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 …
by rearranging electrons in some organic constituents, chemists have recently produced two new magnets that are lighter, more flexible and easier to make than the common metal variety. These plastic-like magnets can even work at room temperature. Engineers are now trying to make organic magnets that are cheaper than metal …
sapphire chips will revolutionise the information technology as it is ideal for satellite mobile phones, desktop personal computer ( pc) systems, wireless communications, small satellites, notebook pc s and other hand-held digital products. This technology etches electrical circuits on wafers of sapphire rather than silicon. The production of this chip …
composite materials made up of flax, wood and cotton could soon be used as an alternative for conventional reinforced plastics. This would also lead to the creation of a new high-value crop for farmers. The new composite materials are very cost effective and easy to dispose off. The project to …
putting a satellite in space will now become cheaper due to a solar- powered motor being developed in the us. T he motor, called Integrated Solar Upper Stage ( isus ), is being developed jointly by the American Air Force Phillips Laboratory, New Mexico, and nasa's Lewis Research Center and …
A four-seater plane has been developed in the UK that can take off from a 3,000-ft runway and cruise for 2,415 km at approximately 800 km per hour. This tiny jet, called CMC Leopard, weighs 1,812 kg
After a six-year research, a tennis speedball analyser (TSA), has been developed by Toucon SA, Verbier, Switzerland and a government sponsored company. The graphite racket features a unique software with a microchip in its handle, powered by a lithium battery. This software calculates the speed of the ball through the …
In chips and piecesEverything needed to browse the Web and send e-mail will soon be put into a single microprocessor. The Japanese firm Toshiba, in association with iReady, a chip designer from San Jose, California, are close to developing the Internet Tuner chip that will allow manufacturers to give features, …
Gadolinium, a rare-earth metal, is being used to create a new technology of refrigeration. The metal heats up when subjected to a magnetic field and cools down when demagnetised. This quality of the metal has been used by Karl Gschnieder, material scientist at Iowa State University, Ames, to make a …
After years of false starts and setbacks, the hybrid of a plane and a helicopter, known as a tiltrotor, is all set for commercial operations. Bell Helicopter Textron and the Boeing Company's helicopter division have come out with Bell-Boeing 609, a nine-passenger commercial tiltrotor. It has two sets of rotors …
an automated telephone directory inquiries service has been developed by British Technology ( bt ), uk , that can speak with callers and read different accents for better communication. Developers claim the new system could be ready for use as a new national directory inquiries service within three years. The …
'laboratory' is an odd name for a place that receives 10,000 visitors every year; where various organisations involved, recognise its heritage responsibilities and preserve old buildings and whose historic locations feature on ever more cruise liner tourist brochures. If you have a few thousand dollars to spare, you too can …
A watchful eyeParents would soon be able to use the Internet to keep an eye on their children at nursery school. A new system called Kindercam can send a colour video image twice a second from a video camera in the nursery school to the Kindercam web site, where parents …
British Telecom's research laboratories in Martlesham, Suffolk, have developed a pocket dictionary-sized box that could replace the wiring needed in offices to connect computers and telephones. Known as passive picocell, the box can fit on the wall or the ceiling of an office. A prototype of the product has been …
A boat powered by flippers, rather than a propeller, is being developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. The system, based on the swimming action of the penguin, uses two motor-driven flippers, thereby saving fuel and energy, claim the developers. The flippers are designed to produce the same hydrodynamics …
the future belongs to natural fibres. Synthetic materials could be replaced by them in diverse applications, including the making of golf clubs, tennis rackets, bicycle frames, boat hulls, bath tubs and archery bows. Synthetics are composite materials
some day in the near future, airplane wings may flex themselves like fish tails, changing shape to modify, lift or drag by themselves. Bridges and telephone poles could
THE us police is developing a 'safe gun' that will fire only when held by its rightful owner. Several police and army personnel who are killed on duty, are often accidentally killed by their own gun or by one belonging to a partner. Two years ago the us department of …
UK-based Chloride Industrial Batteries Ltd has manufactured a new high reliability battery for military applications. Named Armasafe, the battery uses latest recombination technology that providei increased power capacity in the same volume coupled with low maintenance and negligible gassing (Battery Newsletter, Vol 4, No 2). Suitabli! for the harsh environment …
The Indian Trade Promotion Organisation will be organising an international exposition of sophisticated technology in agriculture and industrial technology -- including environmental technology -- at Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand. Called the Worldtech '95, it is due for November 4 to December 16.
A laser invented in Scotland is so small that it can fit into a matchbox. Developed by Bruce Sinclair and Neil Mackinnon of the School of Physics and Astronomy at St Andrews University, the laser is simple to mass-produce and its spe cial construction allows it to generate a high-quality …
