Materials
Graphene key to high-density, energy-efficient memory chips, say Stanford engineers
03 Nov 2015
Engineers are developing memory chips based on new nanomaterials with capabilities that silicon can't match
Making nanowires from protein and DNA
09 Sep 2015
Metallic gels produce tunable light emission
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 07 Sep 2015
A new family of luminescent materials could find broad uses in chemical and biological detectors
Unusual magnetic behaviour observed at a material interface
By By David L Chandler, MIT News Office | 25 Aug 2015
Findings could lead to a building block for future quantum computers, and a research tool for physics
Manchester team reveals new, stable 2D materials
24 Aug 2015
Nanocrystals don’t add up for reactor materials
22 Aug 2015
“Yolks” and “shells” improve rechargeable batteries
06 Aug 2015
Aluminum could give a big boost to capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries
New insight on how crystals form may advance materials, health and basic science research
05 Aug 2015
Making the new silicon
By By Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | 04 Aug 2015
Gallium nitride is poised to become the next semiconductor for power electronics, enabling much higher efficiency than silicon
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation