Powering ahead

Icy fuel

The cool choice

Absorption cooling could be the answer to peak-time electrical loads

Self-shelter

Garbage power

Muscle power

Filling in fractures

Twin benefits

No fuss burners

Energy savers

Fewer watts: brighter future

Energy-efficient, green lamps are here to reduce consumption of electricity round the globe

Future fuel

Coal is making a comeback, in gaseous and liquid forms, as the fossil fuel of choice

Sunny invention

Methane, inorganically

Smart, green technology

Glittering find

Diamond dust found in outer space

Electrifying tale

Power transmission will be done more smoothly in the future with the help of a new electronic device, the thyristor-controlled series compensator.…

Syringe safety

Clinical safety comes of age with the devising of a new equipment to dispose of all infected "sharps"

On the dot

A magnetically guided neurosurgical technique called magnetic stereotaxis could enable the performance of delicate brain surgery without …

Combination of rays

For the first time, scientists have combined two complementary imaging techniques to peep inside the human body. Though still in the infant stage,…

Pie in the sky

A towering structure, proposed for generating eco-friendly power in the Netherlands, has run into trouble with engineers and energy experts who …

Fading prospects

With dangers of nuclear pollution looming large over the world, there is an imminent need for an open debate on pushing nuclear option as an …

`Remote sensing is being used to predict crop-growing seasons'

Satellite technology is not just being used to monitor and predict climate change events. Its applications are now also accurately estimating crop-…

Smallest palmcorders

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