Engineering
Lightweight steel production breakthrough: Brittle phases controlled
21 Jun 2017
High-strength, lightweight steels can finally be processed on an industrial scale, thanks to a breakthrough in controlling undesired brittle stages from production
Printed sensors monitor tyre wear in real time
15 Jun 2017
Recycled tyres create stronger concrete
14 Jun 2017
Using the polymer fibres from tyres has the unique benefit of potentially improving the resilience of concrete and extending its lifespan
Robotic device engineered to help stroke survivors recover
10 Jun 2017
The robotic-assisted rehabilitation therapy, combined with standard rehabilitation, is expected to improve the mobility of patients surviving a stroke.
Alphabet to sell Boston Dynamics to SoftBank
09 Jun 2017
China’s CRRC unveils first railless, driverless train
08 Jun 2017
The 30-metre train, with three coaches, is equipped with sensors that can read the dimensions of roads and plan its own route – running on a virtual rail
The most nimble-fingered robot ever built
02 Jun 2017
Irregularly shaped items such as shoes, spray bottles, open boxes, even rubber duckies are easy for people to grab and pick up, but robots struggle with knowing where to apply a grip, a problem that researchers from University of California at Berkeley have now solved
Faster, more nimble drones on the horizon
30 May 2017
Engineers at MIT have come up with an algorithm to tune a Dynamic Vision Sensor camera, simplifying a scene to its most essential visual elements and potentially enabling the development of faster drones
System can 3-D print an entire building
28 Apr 2017
Real time cow avoidance system for cars
10 Apr 2017
Materials may lead to self-healing smartphones
04 Apr 2017
Startup readies 3-D printed house in 24 hours
06 Mar 2017
Flame-throwing drone zaps debris off power lines
20 Feb 2017
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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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
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