are dominated by tree species belonging to the ancient genus Myristica, which includes...
In May 2012, the hacktivist group “Anonymous” which had weighed in favour of Anna Hazare’s campaign, was in news because it again launched distributed denial of service (DDoS)...
Wipro m-eXecute is a mobile-based application developed by Wipro Limited to enhance operational efficiency in the manufacturing sector by extending the functionalities of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to...
PEM Fuel cell refers to Proton exchange membrane fuel cells. They are also known as Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The PEM cells were recently in news...
International Cancer Genome Consortium is an alliance of laboratories that is trying to produce a definitive list of the genetic mutations that cause cancer. The ICGC was launched...
