Technology - general
Making drinking water safe at the source
By By Rob Jordan | Stanford Woods Institute for the E | 26 Mar 2015
Landmark study proves that magnets can control heat and sound
26 Mar 2015
The study is the first ever to prove that acoustic phonons — the elemental particles that transmit both heat and sound — have magnetic properties
Large Hadron Collider prepares to probe more mysteries of the universe
25 Mar 2015
During the past two years of down-time, the LHC has been upgraded and will run at twice the energy of the experiments that discovered the Higgs boson, the long-hypothesized particle that gives all others mass
Researchers develop new approach that combines biomass conversion, solar energy conversion
24 Mar 2015
CLRI develops ‘green’ technology for leather tanning
23 Mar 2015
The new technology ensures saving of 15 million litres per day of water in the Indian leather sector alone - and an estimated 200 million litres per day if this revolutionary technology is applied globally
Birthdays, Schooling and Crime: What's the Link?
23 Mar 2015
Overexposure to artificial light at night a killer: study
21 Mar 2015
Excessive exposure to artificial rather than natural lighting can cause cancer, diabetes, depression, and other diseases, the US study has found
Magnetic brain stimulation
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 20 Mar 2015
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan elected president of Britain’s Royal Society
19 Mar 2015
Ramakrishnan, the first Indian-origin scientist to hold the post, studied physics at Baroda and biology in the US before shifting to Britain where he shared the 2009 chemistry Nobel Prize for discovering the precise structure of ribosomes
Robotic fish designed to protect real ones from pollution
17 Mar 2015
Bristling with sensors, the self-navigating robot mimics how real fish swim, monitoring for signs of environmental degradation.
Japanese researchers transmit electric power wirelessly
13 Mar 2015
The technology could pave the way for space-based solar power projects once the challenge of creating huge infrastructure in space and maintaining them is overcome
New detector sniffs out origins of methane
11 Mar 2015
New 2-colour X-ray laser technique could reveal atomic structure of medically important proteins
11 Mar 2015
A 'Flickr-ing' view of the world, in 4-D
10 Mar 2015
Imagine a version of Google Street View where you could hit the rewind button and see any point in time over the last five years. Cornell researchers are building something like that, at least for a few much-visited places
Permafrost's turn of the microbes
09 Mar 2015
Scientists question rush to build Nicaragua canal
09 Mar 2015
A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of the controversial 172-mile, $50-billion Central American canal planned across Nicaragua
Scientists question rush to build Nicaragua canal
09 Mar 2015
A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of the controversial 172-mile, $50-billion Central American canal planned across Nicaragua
New flow battery to keep big cities lit, green & safe
07 Mar 2015
The new zinc-polyiodide redox flow batter uses an electrolyte that has more than twice the energy density of the next-best flow battery used to store renewable energy and support the power grid
Mystery solved: why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater
By By David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | 05 Mar 2015
The new discovery could be a step toward enabling the directed synthesis of new materials on demand in the lab — useful for technological applications
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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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