Materials
Electronics takes on a new spin
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 05 Dec 2011
New technique to see crystals like never before
02 Dec 2011
A novel way to concentrate sun’s heat
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 02 Dec 2011
Researchers at MIT have found a way to use thermophotovoltaic devices without mirrors to concentrate the sunlight, potentially making the system much simpler and less expensive.
Thinner thermal insulation
01 Dec 2011
Scientists watch electrons "melt"
By By Jared Sagoff, Argonne National Laboratory | 29 Nov 2011
Large-scale power storage on grids made feasible using new nanoparticle electrode
By By Louis Bergeron | 23 Nov 2011
Researchers have used copper compound nanoparticles to develop an inexpensive high-power electrode that could be used to build batteries for economical large-scale energy storage on the electrical grid
Want fuel cells? Think outside the hydrogen tank
21 Nov 2011
An incredible shrinking material: how scandium trifluoride contracts with heat revealed
05 Nov 2011
Materials that don't expand under heat are useful in a variety of applications such as in mechanical machines that require extreme precision.
Robot speeds up glass development
04 Nov 2011
Custom glass bending
02 Nov 2011
Graphene grows better on certain copper crystals
By By Liz Ahlberg, physical sciences editor, University of Illinois News Bureau | 28 Oct 2011
Tiny stamps for tiny sensors
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office | 19 Oct 2011
Amorphous diamond, a new superhard form of carbon created under ultrahigh pressure
By By Louis Bergeron | 18 Oct 2011
Featured articles
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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