Nuclear Battery
Posted in Science & Technology Alternative Energy Chemistry

Nuclear Battery

China introduced a battery that can lasts for 50 years without charging.

Radiocarbon Dating
Posted in Physics Chemistry

Radiocarbon Dating

Article in the Hindu – What is radiocarbon dating? | Explained

Tantalum | River Sutlej
Posted in Science & Technology Chemistry Geography River

Tantalum | River Sutlej

Researchers from the IIT, Ropar has detected the presence of tantalum, a rare metal, in the Sutlej river sand in Punjab.

Posted in Science & Technology Chemistry

Electric Batteries | Battery Standardization

Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has recommended standardizing batteries to enhance electric vehicle-to-grid charging.

Posted in Environment Chemistry Science & Technology

CO2 to CO Conversion Technology

National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (NCoE-CCU) at IIT Bombay has developed a new technology for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO).

Posted in Environment Chemistry S&T Schemes and Initiatives Science & Technology

Cloud Seeding | CAIPEEX

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune demonstrated that cloud seeding (CS) has the potential to decrease uncertainty in rainfall.

Posted in Science & Technology Chemistry

Carbon Nanoflorets

IIT team finds carbon ‘flowers’ excelling at turning light to heat.

Posted in Chemistry Science & Technology

Thallium

Five members of family poisoned with Thallium to death.

Posted in Economy Chemistry Energy and Infrastructure Science & Technology

Royalty Rates for Lithium, Niobium and REEs

Government has announced new royalty rates for the mining of lithium, niobium, and rare earths to encourage domestic mining of these strategic minerals.

Posted in Science & Technology Chemistry

White Phosphorous

As per Human Rights Watch, Israel fired white phosphorus bombs over Gaza and Lebanon during their conflict with Hamas.

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Quantum Dots
Posted in Chemistry Physics Science & Technology

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Quantum Dots

The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.

Phosphorus
Posted in Chemistry

Phosphorus

Article in the Hindu – India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage?