Electronics
Engineers make world’s fastest organic transistor
11 Jan 2014
Researchers are collaborating to make thin, transparent semiconductors that could become the foundation for cheap, high-performance displays
A new step towards graphene-based electronics
14 Dec 2013
Low-cost thin film electronics
By By Robert Perkins | 23 Nov 2013
Dolphins inspire new radar system
26 Oct 2013
Inspired by how dolphins hunt with bubble nets, engineers in the UK have developed a new kind of radar that can detect hidden surveillance equipment and explosives
Scientists untangle nanotubes to release their potential in electronics industry
By By Dr Ling Ge, DPhil (Oxon.) FRI MRSC, Simon Levey | 21 Oct 2013
Spirals of light may lead to better electronics
30 Sep 2013
Scientists use DNA to assemble transistor from graphene
By By Tom Abate, Stanford Engineering | 28 Sep 2013
Graphene, a sheet of carbon atoms arrayed in a honeycomb pattern, could be a better semiconductor than silicon
Engineers develop a stretchable, foldable transparent electronic display
By By Matthew Chin | 24 Sep 2013
Graphene could yield cheaper optical chips
By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 16 Sep 2013
Mobile devices that could disrupt memory market
10 Aug 2013
The next generation of smartphones could be capable of storing 250 hours of HD video and carrying a charge for a week thanks to an advanced data storage technology
Japan launches talking robot Kirobo into outer space
05 Aug 2013
Japan yesterday launched Kirobo, a 13-inch talking robot that can also recognise faces, into outer space to keep International Space Station crew company.
Cause of LED “Efficiency Droop” identified
02 Aug 2013
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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