Technology - general
Russian scientists win Physics Nobel for carbon breakthrough
05 Oct 2010
Andre Geim, and Konstantin Novoselov, 36, are currently professors at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom
Indian stock markets hit for six when Indian cricketers lose ODIs
05 Oct 2010
While a win by the Indian cricket team has no statistically significant upward impact on stock market returns, a loss generates a significant downward movement in the stock market, reveals new research
GM developing car keys to predict driver action
04 Sep 2010
Dr Martin Green, father of solar cell technology, awarded Eureka Prize
19 Aug 2010
Coincidenataly, Dr Green's name has become, unwittingly, synonymous with green power generation. His ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in Australia holds the world record for solar cell efficiency
Cloned meat in market raises concerns in UK
05 Aug 2010
Tata Chem's low-cost water purifier in WSJ's best Asian innovations shortlist
By By Dhara Tripathi | 30 Jul 2010
Destruction of key compound of ozone detected
29 Jul 2010
For the first time, scientists successfully measure ClOOCl (a chlorine compound that affects ozone depletion) levels in the ozone layer
Metabolic disease: researchers find cause and possible cure
16 Jul 2010
An international team of scientists has discovered the gene mutation responsible for a condition in which eye and brain development is severely disrupted in affected infants
Solar powered plane completes night long flight over Switzerland
10 Jul 2010
The Solar Impulse cruised at a height of 28,000 feet and a top speed of 78 mph, in a night long flight, in what, according to project coordinators was the longest test flight of a piloted, solar-powered aircraft
Model helps search for moon dust fountains
By Bill Steigerwald, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | 18 Jun 2010
BP uses Kevin Costner’s centrifuge machines to clean oil spill
16 Jun 2010
After seeing the effects of the Valdez spill in Alaska on TV, Costner put in $24 million of his money in 1995 to fund a team of scientists, including his brother Dan Costner, to develop a technology that could deal with huge oil spills