Technology - general
Getting the carbon out of power plant emissions
26 Jun 2013
New way to improve antibiotic production
26 Jun 2013
Measuring in the extreme
26 Jun 2013
A microscopic atom cloud that is colder than outer space could help improve our ability to make precision measurements for the development of next-generation rotational sensors and GPS.
Plants use maths to regulate food reserves
26 Jun 2013
New scheme for quantum computing
25 Jun 2013
Managing ‘internal clocks’ of post-harvest vegetables for health
24 Jun 2013
Vegetables and fruits don’t die the moment they are harvested; they respond to their environment for days, light can be used to coax them to make more cancer-fighting antioxidants at certain times of day
Almost half of mobile apps access privacy-sensitive data on iOS devices, computer scientists find
22 Jun 2013
Almost half of mobile apps access privacy-sensitive data on iOS devices, computer scientists find
22 Jun 2013
Using laser-driven neutrons to stop nuclear smugglers
20 Jun 2013
Researchers have successfully demonstrated for the first time that laser-generated neutrons can be enlisted as a useful tool in the War on Terror.
Compressing air for renewable energy storage
18 Jun 2013
Nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
18 Jun 2013
Alternative-fuel cars are no carbon cure-all
18 Jun 2013
Supercomputer Titan completes acceptance testing
14 Jun 2013
Titan, a Cray XK7 supercomputer, is capable of more than 27,000 trillion calculations each second - or 27 petaflops
Scientists create novel silicon electrodes that improve lithium-ion battery performance
By By Mark Shwartz | 13 Jun 2013
Stanford scientists have developed inexpensive silicon-based electrodes that dramatically improve the charge storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries.
Drug laws “censor science”, say researchers
13 Jun 2013
TNAU unveils sustainable sugarcane initiative
08 Jun 2013
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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