Technology - general
Self-sculpting sand
03 Apr 2012
New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts
Reducing cash bite of wind power
By By Megan Fellman | 02 Apr 2012
New study of buildings suggests additional approaches to energy efficiency
By By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office | 30 Mar 2012
New 3D solar panel design doubles solar energy
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 28 Mar 2012
Innovative designs from an MIT team that extend the solar cells upward in three-dimensional configurations can more than double the solar power generated from a given area
ICAR blames BT cotton for farmers' misery
26 Mar 2012
Basket ball playing robot vies for FIRST honours
22 Mar 2012
Organic farming without cabbage flies
22 Mar 2012
A biplane to break the sound barrier
By By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 22 Mar 2012
Cheaper, quieter and fuel-efficient biplanes could put supersonic travel on the horizon
Research offers new way to see inside solids
20 Mar 2012
Greenhouse gas can find a home underground
By David L. Chandler | 20 Mar 2012
Researchers send "wireless" message using elusive particles
17 Mar 2012
Researchers have for the first time sent a message through 240 metres of stone using a beam of neutrinos - nearly massless particles that travel at almost the speed of light
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 14 Mar 2012
As robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them to follow the same types of gestures
Fibre laser points to woven 3D displays
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 12 Mar 2012
Internet censorship revealed through the haze of malware pollution
By By Jan Zverina | 09 Mar 2012
Nanotrees harvest the sun’s energy to turn water into hydrogen fuel
By By Catherine Hockmuth | 09 Mar 2012
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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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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