How ancients prevented river water seepage
Workers excavating a holy pond in a village at the periphery of Mathura have discovered what is claimed as the first iron sheet used to prevent seepage of river water. Should the right moves be made, the area could well be a potential UNESCO [...]
Cramming for Degrees in Hybrids
TEAM SPIRIT From left, Ohio Stateâs EcoCAR 2 team members Travis Trippel, Katherine Bovee and Amanda Hyde with the Saturn Vue that finished second in an earlier competition.
LIKE many college students, Katherine Bovee, a master’s [...]
Chillin’ in the desert
Simple, inexpensive and eco-friendly fridge keeps fruits and veggies fresh for days
Fawzi Al-Mitwalli (left) and Nour Maraqa have developed a low-cost, solar-powered desert cooler that can prevent spoilage of fruits and vegetables for more [...]
Massive Carbon-Capture Facility Spawns Skepticism and Hope
‘Norway’s Moon Landing’
Helge Hansen/ TCM
The world’s largest facility for filtering carbon dioxide out of industrial emissions was inaugurated in Norway this week. While some see it as a godsend in efforts to reach [...]
Can I go without a refrigerator?
When refrigerators hit the market in the late 1800s, it was a huge leap forward for civilized living. It offered a simple solution to the problem of bacteria-laden, disease-causing old food, not to mention the issue of losing money buying [...]
Oceans’ salinity changed over last half-century
Warmer atmosphere may be to blame for changes in water cycle
Over the second half of the 20th century, parts of the world’s ocean became saltier (red) and parts became fresher (blue) as the amount of water evaporating from the surface and [...]
Making the World Smaller – Daniel Lieberman – Harvard Thinks Big
Daniel Lieberman Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology
Carbon capture plan for Peterhead
Two large energy firms have agreed to work together to develop carbon-capture and storage (CCS) in Aberdeenshire – if they can get the funding.
Shell and SSE want to develop carbon capture at Peterhead
The UK government said it would [...]
The day Buddha smiled at Pokhran
Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India’s first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974.
A pillar of Indias nuclear programme, Sethna’s [...]
The cutting edge of India’s fast breeder programme
Why India’s fast breeder programme is cutting edge? After three decades of hard work, and despite the devastating tsunami of 2004, the 500 megawatt Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam is coming up at a furious pace, says Shivanand Kanavi [...]
