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There are also dance steps and stylised hand gestures that are the Japanese sign language version of the lyrics, with a teaching video posted on the official website for the popes visit. (Photo: Video screengrab)

High-tech Japan uses AI in song to welcome pope

The song was partly composed using an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered programme song-writer Jun Inoue created.

26 Nov 2019 11:21 AM IST

The report compared the time spent with newspapers in 2016 against the time spent at the turn of the millennium (Photo: AFP)

Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes: Study

Old newspapers can provide a cheap and green solution for the bulk production of single-walled carbon nanotubes used in...

25 Nov 2019 12:17 PM IST

Scientists previously believed all stars in young nebulae formed simultaneously. (Photo: AFP)

Scientists observe highest-energy light from a gamma-ray burst ever

The gamma-ray burst had an afterglow that featured the highest energy photons, a trillion times more energetic than...

25 Nov 2019 11:53 AM IST

Music is central in supporting expressions of emotion that transcend cultural divides, a new study has found. (Photo: ANI)

Human songs share universal patterns across world cultures!

A study reports the first comprehensive scientific analysis of the similarities and differences of music across...

25 Nov 2019 11:35 AM IST

When unconstrained at a given speed, members of a quadrupedal species will generally select a common gait, which is seldom unique to that species alone. (Photo: AP)

Here's why different four-legged animals adopt similar gaits

A new study explores how and why when faced with different situations four-legged animals alays choose one among several...

25 Nov 2019 11:09 AM IST

The technique is being tested at the University of Maryland Medical Center on patients that arrive with acute trauma. (Photo: ANI)

Human put in suspended animation for first time

Suspended animation is when the body functions can be paused while life-saving medical procedures are performed.

21 Nov 2019 9:20 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

'Possibility of life': scientists map Saturn's exotic moon Titan

The map was based on radar, infrared and other data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which studied Saturn & its...

20 Nov 2019 11:59 AM IST

This light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark matter

This light-sensing camera may help detect extraterrestrial life, dark...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created one of the highest-performance...

20 Nov 2019 10:38 AM IST

UTIs are one of the most common types of bacterial infections in women, accounting for nearly 25 per cent of all infections. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Novel process discovers how microbes harvest electrons!

Researchers have revealed how one kind of bacteria 'eats' electricity by pulling in electrons straight from an electrode...

19 Nov 2019 11:58 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

First global geologic map of Saturn's largest moon Titan completed

The map fully reveals a dynamic world of dunes, lakes, plains, craters and other terrains on the celestial body's...

19 Nov 2019 10:50 AM IST

$The mystery of sliding on ice can therefore be found in the \viscous\ nature of this film of water$ Science

Researchers find reason behind slippery nature of ice!

Researcher's have for the first time been able to demonstrate why ice becomes slippery enough for people to skate on.

11 Nov 2019 10:46 AM IST

The analysis found that for one specific sector - industrial boilers - technology is cheaper at cleaning the air than ecosystem upgrades.

Trees - a feasible option for cutting down air pollution around...

It is the plants and not technologies for cleaning the air near a number of industrial sites, roadways, and oil and gas...

8 Nov 2019 8:09 AM IST