Materials
Graphene Flagship researches create thin film transistors printed with layered materials
08 Apr 2017
Materials may lead to self-healing smartphones
04 Apr 2017
Sustainable ceramics without a kiln
28 Feb 2017
New pop-up strategy inspired by cuts, not folds
27 Feb 2017
Sound-shaping super-material invented
27 Feb 2017
Engineers design origami shield to stop bullets
21 Feb 2017
Designing new materials from 'small' data
20 Feb 2017
Researchers engineer 'thubber,' a stretchable rubber that packs a thermal conductive punch
14 Feb 2017
Nano-level lubricant tuning improves material for electronic devices and surface coatings
13 Feb 2017
Cooling without an air conditioner
13 Feb 2017
New discovery: Nanometric imprinting on fibre
25 Jan 2017
A wolverine inspired material
28 Dec 2016
Engineers create programmable silk-based materials with embedded, pre-designed functions
27 Dec 2016
Microfactories turn unwanted electronics into valuable metal alloys; solve global e-waste crisis
07 Dec 2016
The breakthrough new process recovers the considerable wealth of resources embedded in e-waste while overcoming the challenges of toxicity and the often prohibitively high costs of conventional industrial-scale recycling
Making spines from sea water
06 Dec 2016
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