Materials
Engineers predict impact damage to commercial aircraft
By By Andrea Siedsma | 06 Apr 2011
Scientists use light to join nanoparticles into new materials
01 Apr 2011
Scientists have assembled nanoparticles using a laser as if it were a magic wand, creating an assembled, continuous filament as the laser beam is moved around
Bound neutrons pave way to free ones
11 Feb 2011
Delving into manganite conductivity
10 Feb 2011
Light touch transforms material into a superconductor
18 Jan 2011
Oxford University researchers say that a non-superconducting material has been transformed into a superconductor using light
“Nanoscoops” could spark new generation of electric automobile batteries
10 Jan 2011
New nano-engineered batteries developed at Rensselaer exhibit remarkable power density, charging more than 40 times faster than today’s lithium-ion batteries
Structural distortions emerge from nothing at the nanoscale
29 Dec 2010
Researchers have discovered a new “opposite-direction” phase transition that helps explain the strong thermoelectric response of a class of materials known to convert heat to electricity and vice versa
Magnetic interactions bring about the formation of cooper pairs and allow unconventional superconductivity
15 Dec 2010
Quartz crystal microbalances enable new microscale analytic technique
08 Dec 2010
A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms of material
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
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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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