Technology - general
Kapil Sibal inaugurates ice station Himadari in the Arctic
02 Jul 2008
With ice station Himadari in the Arctic, India becomes the 10th country to set up a full fledged research station in the region.
Miniature refrigerators to cool future computers
20 Jun 2008
Super-sensitive and small: New MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases
09 Jun 2008
Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases such as the nerve agent sarin.By Anne Trafton
Alnylam in $1 billion RNAi drug research deal with Japan's Takeda
28 May 2008
US biotech firm Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical will jointly develop drugs for treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases using RNAi technology, under a deal potentially valued at $1 billion.
GE system to help eliminate over a billion gallons of wastewater discharge into Yellow River
28 May 2008
RIM won't give 'Blackberry' code to government
26 May 2008
Canada's RIM says its message encryption does not allow any 'third party', including the company, to read the information transferred over the network.
MIT creates new material for fuel cells
21 May 2008
MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 per cent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics. By Elizabeth A. Thomson
Supercomputer makes a big impact at Audi
22 Apr 2008
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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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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