All about the mysterious 'egg-laying mountain' in ChinaIn China's Guizhou Province, the Chan Da Ya cliff in Gulu Zhai village is known for producing large, round rocks that fall every 30 years. ...
25 Sep, 2024, 11.03 AM IST
Budget 2024: Critical Minerals put on mission modeFM Nirmala Sitharaman's budget introduces the Critical Mineral Mission with reduced import duties to boost domestic production and recyclin...
24 Jul, 2024, 12.02 PM IST
Critical mineral mission to aid overseas assets acquisition and setting up local processingIndia is set to launch a Critical Minerals Mission to improve facilities for critical commodities, including lithium and copper. Finance Mi...
23 Jul, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
Centre says 19 coal mines allocated to 13 thermal power plants for fly ash disposalIn 2023, 19 coal mines were allocated to 13 TPPs for responsible fly ash disposal. Overseen by the Central Level Working Group and Addition...
09 Jul, 2024, 07.18 PM IST
Hindalco signs MoU with UltraTech Cement to deliver 1.2 mn metric tonne of bauxite residue annuallyWith this deal, Hindalco has become the world’s first aluminium company to achieve 100% red mud utilisation across three of its refineries....
20 Aug, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
IIT Hyderabad analysis says geothermal energy better than photovoltaic energyThe researchers also suggest that a combination of renewable energy technology must be adopted in this era of dwindling fossil fuel reserve...
09 Jan, 2020, 03.04 PM IST
IIT Guwahati researchers develop materials to produce energy from water on a small scaleAccording to IIT-Guwahati these new ways of producing energy can be employed in household environments to support the concept of decentrali...
30 Dec, 2019, 06.12 PM IST
IIT Guwahati researchers develop materials to produce energy from water on a small scaleAccording to IIT-Guwahati these new ways of producing energy can be employed in household environments to support the concept of decentrali...
30 Dec, 2019, 03.17 PM IST
State-run Mineral Firms may Float a JV to Scout for Lithium, Cobalt Reserves AbroadIndia, which has set a target of achieving an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2030, has almost no reserve of these minerals and is keen on bu...
16 Jan, 2019, 04.18 PM IST
Hindustan Copper chalks out strategy to ramp up output to 20 MT by 2024The company, which plans to pump in Rs 5,500 crore over the next six years to scale up its output by six times, is looking to reopen its Ra...
14 Jan, 2019, 05.27 PM IST
- Fossilised algae may soon power electric vehicles
New York, Oct 23 (IANS) Inexpensive and energy-efficient lithium-ion batteries from fossilised remains of single-celled algae called diatom...
23 Oct, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
New molecule may help convert CO2 into liquid fuelAlthough methods exist to transform CO2 into CO, a crucial next step, the deoxygenation of CO molecules and their coupling to form C-C bond...
24 Dec, 2015, 01.56 PM IST
CLRI scientists find way to build plane from leather wasteScientists at Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) have found a way to use leather solid waste to make a nano-composite material that ...
01 Aug, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
Artificial photosynthesis method turns waste CO2 into fuelsResearchers have developed new system that uses sunlight to convert waste carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products such as biodegrada...
24 Apr, 2015, 05.56 PM IST
Use beach sand to make your phone battery last longerA new study in Scientific Reports discovered that sand found in beaches is a fantastic source of silicon for lithium-ion batteries.
31 Jul, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
- Material Graphene: the new wonderkid to rejig major industries
Novoselov and his former professor Andre Geim, also of Manchester University, had won the Physics Nobel Prize last year for their discovery.
08 Sep, 2011, 03.39 AM IST
- New 'Atom' bomb PC for first-time users
An abridged version of desktops, powered by Intel's latest Atom processor, has all the basic internet features that a desktop has and is ju...
02 Jul, 2008, 12.11 PM IST