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Helping robots handle uncertainty
By By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 09 Jun 2015
Physicists conduct most precise measurement yet of interaction between atoms and carbon surfaces
08 Jun 2015
Physicists conduct most precise measurement yet of interaction between atoms and carbon surfaces
08 Jun 2015
Fusion could be 'ZaPped' into reality
05 Jun 2015
Thin coating on condensers could make power plants more efficient
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 04 Jun 2015
Graphene layer one atom thick could quadruple rate of condensation heat transfer in generating plants
Bringing micro grids to rural villages
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 03 Jun 2015
An MIT team, working with villagers in India to design peer-to-peer system to enable local power sharing, has developed a system to enable those who can afford solar panels to share power with their neighbours, providing both income for the owners and much-needed power for the neighbors
Australian weather bureau sees hope for Indian monsoon from MJO wave
02 Jun 2015
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has found signs to support the view that the monsoon may not be that bad
New 'designer carbon' boosts battery performance
02 Jun 2015
Stanford scientists have created a new carbon material that significantly improves the performance of batteries and supercapacitors
Breakthrough heralds super-efficient light-based computers
30 May 2015
Light can transmit more data while consuming far less power than electricity, and an engineering feat brings optical data transport closer to replacing wires
Researchers bust myths of Jihadi brides
29 May 2015
The idea that most young women are joining ISIS and other extremist groups simply to become ‘jihadi brides’, is a myth, new research claims
How to make continuous rolls of graphene
By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 28 May 2015
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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