Sufficiency, Efficiency and Renewables – The Pathway to Carbon-neutral Buildings Step into any bustling city, and you’ll see towering office blocks, shopping malls, hotels, and hospitals. While they serve our daily needs, these commercial buildings also consume massive amounts of energy, often making up over 40% of a city’s electricity demand. With global climate change…
Summary/Blog: Clays contain hydrophilic minerals like montmorillonite and illite, which significantly influence their geotechnical behavior. These minerals cause substantial volume changes in response to moisture fluctuations, leading to swelling, shrinkage, and potential structural damage. During desiccation, the tensile stresses within the soil can exceed its strength, resulting in cracking. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in…
Introduction Skin ailments are among the most frequent health problems affecting individuals from all age groups. According to a study conducted on Global Burden of Disease (GBD), skin diseases were ranked 18th when evaluated using Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) , making it 4th leading cause of disability. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United…
Have you ever clicked a link that looked normal but led you somewhere suspicious? This is not an accident! It is a kind of cyber-attack. Obfuscated URLs are used for cyberattacks. These URLs are disguised in such a way that they look harmless but lead to phishing sites, malware, and worse. These links might include…
Lameness is one of the most common illnesses in dairy animals which is responsible for affecting millions of dairy animals resulting in degradation in their health and productivity. Early detection of lameness is especially challenging in large herds which are used for industrial production of meat and dairy products owing to the continuous nature of…
In modern warfare, reliable communication networks are vital, but they can be crippled by targeted jamming of critical nodes. Our system called jamBIT, uses AI and deep reinforcement learning to identify and disrupt these critical nodes in real time. a. Background In the age of digital warfare, the side that controls communication often controls the…
