Materials
Lead out, tin in for cheap solar cell
03 May 2014
Researchers at Oxford University have demonstrated that the lead in solar cells based on lead halide perovskites can be replaced with tin
A molecular approach to solar power
17 Apr 2014
A team at MIT and Harvard University has come up with a material that can absorb the sun's heat and store that energy in chemical form, ready to be released again on demand
Relieving electric vehicle range anxiety with improved batteries
16 Apr 2014
Electric vehicles could travel farther and more renewable energy could be stored with lithium-sulphur batteries that use a unique powdery nanomaterial
Quantum photon properties revealed in plasmon
16 Apr 2014
Strain can alter materials’ properties
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 10 Apr 2014
Engineers design ‘living materials’
08 Apr 2014
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with non living elements that can conduct electricity or emit light. By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
Solar cells turned into cheap printable lasers
04 Apr 2014
Solar cells based on a perovskite material not only excel at absorbing light but also at emitting it, turning them into low-cost lasers, a team from Oxford University and Cambridge University has shown
Nanoparticle networks' design enhanced by theory
By By Anne Ju | 11 Mar 2014
Researchers create graphene coating to prevent blood clots associated with implanted devices
04 Mar 2014
Silicon-germanium chip sets new speed record
20 Feb 2014
New chemistry could make it easier to design materials to order
By By Gail Wilson | 25 Jan 2014
New transparent display system could provide 'heads-up' data
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 23 Jan 2014
How to tap the sun’s energy through heat as well as light
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 20 Jan 2014
New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office
Disordered materials hold promise for better batteries
10 Jan 2014
MIT researchers find that contrary to conventional wisdom, cathodes made of disordered lithium compounds can perform better than perfectly ordered ones.
New material harvests energy from water vapour
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 03 Jan 2014
Polymer film could be used in artificial muscle and to power micro- and nanoelectronic devices.
Featured articles
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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