Materials
For graphite pellets, just add elbow grease
23 Mar 2018
Monocrystalline silicon thin film for cost-cutting solar cells with 10-times faster growth rate fabricated
16 Mar 2018
IISc bangalore and US researchers develop new 2-D flat material gallenene
10 Mar 2018
Banglore's Indian Institute of Science and US researchers have developed a method to make atomically flat gallium that shows promise for nanoscale electronics
Smart glass made better, and cheaper
08 Mar 2018
Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time
07 Mar 2018
Scientists have found that the mineral vaterite, a polymorph of calcium carbonate, and rarely found in a naturally occuring state one Earth, is a dominant component of the protective silvery-white crust that forms on the leaves of a number of alpine plant
A new way to combine soft materials
01 Mar 2018
Sleuths find metal in 'metal-free' catalysts
28 Feb 2018
Clever coating opens door to smart windows
27 Feb 2018
Water-soluble warped nanographene
12 Feb 2018
Integration of AI and robotics with materials sciences will lead to new clean energy technology
29 Jan 2018
Adding graphene girders to silicon electrodes could double the life of lithium batteries
25 Jan 2018
Making fuel cells for a fraction of the cost
23 Jan 2018
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The Thirsty Cloud: Why 2026 Is the Year AI Bottlenecks Shift From Chips to Water
By Axel Miller | 28 Jan 2026
As AI server density surges in 2026, data centers face a new bottleneck deeper than chips — the massive water demand required for cooling next-generation infrastructure.
The New Airspace Economy: How Geopolitics Is Rewriting Aviation Costs in 2026
By Axel Miller | 22 Jan 2026
Airspace bans, sanctions and corridor risk are forcing airlines into costly detours in 2026, raising fuel burn, reducing aircraft utilisation and pushing airfares higher worldwide.
India’s Data Center Arms Race: The Battle for Power, Cooling, and AI Real Estate
By Cygnus | 22 Jan 2026
India’s data centre boom is turning into an AI arms race where power contracts, liquid cooling and fast commissioning decide the winners across Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
India’s Oil Balancing Act: Refiners Rebuild Middle East Supply Lines as Russia Flows Disrupt
By Axel Miller | 21 Jan 2026
India’s refiners are rebalancing crude sourcing as Russian imports fell to a two-year low in December 2025, lifting OPEC’s share and raising geopolitical risk concerns.
Arctic Fever: How ‘Greenland Tariff’ Politics Sparked a Global Flight to Safety
By Axel Miller | 20 Jan 2026
Greenland-linked tariff threats have injected fresh uncertainty into transatlantic trade, triggering a risk-off shift in markets and reshaping global supply chain planning.
The New Oil (Part 5): Friend-Shoring, Supply Chain Fragmentation and the Cost of Resilience
By Cygnus | 19 Jan 2026
Friend-shoring is reshaping lithium, rare earth and graphite supply chains, creating a resilience premium and new winners and losers in clean tech.
The New Oil (Part 4): Can Technology Break the Dependency?
By Cygnus | 16 Jan 2026
Can magnet recycling and rare-earth-free motors reduce global dependence on strategic minerals? Part 4 explores breakthroughs, limits and timelines.
India’s Gig Economy Reset: The End of ‘10-Minute Delivery’ Hype?
By Cygnus | 14 Jan 2026
India’s quick-commerce sector is shifting away from “10-minute delivery” hype amid worker safety concerns and rising regulation. Here’s what changes—and what doesn’t.
AI Is Becoming the New Electricity Crisis: Why the Real Bottleneck Is Megawatts
By Axel Miller | 14 Jan 2026
AI is turning into an electricity crisis as data centres scale from chips to megawatts. Grid bottlenecks, copper demand and cooling limits are now the real AI constraints.
