Materials
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.
Process developed for ultrathin carbon membranes
02 Jan 2014
Batteries as they are meant to be seen
27 Dec 2013
Decoding the structure of bone
27 Dec 2013
Researchers have deciphered the molecular basis of bone’s remarkable strength and resiliency; which could lead to new treatments and materials
New research in non-toxic flame retardants
26 Dec 2013
Modified form of graphene could be used to make an energy-efficient data storage device
By Matt Davenport | Stanford Engineering | 23 Dec 2013
New graphene treatment could unleash new uses
16 Dec 2013
A new step towards graphene-based electronics
14 Dec 2013
Spider’s super-thin ribbons key to silk tech
13 Dec 2013
Creating synthetic antibodies
26 Nov 2013
Researchers have developed a novel way to generate nanoparticles that can recognise specific molecules, opening up a new approach to building durable sensors for many different compounds
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
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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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