Teaching AI to reason
In the search for reliably autonomous artificial intelligence, researchers are layering AI with rationality.
Gold standard
A new class of cost-effective broadband absorbers shows promise in capturing light waves outside the visible range.
This sugarcane skin can sense arsenic
Researchers at IIT Kanpur have fashioned a stable sensing platform using sugarcane skin.
Mind the math gap
A new study flags the need to bridge the divide between formal maths teaching and innate 'marketplace' learning.
AI models for India
Indian enterprises have the opportunity to create domain-specific AI foundational models and build LLMs in Indian languages.
Guillain-Barré syndrome: a nervous breakdown
What we know so far about the rare neurological disorder that has triggered a health alarm in parts of India.
AI for a reason
For now, AI lacks the ability to solve problems through reason. However, a paradigm shift on that front seems imminent.
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