Materials
Armchair science: DNA strands that select nanotubes are first step to a practical ‘quantum wire’
12 Aug 2011
Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materials
01 Aug 2011
Pigment discovery expanding to new colours
28 Jul 2011
Graphite + water = the future of energy storage
16 Jul 2011
A combination of two ordinary materials – graphite and water – could produce energy storage systems that perform on par with lithium ion batteries, but recharge in a matter of seconds and have an almost indefinite lifespan
New material could offer hope to those with no voice
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 14 Jul 2011
MIT and Harvard researchers are developing a synthetic material to revitalize damaged vocal cords.
Solar cells that can be printed like documents devloped at MIT
11 Jul 2011
New MIT-developed materials make it possible to produce photovoltaic cells on paper or fabric, nearly as simply as printing a document.
Metallic glass: a crystal at heart
25 Jun 2011
Nano-research opens way to everlasting battery
24 Jun 2011
Imagine a future where recharging your tablet could be as easy as typing a tweet.
Scientists succeed in magnestising graphene
14 Jun 2011
Scientists have found a way to make wonder material graphene magnetic, opening up a new range of opportunities for the world’s thinnest material in the area of spintronics
Nanoengineers invent new biomaterial that more closely mimics human tissue
By By Catherine Hockmuth | 27 May 2011
In the future tissue patches, which are used to repair damaged heart walls, blood vessels and skin, will be more compatible with native human tissue than the patches available today
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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