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From the labs. Road laying with coal waste

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Researchers at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, have secured a patent for a high-strength composite material made from coal-mining waste and fly ash, which could b... Read More


Wow. Moon-landing microbes

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Astronauts go to the moon in appropriate gear, to survive. But some microbes - bacteria or fungi - that may have unwittingly stuck to them and hitch-hiked to the moon would surel... Read More


Wow. How to train your dragon... with empathy

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- When recommending a potential suitor for a girl to her reluctant father, Wodehousian characters often mention 'kind to animals' as one of the notable virtues. At a time when anim... Read More


Wow. Wake up and smell the cosmos

New Delhi, July 27 -- Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years and woke up to find a changed world in the Washington Irving story. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft 'slept' for only 321 days, but its awakening ... Read More


IIT-M revives forgotten route to industrial wastewater treatment

New Delhi, July 13 -- For decades, scientists have known that gas hydrates - ice-like crystals formed when water traps certain gases under low temperatures and moderate pressure - could, in principle,... Read More


Wow. Two faces of water

New Delhi, June 29 -- Water is one of the most familiar substances on Earth. We drink it, bathe in it and sail across it. Yet, after centuries of study, scientists are still scratching their heads ove... Read More


From the labs. Longer-lasting zinc battery

New Delhi, June 29 -- Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have developed a new chemical additive that could significantly improve the performance of rechargeable... Read More


Wow. Subterranean forest of fungi

New Delhi, June 15 -- Imagine a forest so vast that if you could pull it out of the ground and stretch it into a single line, it would measure one-tenth the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy. Such a fo... Read More


News snippets. Using sound waves to bypass charge-based circuits

New Delhi, June 15 -- Researchers have discovered a new way to create and control magnetic information signals using sound waves. The technique could help electronic devices use less power and generat... Read More