Science

Updated : May 27, 2019

Fiat Chrysler and Renault in tie-up talks: Sources

FCA and Renault have a combined market capitalization approaching 33 billion euros ($37 billion) and total global sales of 8.7 million vehicles

Updated : Dec 23, 2016

Google Maps now lets you 'locate toilets'

The app also has an additional features such as cleanliness ratings, whether the toilet is of western or Indian style, or if it is free or paid.

Running half an hour can provide three hours of smartphone recharge

Updated : Nov 21, 2014

AMPY mobile charger uses body-motion, kinetic energy to recharge

Using the AMPY alongside a half-hour run, for example, may provide three hours of smartphone recharge.

Packs flat: Roll-to-roll manufacturing can scale up production (Illustration: Raj Verma)

Updated : Nov 18, 2014

Foldscope: An origami microscope made of paper

Called Foldscope, the microscope can be cut out of paper and fitted together with small lenses, batteries and an LED to a make bookmark-sized microscope.

'I did not think out of the box, I thought through and through the box,' says Vinay Mehta, Founder, VENTiT.

Updated : Aug 7, 2014

VENTiT: Boxes That Allow Warm But Not Soggy Pizzas

Pizza boxes face a twin challenge: how to keep the pizzas warm but let the steam out so they don't get soggy. A Mumbai businessman found an elegant solution that has been patented in over 70 countries.

Updated : Jul 4, 2014

Iceotope: Dunking server blades in liquid to keep them cool

Iceotope, a UK-based company, has created a system that immerses server blades - literally dunks them - in a special fluid. Not only does this make the cooling system silent, without the whirr of the fan or the hum of the AC, the company says it reduces the power load of energy-hogging data centres by half.

Updated : Jul 1, 2014

LiquiGlide: A coating to help that ketchup slide out

Dave Smith, a former MIT graduate student, along with his then professor, Kripa Varanasi, came up with a neat solution: a surface coating that can be applied to the inside of the bottle to make the inside slippery, so the ketchup slides out easily.

Updated : Jun 19, 2014

Gecko Biomedical's adhesive performs in the heart's lub-dub

A Paris-based start-up, Gecko Biomedical has shown in animal testing that its adhesive can be elastic enough to hold heart tissue, despite the heart pumping at 180 beats per minute.