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Social networking giant Facebook has partnered security software firm Kaspersky to help its users detect and clean malware from their computers. ‘Malware’ is an umbrella term used to refer to computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware and other malicious programmes. Facebook said for the past year, it has been working with anti-malware companies like ESET, F-Secure and Trend …

United Kingdom की एक कंपनी Malloy Aeronautics ने पिछले कुछ सालों में धीरे-धीरे और सार्वजनिक रूप से hoverbike (हवा में उड़ने वाली बाइक) को तैयार किया है। इसके लिए धन जुटाने के लिए Kickstarter का इस्तेमाल किया गया। पंरतु अब यह प्रोजेक्ट एक नई दिशा में चला गया है क्योंकि अमरीका के रक्षा विभाग ने हाल ही में घोषणा की है …

Microsoft researchers are developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs that potentially harmful viruses are spreading, with the goal of preventing disease outbreaks in humans. Project Premonition, launched by American tech company Microsoft, is developing a system that aims to detect infectious disease outbreaks before they become widespread. Project Premonition could eventually allow health officials to …

Scientists have found the underlying mechanism of how sleep helps us learn and memorise. A new study suggests that sleeping triggers the synapses in our brain to both strengthen and weaken, which prompts the forgetting, strengthening or modification of our memories in a process known as long-term potentiation (LTP). Researchers led by Sidarta Ribeiro at the Brain Institute of the …

People regularly exposed to a combination of road, rail and plane noise are at a high risk of developing a pot belly, a new Swedish study has warned. Road traffic noise is linked to a heightened risk of developing a mid-riff bulge, researchers said. Exposure to a combination of road traffic, rail, and aircraft noise may pose the greatest risk …

Cold weather kills 20 times as many people as hot spells, according to a global study that analysed over 74 million deaths in 384 locations across 13 countries. The findings, published in The Lancet, also show that deaths due to moderately hot or cold weather substantially exceed those resulting from extreme heat waves or cold spells. “It’s often assumed that …

मोटापे के डर से लोगों को अकसर खाने से पहले किसी भी चीज की कैलरी गिनते देखा जा सकता है, लेकिन अब एक स्मार्ट प्लेट से यह काम आसान हो जाएगा। एक विशेष तकनीक से लैस यह प्लेट आपको भोजन की कैलरी बताएगी। अमरीका में एक फर्म ने इस स्मार्ट प्लेट का निर्माण किया है। इसमें तीन डिजीटल कैमरे लगे …

Here is an app that would teach you a foreign language without eating up your precious time! The researchers have developed the app to fill the time gap we spend waiting for a friend or co-worker to respond while we are chatting on GChat. WaitChatter, a Chrome extension for GChat, generates interactive foreign language vocabulary exercises, so you can make …

The camera on your smartphone can detect a type of eye cancer found in children under the age of five, according to experts in the UK. The flash from a smartphone camera can easily spot retinoblastoma (Rb), a type of cancer where tumours develop in the eyes of young children, the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT), which works in the …

A revolutionary ‘smart’ cane that enables the visually impaired to instantly identify friends and family may soon be available. The ‘XploR’ mobility cane, being developed by Birmingham City University students Steve Adigbo, Waheed Rafiq and Richard Howlett, uses smartphone technology to recognise familiar faces from up to 10 metre away. The cane also features Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality to …