Materials
Grippy, not sticky: engineers debut an incredibly adhesive material that doesn't get stuck
05 Jun 2015
A material inspired by the unique physics of geckos' fingertips could allow robotic hands to grip nearly any type of object without applying excessive pressure
Seashell strength inspires stress tests
03 Jun 2015
Tough biogel structures produced by 3-D printing
02 Jun 2015
New 'designer carbon' boosts battery performance
02 Jun 2015
Stanford scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors
How to make continuous rolls of graphene
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 28 May 2015
Out with heavy metal: new, high-volume joining process expands use of aluminum in automobiles
12 May 2015
Plugging up leaky graphene
09 May 2015
From brittle to plastic in one breath
06 May 2015
3D-printed aerogels improve energy storage
02 May 2015
Often referred to as “liquid smoke, aerogel is a synthetic porous, ultralight material derived from a gel, in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas
Expanding the reach of metallic glass
23 Apr 2015
New paint makes tough self-cleaning surfaces
09 Apr 2015
Researchers develop aluminium battery that charges smartphones in a minute
08 Apr 2015
Apart from personal devices, the new aluminum-ion battery, that is both greener and safer, could be used to store renewable energy on the electrical grid
New kind of “tandem” solar cell developed
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 27 Mar 2015
Researchers combine two types of photovoltaic material to make a cell that harnesses more sunlight
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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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