Reply by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in compliance to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order dated January 21, 2024 in the matter of ‘News item titled “Feeling anxious? Toxic air could be to blame” appearing in Times of India dated 10.10.2023’. NGT had directed CPCB to file a …
Industrial energy efficiency has emerged as one of the key issues in India. The increasing demand for energy that leads to growing challenge of climate change has resulted major issues. It is obvious that high energy intensity leads to high carbon intensity of the economy. This paper is an attempt …
CSMCRI To Equip Salt Workers With Technology To Improve Quality, Yield Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Bhavnagar: Small and marginal saltpan workers in Rajula taluka of Amreli district, often known to be debt-ridden and poverty stricken, will now be armed with science and technology to help them earn more and break …
NEW DELHI: After over two decades, the Delhi Government has come out with an industrial policy that envisages promotion of clean, hi-tech, non-polluting and knowledge-based industries in the Capital. The policy, however, seeks to achieve the objective without closure of existing industrial units engaged in low-skilled activities.
That voltage fluctuations and frequency variations spoil the fun of hi-fi digital sound systems is the complaint of many a music fan. PS Audio, a company based in Avon, Colorado, USA, has developed a device worth US $1,000 that delivers a pure waveform when plugged into the electricity mains. The …
consider this: You are about to check in for your connecting flight and you discover your ticket is not with you. A frantic search but it is untraceable. To free you from these pre and post-travel tensions, ticketless travel involving two airlines is fast gaining ground with support from airline …
A verstile digital scarecrow promises to put a virtual cat among the pigeons. Birds soon get used to conventional scarecrows, and though simulated gunshots are effective, they are too loud. Now Bramley and Wellesley, a company based in Gloucester, UK, and Phoenix Agritech of Canada are all set to patent …
NEWS from home: Indian aeronautical scientists and engineers are working on an ambitious project called Micro Air Vehicles (MAY) to produce aircraft that will not be much bigger than the palm of our hand. These "palm-top" planes will be crucial in operations which would require them to fly to spots …
ever thought of living in a house that might be smarter than you are? Well, get ready because soon enough, your room could be giving you a few tips on better living. Aficionados of science fiction will recall how, years ago, authors such as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury had …
A device would allow people to write, draw with ink on a normal pad of paper and get the information recorded in a computer. Krishna Nathan at IBM's Thomas J Watson Research Center, New York, USA, has developed the device. The system consists of a panel on which a paper …
it is a common belief that computers and telecoms have been playing a major role in accelerating economic growth. The mindboggling investment by companies in the us on computers and telecommunications further proves the necessity of information technology in recent times. Yet, if official figures are to be believed, the …
A method has been developed that would help convert carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The process developed by the Osaka National Research Institute, Japan, involves reaction of CO2 with hydrogen in presence of a catalyst made from iron, zinc and a zeolite. Then CO2 …
Researchers are developing smart shock absorbers that would smooth out bumps experienced by moving vehicles. Bayer, a chemicals company in Leverkusen, Germany, has developed an electro-rheological fluid for the shock absorbers. The fluid allows shocks to adjust when a car passes over bumps. The product developed by Schenck, a Darmstadt …
A technique to produce unnatural rain is being worked out in Mexico by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, USA and several universities in Mexico. They are using pyrotechnic flares mounted on aircraft to seed clouds. The craft flies along the surface of cloud so …
a wingless spacecraft, the x -38 is being developed at National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( nasa ), usa, that would work as a rescue vehicle for a space station. The spacecraft can fly back to the Earth from space and land like an aircraft on a runway. Engineers at …
an electronic nose fitted with air-conditioning of a car would prevent toxic gases from entering the cabin. A team of researchers led by Julian Gardner of the engineering department at Warwick University in the English Midlands, uk, has developed the sensitive device that may also be fitted to exhausts of …
the horizontal wells can be effectively used to clear up heavily polluted industrial sites. The method pioneered by the oil industry is cheaper and quicker than conventional methods. Drilling vertical holes or excavation are the usual methods of clearing heavily polluted sites. But horizontal drilling causes less disturbance on the …
a chemical process would make automobile catalytic converters more efficient in reducing air pollutants. Chaitanya Narula and his colleagues at the chemistry department of Ford Motor Company Research Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan, have developed the sol-gel technology that would target emissions during first 90 seconds of starting the vehicle. Most …
Photo on the NetSubscribers would now be able to order photographs on the Internet. Eastman Kodak, a Germany based company, has launched services that would allow paid subscribers to store their pictures on the Internet and order reprints with the click of a mouse. Initially, the company expects to attract …
British researchers have developed a technique that would enable computers to recognise the voice of users and work accordingly. Andrew Bangham of the School of Information Systems at the University of East Anglia says the system focuses on a specific area of interest and thus maintains the high resolution of …
