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Indian Railways network with IIT Madras to develop a hyperloop technology

Hyperloop is a high-speed transportation system(even faster than the bullet trains), having a low operating cost. IIT Madras Avishkar Hyperloop Team(Image Source- Twitter) The Indian Railways has collaborated with IIT Madras to develop a hyperloop technology based transport system and extended a financial support of Rs. 8.34 crores to IIT Madras for this project. The Hyperloop project was also…

IIT-Madras research centre to launch industry consortium

It will help member industries to know about latest trends in data science and AI The Indian Institute of Technology Madras’ Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence has proposed to launch an industrial consortium to provide information resources support on cutting-edge technologies to industries working on artificial intelligence. The consortium will enable the member…

Want to study data science at IIT-Madras?

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*Photograph: Kind courtesy Francisco Osorio/Creative Commons

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has opened its application process for its newly launched online BSc degree in Programming and Data Science.

Students may fill in the application form to enroll in the Qualifier process, upload the required documents and pay the application fee of Rs 3,000.

The fees paid will give…

IIT-M team conducts research on cancer curing properties of turmeric

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Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have shown that the active compound from the common household spice turmeric — curcumin — can enhance cancer cell death.

Researchers from the Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Department of Biotechnology, have found that treating leukaemia cells that cause cancer of the blood and bone marrow with curcumin, enhances…