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Is nanotech utopian or dystopian?

Is nanotech utopian or dystopian?

The little critters evolve swiftly becoming deadly predators with each passing hour.

25 March 2019 1:25 AM IST

Bioterrorism in India

Bioterrorism in India

During the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965, a scrub typhus outbreak in northeastern India came under suspicion.

18 March 2019 2:00 AM IST

The Allies built facilities capable of churning out anthrax spores, brucellosis, and botulism toxins. Thankfully, the war ended before they were used.

Haunting spectre of bioterrorism

Biological agents have been used since antiquity to attack the enemies.

4 March 2019 1:28 AM IST

When a robot commits a crime how to determine whether its the vile act of the robot? Most robot-related incidents until now have been, firstly the result of machines being too stupid, rather than too smart, or secondly on account of a disharmonious relationship between man and machine.

Deadly world of criminal robots and drones

Two London-based artists created a bot that purchased random items off the dark web.

4 Feb 2019 1:38 AM IST

The cryptocurrencies could be used to finance terrorism if it is not counteracted effectively

Cryptocurrencies and Crimes

The researchers also say they can defeat users who endeavour to disappear behind firewalls or network address...

28 Jan 2019 1:05 AM IST

Biometrics may offer many advantages. We may forget our passwords, but we will always have our fingerprints on us.

Is biometrics more secure than passwords?

For more than 100 years, trained fingerprint experts manually performed this task by lifting them from the scene of a...

7 Jan 2019 1:39 AM IST

The NGO, which deals with anti-corruption, got no response, despite bringing to light that over 64 illegal transfers had been carried out in that zone.

Chennai: Can we eradicate corruption?

History has constantly demonstrated that human nature is unchangeable and human heart corruptible.

2 Nov 2018 6:25 AM IST

Just a decade later, that same gorgeous star shocked the world when she announced that both her breasts and ovaries were gone.

Genetic testing, privacy and discrimination

We are aware that we leave behind our DNA every time we comb our hair, brush our teeth, give blood during medical...

15 Oct 2018 1:43 AM IST

Sanyal (Left) with his partner Ankit Andulkar says revealing that while growing up was not easy, things are sure to look better now. (SourceFacebook: Debendra Nath Sanyal)

Supreme Court brings joy to gays

The decriminalisation of the gay law has brought to end centuries of infamy and social isolation suffered by the gay...

15 Sept 2018 1:47 AM IST

Brain fingerprinting is based on a finding that the brain generates a unique brainwave pattern which helps identify the perpetrator of a crime accurately and scientifically by measuring brain-wave responses to crime-relevant words or pictures presented on a computer screen.

Cool tool for police investigation?

In India, a woman named Aditi Sharma was suspected of killing her boyfriend Udit Bharathi in June 2008.

3 Sept 2018 12:48 AM IST

Human microbiome - A new rising star in forensics

Human microbiome - A new rising star in forensics

In a healthy human being, the brain, liver spleen and heart are free from microflora.

16 Aug 2018 4:44 AM IST