Engineering
L&T branches out to renewables amid energy transition led growth
05 Sep 2024
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced the formation of a separate division for renewable energy business, starting 1 September 2024
Tesla unveils Optimus Gen 2: A leap forward in robotics
13 Dec 2023
The Optimus Gen 2 maintains a similar outline to its predecessor but introduces significant improvements, particularly in its limbs, providing a more lifelike range of motion.
Swarna Jayanti Fellow developing doping agents for efficient, low-cost semiconductor materials
03 Jan 2022
US scientists create 'living robots' that can reproduce themselves
01 Dec 2021
With the help of artificial intelligence, the researchers have found that the Xenobots are able to find tiny stem cells in a petri dish, gather hundreds of them inside their mouth, and bundle them out as new Xenobots in a few days
Rimac Nevera beats Tesla as the world’s fastest electric car
05 Nov 2021
With the largest battery pack ever fitted to a production car, Nevera can travel 340 miles on a single charge, while the agile and electrically adjustable dampers and active aerodynamics of the Rimac All-Wheel-Torque Vectoring 2 ensures a comfortable and quiet cruise
China demonstrates 600 kmph Maglev train
29 Jul 2021
With the new Maglev train, it would only take 2.5 hours to travel from Beijing to Shanghai, a distance of more than 1,000 km, against 2-1/2 hours by air
SkyDrive demonstrates Japan’s first flying car – SD-03
04 Sep 2020
The flying car, which looks more like a two-wheeler, is just two meters high, four meters wide and four meters long, and requires only as much space on the ground as two parked cars
World's first fully electric plane takes to air for almost 15 minutes
13 Dec 2019
The plane, a 62-year-old, six-passenger seaplane retrofitted with an electric motor, was designed by Australian engineering firm MagniX and tested in partnership with Canada’s Harbour Air, the world’s largest seaplane airline
Tata Motors unveils futuristic `Ziptron’ electric mobility technology
20 Sep 2019
The state-of-the-art electric vehicle technology with class-leading power and performance will set a new benchmark in the EV industry, says Tata Motors
In the future, this electricity-free tech could help cool buildings in metropolitan areas
07 Aug 2019
Engineers have designed a new system that can help cool buildings in crowded metropolitan areas without consuming electricity, an important innovation at a time when cities are working to adapt to climate change.
How can robots land like birds?
07 Aug 2019
3D printing the human heart
02 Aug 2019
Research sparks new insights on laser welding
02 May 2019
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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
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