Gel to be well

Guided surgery

Battling bacteria

Electrifying vapours

Wind power

Wire-free offices

On the flipper side

Gas aplenty

Oil boom

For peat's sake

The key is hydrogen

Two German projects see hydrogen produced by solar power as the energy source of the future

Generators electrocuted

End of giant electricity generators is foreseen by the discovery of new polymer fuel cells

Life after death

Technology allows doctors to retrieve sperms from a dead man and impregnate his widow

Scared birds

Turmeric harvester

Energy intensive business

Mercury thermometers coldshouldered

With health consciousness showing an upward trend, disposable non-mercury thermometers are catching on

Lignite luminescence

The world's first lignite-based power plant in Madras offers a viable alternative to high-cost natural gas and to coal-based plants which emit …

Hydrogen hopes

German engineers are transporting shiploads of hydrogen from Canada to Europe, where it will be harnessed as an alternate source of fuel and energy

Energy aplenty

The recycling option has once again shown that wastes like bagasse and wheat straw can be profitably used to generate energy, which could in all …

His master's

Research on guns that recognise the owner's voice, touch and even fingerprints is expected to revolutionise sharpshooting by the US police

Fired by plants

The world's first biomass-based power plant promises a 'cleaner' alternative to coal-fired plants

Solar mobile phones

Engine trouble

Can the Indian two-wheeler industry face up to the challenge of meeting the toughest emission norms in the world?

Better biogas plants

Biogas plants need to be improved technologically before they become a success. Efforts are on