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SLIM lunar landing successful, but probe unable to generate power: JAXA
New Delhi: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully landed on the lunar surface, but is unable to generate power.
With the “precision landing”, Japan on…
OpenAI-backed 1X raises $100 mn to build next-gen humanoid robots
San Francisco: Norwegian robotics startup 1X Technologies, backed by OpenAI, has raised $100 million in its series B funding round led by EQT Ventures.
As part of the round, 1X also facilitated a significant secondary transaction in…
CES 2024: Here are new laptops announced
New Delhi: At CES 2024, brands like Lenovo, Dell, MSI, and Acer have announced a new lineup of laptops with innovative features, including Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered capabilities.
Lenovo unveiled the newest lineup of Microsoft…
Narayana Murthy again defends 70-hr work week advice for Indian youth
New Delhi: Defending his 70-hour work week call to Indian youth that created a furore late last year, Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy has said that he has not given such advice to people without having done it himself.
In an…
Scientists develop new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant superbug
New York: A team of US scientists have developed a novel antibiotic that can kill a drug-resistant superbug, known to kill about half of all patients who acquire it.
The antibiotic zosurabalpin was found to effectively treat highly…
NASA’s Curiosity rover records videos of Martian day, from dawn to dusk
Washington: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has recorded two black-and-white videos of a Martian day, from dawn to dusk.
The rover captured its own shadow shifting across the surface of Mars using its black-and-white Hazard-Avoidance…
Musk’s SpaceX sends top-secret US military space plane to orbit
Washington: Elon Musk-run SpaceX has sent a secretive US military space plane to orbit and what all it carried aboard the mission are classified.
This is the first time the US military has selected SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket for…
Cell, gene therapy to rule pharma sector in 2024: Report
New Delhi: Cell and gene therapy (CGT) will have the greatest impact on the pharmaceutical industry in 2024, according to a report on Thursday.
The report by GlobalData, a data and analytics company, is based on a survey of 115…
Japan’s SLIM lander shares 1st Moon images from lunar orbit
Tokyo: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) moon lander has shared first images of the lunar surface from the Moon's orbit.
The 2.7 metres SLIM launched on September 6 along with XRISM, a…
Google now lets you ask questions about YouTube videos to Bard
New Delhi: Google has announced a new update for its AI chatbot, Bard, that will let users ask the AI chatbot questions about YouTube videos and get answers related to the content of the video.
"We're taking the first steps in Bard's…