Technology - general
Isro chief Radhakrishnan, computer scientist Radhika Nagpal among Nature’s top 10 scientists
26 Dec 2014
Nature picked Radhakrishnan for successfully leading India’s first interplanetary mission Mangalyaan, while another scientist of Indian origin, Radhika Nagpal, who used biology-inspired robotics to get a swarm of 1,024 robots to assemble and form various shapes, also found a place among the top ten
Scientists locate ‘homing signal’ in the brain, explaining why some people are better navigators
26 Dec 2014
A sense for biosensors
24 Dec 2014
Pakistan becomes associate member of CERN
20 Dec 2014
Big-data analysis reveals gene sharing in mice
19 Dec 2014
Engineers pasteurise eggs in the shell
18 Dec 2014
The invention uses radio frequency (RF) energy to transmit heat through the shell and into the yolk while the egg rotates. Streams of cool water simultaneously flow over the egg to protect the delicate white. Researchers then bathe the egg in hot water to complete the pasteurisation process
Researchers develop novel lithium-sulphur
18 Dec 2014
Stanford team combines logic, memory to build a 'high-rise' chip
17 Dec 2014
Stanford researchers are building layers of logic and memory into skyscraper chips that are smaller, faster, cheaper – and taller
Detecting gases wirelessly and cheaply
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 13 Dec 2014
MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone
Study shows embryos can learn
12 Dec 2014
Chemists fabricate novel rewritable paper
06 Dec 2014
The human eye can see ‘invisible’ infrared light
06 Dec 2014
Any science textbook will tell you we can't see infrared light, since it is outside the visual spectrum, but an international team of researchers has found that under certain conditions the retina can sense infrared light
Researchers create world’s fastest camera
05 Dec 2014
This camera doesn’t look like a Kodak or Cannon; rather, it is a series of devices envisioned to work with high-powered microscopes and telescopes to capture dynamic natural and physical phenomena
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
By Anne Trafton | MIT News Office | 04 Dec 2014
MIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three-dimensional DNA shapes ever produced
Horses, rhinos originated in India; study
03 Dec 2014
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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
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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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