Electricity consumption from the manufacture of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has soared by more than 350 percent worldwide between 2023 and 2024, according to new research from Greenpeace East Asia. In East Asia, the global hub for AI semiconductor production, growing electricity demand from AI chipmaking has been met primarily …
Shillong: The Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC) has signed an MoU with a local agency for implementation of a project based on bamboo technology. It is learnt that the Council has also initiated the setting up of a Bamboo Mat Production Centre at Nongchram, East Garo Hills, and …
It was a cold morning in Colorado Springs in the US. Robert Angierre, a magician, walked towards the workshop of a scientist regarded as a disgrace to the scientists’ community. Entering an area cordoned off by an electric fence, he noticed bulbs lit all around in the snow. The bulbs …
In September this year a summit will be held in New York under the auspices of the United Nations to review the progress made during the last 10 years in achieving the targets set under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted by member nations of the UN in …
The annual report on climate change and carbon emission performance of the world's largest 500 companies released by Carbon Disclosure Project at Climate Week in New York reveals that these companies account for 11% of global emissions. In the 10 years since the launch of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), …
The World Intellectual Property Indicators 2010 provides a wide range of indicators covering various areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs and microorganisms. It presents statistics on microorganisms for the first time, and introduces a variety of new patent-based indicators (for example, academic patents by field of …
Large-scale production of crop based (first generation) biofuels may not be feasible without adversely affecting global food supply or encroaching on other important land uses. Because alternatives to liquid fossil fuels are important to develop in order to address greenhouse gas mitigation and other energy policy objectives, the potential for …
AGRICULTURE minister Sharad Pawar has launched smart cards in Haryana and Chandigarh as a pilot project aimed at streamlining the public distribution system (PDS). Smart cards will replace paper cards and the subsidised ration bought at fair price shops (FPS) will be recorded online. The smart card will have biometric …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The ten-month old Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) which was grappling on technology front has finally found new vendors. The Spain based GMV in association with Vayam Technologies Limited have bagged the contract for Intelligent Traffic System(ITS) for the BRTS. The ITS includes, automatic fare …
A DEVICE based on a technology used in superfast trains can now be used to test the fat content of milk and cheese. The device that uses magnetic levitation can also be used to test adulteration of vegetable oil. The density of a substance provides the key information about its …
IN 1930, when Karl Landsteiner was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering blood groups, little did he know that a century later the task requiring elaborate lab apparatus could be performed on a stamp-sized paper. Researchers at the Monash University in Australia have developed a dipstick-test for instantly determining a …
It is for the politicians to act and prevent merchant miners, national or international, to play further havoc with the rich mineral assets of the country.
WILDLIFE tourism’s underbelly was exposed in Bandhavgarh National Park last month when a vehicle with tourists craving for a nocturnal sighting of the tiger hit the animal. The influential tourists had managed to stay in the park after it closed. The animal died a few hours later in front of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: How small can the smallest toilet be? Check out the baby-friendly Indian-style toilets displayed at Museum compound and auditorium as part of the exhibition being by organised by the Kerala Suchitwa Mission. In a cylindrical shape that almost looks like a bigger version of the old red post boxes, …
KOLLAM: Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) managing director N R Subramaniam stressed the need for developing eco-friendly technology to make use of the mineral resources of the State. Inaugurating the Technalia-10, a workshop organised jointly by the KMML and the College of Engineering, Karunagappally, in association with the State …
KOCHI: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has said that the creation of a separate union ministry for fisheries was essential for providing impetus to the fisheries sector. He was speaking on 'Fisheries sector and national development Technology leads to nonlinear growth' at a function organised on Sunday at …
In this paper, an attempt is made to understand various dimensions of the relationship between the electricity system and politics in colonial Madras presidency between 1900 and 1947. The colonial government, which introduced new technological systems such as electricity, had its own economic and political priorities. These interests came in …
Significant progress has been made for the deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS), notably through the commissioning of CCS pilot plants, continued learning from plants already in operation, the development of legal and regulatory frameworks for facilitating CCS and public outreach activities. This is one of the main findings …
