Technology - general
GM's OnStar, American Red cross partners to provide emergency services in crisis situations
02 Sep 2008
Shyam-Sistema to roll out 3G CDMA services as government announces auction of 3G spectrum to CDMA operators
30 Aug 2008
Google invests $10.25 million in geothermal energy technology
20 Aug 2008
Search engine leader Google is investing $10.25 million in a new technology to harness geothermal energy from deep within the bowels of the earth
Researchers closing in on developing a digital eye
07 Aug 2008
US researchers have developed an eye-shaped camera that could lead tio the development of an artificial retina that could, one day, even be connected to the brain
MIT opens new 'window' on solar energy
11 Jul 2008
MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that allow windows to use sunlight to help power the building they are part of By Elizabeth A. Thomson
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
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