Technology - general
Machines made with built-in copy protection
06 Dec 2012
Pirated goods cost billions, and expensive industrial goods like machining systems are becoming a growing target. Scientists are turning the tables on the forgers by studying their methods and developing anti-counterfeit solutions.
Chinese typewriters used predictive text 50 years back
By By Max McClure | 03 Dec 2012
By reorganising the typewriter's characters into ready-made clusters of commonly used words, Mao-era Chinese typists solved problems that cell phones only came to recently.
Researchers advance the performance of thought-controlled computer cursors
By By Kelly Servick | 24 Nov 2012
Stanford researchers have designed the fastest, most accurate mathematical algorithm yet for brain-implantable prosthetic systems that can help disabled people manoeuvre computer cursors with their thoughts.
DuPont expanding Hyderabad knowledge centre
21 Nov 2012
Airborne particles smuggle pollutants to far reaches of globe
21 Nov 2012
Pollution from fossil fuel burning and forest fires reaches all the way to the Arctic, even though it should decay long before it travels that far
Detective work using terahertz radiation
21 Nov 2012
Deep cleaning with carbon dioxide
19 Nov 2012
Smartphones and high-tech laboratories to reveal health effects of environmental pollutants
19 Nov 2012
Plant hormone could help produce biofuels
15 Nov 2012
Thermogenerator from the Printer
14 Nov 2012
Looking for information? Try these data glasses
12 Nov 2012
Imagine looking through a repair manual and being able to turn the pages using just your eyes
Ultrasensitive photon hunter
12 Nov 2012
Researchers create laser the size of a virus particle
By By Megan Fellman | 10 Nov 2012
Japanese researchers develop 'transparent' car
06 Nov 2012
Researchers use synthetic magnetism to control light
By By Andrew Myers | 06 Nov 2012
Protoplanet Vesta: Forever young?
By By Jia-Rui C. Cook and Stuart Wolpert | 05 Nov 2012
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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.
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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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