Silicon trick for next-gen memory
Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.The device is a “memristor”, a long-hypothesised but only recently demonstrated electronic component.A memristor’s [...]
Mars ‘has life’s building blocks’
New evidence from meteorites suggests that the basic building blocks of life are present on Mars.
The study found that carbon present in 10 meteorites, spanning more than four billion years of Martian history, came from the planet and was not [...]
5 Things Jenga Can Teach Us About Structural Engineering
Humans are natural-born structural engineers. If you find that hard to believe, watch a small child play with a set of simple wooden blocks. With no outside instruction — and through lots of energetic trial and error — he or she [...]
Herschel:Herschel finds first evidence of Earth-like water in a comet
A team of astronomers using ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory have discovered the first comet containing water that is similar in isotopic composition to that in Earth’s oceans. This detection, in the comet 103P/Hartley 2, shows [...]
1962 glass could be Corning’s next bonanza seller
Sturdy Corning glass from 1962 could be a multibillion winner in frameless TV market.
An ultra-strong glass that has been looking for a purpose since its invention in 1962 is poised to become a multibillion-dollar bonanza for Corning Inc.
The [...]
Quiet hybrids: An end to their sounds of silence?
Silence isn’t golden: Carmakers add sounds to hybrids, electric cars; pedestrian safety eyed. The age of the silent hybrid may be coming to an end.
Gas-electric hybrids, propelled by electric motors at low speeds, are well-known for their [...]
New Theory for Life’s First Energy Source
An obscure compound known as pyrophosphite could have been a source of energy that allowed the first life on Earth to form, scientists now say.
From the tiniest bacteria to the complex human body, all living beings require an energy-transporting [...]
Diamonds travel at 60 km per hour inside Earth
Diamond infused magma travel to the surface of the earth from deep within the planet at a blistering 60 kilometres per hour. Rising magma in Earth’s mantle is thought to ascend at just a few centimetres per year.
It was known that kimberlite, [...]
Things one can do with plastic waste
“We must save the world, plastics should be banned….blah, blah, blah!” There is a lot ofhullabaloo about why we shouldn’t use plastic and they are all correct. But while finding a more eco-friendly substitute to [...]
‘Wow’ Aluminium bats hit Indian cricket
Get over mongoose and double blade bats as its time for eco-friendly ‘Wow’ aluminium bats to further revolutionise cricketing in India.
Brain-child of an Indian IIT engineer, Wow aluminium bats are the latest innovations to hit [...]
