A bacterium in optical communications

Magnetic wood planks can curb inconsiderate mobile phone use

Princeton University scientists come up with cost effective technology for making better silicon chips

Mobile phones damage brain cells

Ashok Jhunjhunwala, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, is the man behind the wireless local loop technology cor dect and the TeNeT Telecommunications and Computer Networks group.

European Parliament to make producers responsible for e waste

German researchers have developed ultra thin wires from cobwebs. These wires, based on latest techno

The paper reports the studies on evaluation of energy indices of domestic refrigerators of 165 L capacity in India. The specific energy consumption varies between 3.23 and 4.19 kWh/y/L for single door manual defrost units and between 3.84 and 4.78 kWh/y/L for double door auto defrost units. The major technical areas in a modernization programme are the use of alternatives to HCFC 22, the introduction of more efficient controls and better insulation.

Researchers at the Hungarian Academy of Science, Hungary, have built devices, which extract energy from beams of light just like a windmill extracts energy from the wind. They have built an optical

Microchips are made using artificial diamond

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