Category: Chemistry
Nuclear Battery
China introduced a battery that can lasts for 50 years without charging.
Tantalum | River Sutlej
Researchers from the IIT, Ropar has detected the presence of tantalum, a rare metal, in the Sutlej river sand in Punjab.
Electric Batteries | Battery Standardization
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has recommended standardizing batteries to enhance electric vehicle-to-grid charging.
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).
Cloud Seeding | CAIPEEX
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune demonstrated that cloud seeding (CS) has the potential to decrease uncertainty in rainfall.
Carbon Nanoflorets
IIT team finds carbon ‘flowers’ excelling at turning light to heat.
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.
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
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
Article in the Hindu – India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage?