Technology - general
Bugs produce diesel on demand
24 Apr 2013
Researchers capture waste heat, use it to power devices
By By Matthew Chin and Bill Kisliuk | 23 Apr 2013
An aircraft made entirely by a 3D printer takes flight
19 Apr 2013
Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world’s first ‘printed’ aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design
Cyber Research Institute launched to curb cyber threats to the UK
18 Apr 2013
To investigate new ways of automatically analysing computer software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats
Cyber Research Institute launched to curb cyber threats to the UK
18 Apr 2013
To investigate new ways of automatically analysing computer software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats
New software could alleviate wireless traffic
16 Apr 2013
'Sonic lasso' catches cells
10 Apr 2013
Academics have demonstrated for the first time that a “sonic lasso” can be used to grip microscopic objects, such as cells, and move them about.
Fuel from algae comes closer to commercialisation
09 Apr 2013
An advanced solar biofuels pilot plant designed to develop microalgae-based systems as a source of clean fuel has entered production in Brisbane, Australia
Researchers develop world’s smallest antenna
08 Apr 2013
Gordon supercomputer crunches Large Hadron data
08 Apr 2013
The curse of Tutankhamen: how a modern myth was born
06 Apr 2013
The curse of Tutankhamen, spawned by the "mysterious" deaths of the archaeologists who "desecrated his sacred tomb", is now far more famous than the original Egyptian king
Another step toward quantum computers: using photons for memory
By By Eric Gershon | 02 Apr 2013
Scientists at Yale University have found a new way to manipulate microwave signals that could aid the long-term effort to develop a quantum computer
Watching fluid flow at nanometer scales
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 01 Apr 2013
Aerial drones could become part of daily lives
30 Mar 2013
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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