Technology - general
Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases
09 Jun 2008
Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.By Anne Trafton
Alnylam in $1 billion RNAi drug research deal with Japan's Takeda
28 May 2008
US biotech firm Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will jointly develop drugs for treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases using RNAi technology, under a deal potentially valued at $1 billion.
GE system to help eliminate over a billion gallons of wastewater discharge into Yellow River
28 May 2008
RIM won't give 'Blackberry' code to government
26 May 2008
Canada's RIM says its message encryption does not allow any 'third party', including the company, to read the information transferred over the network.
MIT creates new material for fuel cells
21 May 2008
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 per cent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics. By Elizabeth A. Thomson
Supercomputer makes a big impact at Audi
22 Apr 2008
India,US to expand high-technology trade
01 Mar 2008
Choosing a digital camera 1: The purpose
By Chirag Kasbekar | 25 Feb 2008
Planning to buy a digital camera? Our four-part series shows you how to get value for money. By Chirag Kasbekar
Nicholas Piramal Research in India's first public-private drug research project
22 Feb 2008
Nicholas Piramal Research & Development Ltd (NRDL), and the department of biotechnology (DBT), have signed the country's first public-private drug discovery agreement.
Rinspeed to debut its eco-friendly underwater car 'sQuba' at Geneva Motor Show
15 Feb 2008
An open-top car that can actually be driven underwater is being showcased at Geneva next month. Also: View photo gallery
Moser Baer to invest $1.5 billion in 600 MW thin film photovoltaic capacity
11 Feb 2008
Moser Baer plans $1.5-billion investment to boost its 40 MW photovoltaic capacity to over 600 MW in the next two years.
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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
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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
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