Technology - general
New material for digital memories of the future
20 Oct 2017
New material for digital memories of the future
20 Oct 2017
A mission to Mars could make its own oxygen thanks to plasma technology
20 Oct 2017
Mars, with its 96 per cent carbon dioxide atmosphere, has nearly ideal conditions for creating oxygen from CO2 through a process known as decomposition
Flexible 'skin' can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force
18 Oct 2017
Toward efficient high-pressure desalination
17 Oct 2017
Finally! A solution to office thermostat wars
14 Oct 2017
'Air-breathing' battery could cut costs of renewable energy storage
13 Oct 2017
MIT Researchers have developed an ''air-breathing'' battery that could store electricity for four months, for about a fifth the cost of current technologies, with minimal location restraints and zero emissions
Ageing slows perception of falls
11 Oct 2017
Bacteria self-organize to build working sensors
10 Oct 2017
Three US scientists share Physics Nobel for work on gravitational waves
03 Oct 2017
It was on 14 September 2015, scientists at the LIGO project first observed the universe’s gravitational waves
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The cost of neglecting water transport
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Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
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)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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.
