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 …
cargo ships sailing from coast to coast often transport unwanted freight. Marine plants, animals and microbes regularly hitch rides to distant shores in these ships' ballast water, seawater stored in narrow tanks in a ship's hull to stabilize it when it doesn't have cargo. This water is pumped out when …
February 27-March 10, 2008. As the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (Class x) exams unfold across government schools in Kerala, students appearing for
In his 1992 book How the World Was One, Sir Arthur C Clarke described a dream he once had: one day, cnn founder (and then owner) Ted Turner is offered the post of the President of the world, but he turns it down politely
Historically, if we wanted to understand what someone's income level was, all we had to do was ask what country they were from. In the future, this will no longer be true. Instead, we'll ask what level of education they have achieved. This is because information and communications technology is …
The cement industry is experiencing a boom on account of the overall growth of the Indian economy primarily because of increased industrial activity, flourishing real estate business, growing construction activity, and expanding investment in the infrastructure sector. The performance of the industry, under different policy regimes, truly establishes that decontrol …
The European Commission has emerged the clear winner in a lengthy battle with the world's most powerful software maker. On February 27, Europe's antitrust regulator levied a
batteries of mobile phones may now last longer. The circuits, which draw power from batteries, currently run at around 1 volt. Scientists have come up with a technology that will allow circuits to function at 0.3 V, resulting in less power being drawn. The circuit, also called chips, consists of …
in an increasingly virtual world information and communication technologies (ict) are being seen as a solution to almost every problem. Access to them has become a barometer of development. Computers and access to Internet per thousand population decides the country's hierarchy in the development pyramid. A village with a computer …
Lead from paints, plumbing materials,waste crankcase oil, batteries, etc. pollute the environment and become available to animals as contaminated forage and water.Effective pollution mitigation requires an understanding of the sources and quantities of heavy-metal inputs.In the present study, a lead-responsive biosensor has been made by placing the green fluorescent protein …
during landing and taking-off, a pilot usually has to manage the controls, while simultaneously keeping an eye on the runway. It would make things much easier for a pilot if she/he could do both the tasks by just looking at the runway. A new holographic display placed between the field …
V K J RANE The Mumbai metro looks set to run on standard gauge tracks. The Union Ministry of Railways had recommended the broad gauge system, but the Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority deemed the narrower standard gauge system suitable for Mumbai's geography. Not everybody is pleased with the decision. …
that was a diplomatic googly which was suitably timed. In an interview to The Guardian on January 19, 2008, the uk's environment secretary Phil Woolas made a point on India's intransigence on climate change but lauded China's efforts. He was in Beijing with uk prime minister Gordown Brown's entourage that …
optical fibre has become the mode of choice for electronic data transfer. Transmission losses are much lower than in copper wire, and the speed much faster. A team at Duke University tried something new: store data in optical fibre, like in the random access memory (ram) of computers to cut …
The EU council of ministers has agreed to introduce electronic tags for millions of sheep and goats across Europe by the end of 2009. The move is part of a strategy to prevent epidemics of contagious diseases like foot-and-mouth. The tag, which will be carried by the animal either on …
conventional leather production consumes high levels of energy and a number of chemicals. The process releases toxic substances. Scientists from Tamil Nadu have developed an enzyme-based technology which minimises all these. The Central Leather Research Institute (clri) in Chennai says it has evolved a process which cuts down use and …
a new cost-effective method has been developed to trace pesticides in food. Researchers say this enzyme-based technique is quick and cost-effective. The method uses a specially devised set of screen-printed electrodes, which are coated with enzyme acetycholine esterase (AChE). The enzyme controls nerve impulses and is easily inhibited by pesticides. …
The technology challenge Labelling or mandatory use of natural vanilla will go a long way to promote this crop. But this step will be incomplete unless accompanied with technologies to cure and then extract the vanilla. The real profits are in the value addition
problem drug: Pediatric ritalin use may affect developing brain in children, says a new study. Use of the attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder drug may cause long-term changes in the brain, suggests a study on very young rats by researchers from the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Ritalin
