Materials
Liquid batteries could level the load
15 Feb 2012
MIT researchrs report progress towards inexpensive grid-scale batteries that could help make intermittent renewable energy sources viable
Revealing how a battery material works
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 08 Feb 2012
Turning heat into power
By By David L Chandler, MIT News Office | 07 Feb 2012
Graphene electronics moves into a third dimension
04 Feb 2012
One of many potential applications of graphene is its use as the basic material for computer chips instead of silicon, which has caught the attention of major chip makers, including IBM, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Intel
How spider webs achieve their strength
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 03 Feb 2012
It’s not just the strength of the silk itself, a new study finds; the silk’s way of stretching and the structure of the whole web help it resist damage.
Growing graphene at room temperature
By By Katherine Bourzac | 03 Feb 2012
Disappearing gold a boon for nanolattices
30 Jan 2012
Berkeley Lab to develop novel materials for hydrogen storage
By By Julie Chao | 28 Jan 2012
The biggest challenge with hydrogen-powered fuel cells lies in understanding how to store enough hydrogen safely and cheaply to power a vehicle for 300 miles? Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory hopes to solve this problem by synthesising novel materials with high hydrogen adsorption capacities.
Cooling semiconductor by laser light
24 Jan 2012
Researchers discover new method for cooling semiconductors by heating it using laser light
Watching a gas turn superfluid
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 20 Jan 2012
Developing power-over-fiber communications cable
18 Jan 2012
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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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