No more painful needles: BITS scientists develop Rs 400 device that can detect diabetes through sweatBITS Scientists have developed a portable system that uses 3D printing technology to analyze glucose and lactate levels in sweat samples. T...
24 Aug, 2023, 05.11 PM IST
PIO led team's paper-based test can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutesThe researchers from the University of Illinois in the US created a graphene-based electrochemical biosensor with an electrical read-out se...
09 Dec, 2020, 12.51 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
In times of equity turmoil, analysts projecting this stock to rally 100%The scrip has already surged 1,000 per cent in five years – mainly in last 18 months.
10 Oct, 2018, 12.58 PM IST
Graphite India picks up 46% stake in US-based company for Rs 135 croreGraphene is a two-dimensional sheet of pure carbon structured in a single layer of carbon atoms.
03 Sep, 2018, 02.49 PM IST
- New device to prevent drunk driving
Dehradun, April 20 (IANS) If you are drunk and trying to drive, your vehicle will not start. Uttarakhand researchers have developed a new t...
20 Apr, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
- Colour-changing e-skin developed; can have robotics uses
Beijing, July 26 (IANS) Chinese researchers have developed a user-interactive electronic skin that can change colour -- an ability associat...
26 Jul, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
- Gel-like coating can boost lithium-sulfur battery performance
New York, March 22 (IANS) Scientists have developed an ultra-thin gel-like coating material that has the potential to extend the life and i...
22 Mar, 2017, 02.19 PM IST
- Paper chip detects date rape drug ketamine
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) An ultrasensitive paper chip developed by Indian scientists can detect minute amounts of ketamine, a date rape drug, ...
02 Nov, 2016, 01.37 PM IST
Gen-next computers that roll up like paper in the offingOLEDs are stacked in several ultra-thin layers on glass, foil, or plastic substrates, in which multi-layers of organic compounds are sandwi...
06 Jun, 2016, 01.46 PM IST
IIT-Madras planning a centre of excellence for graphene, a carbon derivative pursued by IBM, SamsungGraphene is a new-age material developed by isolating graphite flakes over a decade back in Manchester, which went on to become a Nobel-win...
03 Mar, 2016, 03.39 AM IST
Graphene electrodes can safely interact with neuronsIt can be used to control robotic armfor amputee patients or any number of basic processes for paralysed patients from speech to movement o...
31 Jan, 2016, 03.43 PM IST
Scientists use graphene to create world's thinnest lightbulbResearchers have created the world's thinnest light bulb using graphene, an atomically thin & perfectly crystalline form of carbon, as a fi...
16 Jun, 2015, 03.31 PM IST
Graphene may allow for flexible, low-cost touchscreensThe majority of today's touchscreen devices, are made using indium tin oxide which is expensive and inflexible.
29 Sep, 2014, 03.14 PM IST
Used-cigarette butts set to become the next generation energy storage deviceIt is estimated that as many as 5.6 trillion used-cigarettes or 766,571 metric tons are deposited into the environment worldwide every year.
07 Aug, 2014, 12.49 PM IST
Indian-origin develops paper electrode for sodium-ion batteryThe research marks the first time that such a flexible paper electrode was used in a sodium-ion battery as an anode that operates at room t...
30 Jan, 2014, 05.36 PM IST