Technology - general
Using magnetic permeability to store information
11 Sep 2015
Soon, you may drive a car from a wheelchair!
08 Sep 2015
After gathering dust for some six years, the first car that can be driven directly from a wheelchair is in production, and expected to be on the road inside 18 months
Saving rural India’s “liquid cash”
By By Rob Matheson, MIT News Office | 08 Sep 2015
Out-of-the-box thinking led to the development of a thermal "battery" around which ex-MIT students built an entire chilling system that reduces milk spoilage and boosts yields in villages
Metallic gels produce tunable light emission
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 07 Sep 2015
A new family of luminescent materials could find broad uses in chemical and biological detectors
What happened to early Mars' atmosphere? New study eliminates one theory
04 Sep 2015
Scientists may be closer to solving the mystery of how Mars changed from a world with surface water billions of years ago to the arid Red Planet of today
X-rays reveal fossil secrets
04 Sep 2015
Indrani effect? Predicting who will murder his wife or family
02 Sep 2015
These crimes are often preventable if family members are more informed about the potential danger from having someone who is severely mentally ill in the home or shown violent tendencies in the past
Artificial leaf harnesses sunlight for efficient fuel production
31 Aug 2015
Resarchers develop cost-effective method of producing fuels using only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide, and storing energy in the form of chemical fuels for use on demand
New device transforms breath into words to allow the paralysed to ‘speak’
29 Aug 2015
A new device which transforms paralysis victims’ breath into words – believed to be the first invention of its kind – has been developed by academics from Loughborough University
New device transforms breath into words to allow the paralysed to ‘speak’
29 Aug 2015
A new device which transforms paralysis victims’ breath into words – believed to be the first invention of its kind – has been developed by academics from Loughborough University
Holy smoke! Beware of ‘agabatti’, it could cause cancer
28 Aug 2015
A new study claims that incense smoke from the ubiquitous ‘agarbatti’ could cause adverse health effects
Life expectancy in India rises
28 Aug 2015
New fungi behind emerging wheat disease
28 Aug 2015
Dr Girish Sahni takes over as director general of CSIR
26 Aug 2015
As head of CSIR, Dr Girish Sahni will also be ex-officio secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of the ministry of science and technology
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