Bloomington: With the advent of video games, a frequently asked question has been whether we get as engrossed in them emotionally as we do when we see a scary movie. The answer is yes and in new ways, according to new research by faculty in Indiana University's Media School.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi described cyber-related risks as a global threat of "bloodless war," and called upon the nation's IT community to serve the entire world by building credible cyber-security systems. He was speaking at the launch of the Digital India week in New Delhi on Wednesday. 

Washington: Fujitsu has developed a new smartphone with iris recognition, and a Clarkson University professor says she expects the technology to be available in the United States in the near future.

Menlo Park: In a study that could improve the safety of next-generation batteries, researchers discovered that adding two chemicals to the electrolyte of a lithium metal battery prevents the formation of dendrites – “fingers” of lithium that pierce the barrier between the battery’s halves, causing it to short out, overheat and sometimes burst into flame.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Narendra Modi Mobile App’. (Read in Hindi: पीएम ने लॉन्च की 'नरेन्‍द्र मोदी मोबाइल एप्‍प')

The people of the port city of Vishakhapatnam and its neighbourhood in Andhra Pradesh will never be able to forget October 12, 2014, the day they had a tryst with the very severe cyclone Hudhud.