Materials

Scientists untangle nanotubes to release their potential in electronics industry

By By Dr Ling Ge, DPhil (Oxon.) FRI MRSC, Simon Levey | 21 Oct 2013

Heat-resistant materials that could improve solar-cell efficiency developed

By By Mark Schwartz, Precourt Institute for Energy | 21 Oct 2013

Pulling apart makes cracks in metal fuse together heal thyself

12 Oct 2013

“Waviness” explains why carbon nanotube forests have low stiffness

05 Oct 2013

Improving lithium-ion batteries with nanoscale research

03 Oct 2013

Ceramics that bend without breaking

28 Sep 2013

Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology

By By Tom Abate, Stanford Engineering | 27 Sep 2013

Researchers create first carbon nanotube computer

27 Sep 2013

Researchers from Stanford University have announced the creation of the first-ever working carbon nanotube computer, a rare breakthrough in nanotechnology

Engineers develop a stretchable, foldable transparent electronic display

By By Matthew Chin | 24 Sep 2013

Container’s properties affect viscosity of nanoscale water

23 Sep 2013

Water-shedding surfaces can be made to last

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 21 Sep 2013

Beyond silicon: “growing” carbon nanotubes with specific atomic structures

20 Sep 2013

New materials improve oxygen catalysis

By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 18 Sep 2013

Highly active catalysts could be key to improved energy storage in fuel cells and advanced batteries

Graphene could yield cheaper optical chips

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 16 Sep 2013

Man-made quakes could lead to safer, sturdier buildings

12 Aug 2013

Disorder can improve the performance of plastic solar cells

By By Mark Shwartz | 10 Aug 2013

Instead of mimicking rigid solar cells made of silicon crystals, scientists should embrace the inherently disordered nature of plastic polymers, a Stanford study says.

Making cars that are lightweight and crash-safe

10 Aug 2013

Water clears path for nanoribbon development

03 Aug 2013

New coating may help joint replacements bond better with bone

30 Jul 2013

Improved nuclear fuel-rod cladding might prevent future Fukushimas

By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 27 Jul 2013

Optical fibre tests the laws of physics

25 Jul 2013

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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