The technology is nascent: it can only convert 6.5% of the power it captures. Although rainy conditions are considered adverse to the solar energy industry, researchers from China have harnessed it to be an ally. They have developed a technology for a new kind of solar cell wherein it is coated by an atom-thick graphene…
The raft of headwinds – from concerns over China to a seismic shift in consumer tastes, weighing on luxury brands means the sector may be forced to embrace a new normal, suggest analysts. “The luxury sector and the largest companies within it need to adjust to a new normal,” Luca Solca, head of luxury goods…
A new generation of weapons that are increasingly capable of targeting and attacking without the involvement of people require the maintaining human control over them, says two international arms control groups in a report. An emerging United States military strategy that will count on technology advantages and increasingly depend on weapons systems that blend humans…
Vaccines are kind of an outdated procedure as mutating viruses render them ineffective. Antiviral treatments and vaccines have one inherent seemingly inescapable problem: as viruses evolve and mutate a solution that works today will be totally useless tomorrow. Researchers at DARPA are however convinced that this problem can be solved. In fact they have even…
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This is only a temporary setback. Gene editing sounds like a magic cure for all diseases, as it allows the tweaking and removal of genes that are deemed dangerous, or so one would tend to think. Unfortunately it is not all that simple. Researchers have been…
Radar reflectors will have to be fitted so that other ships can detect its presence and not bump into the $22.5 billion destroyer. When ship designers designed America’s new Zumwalt class destroyers with an emphasis of stealth little did they expect that the capability will exceed their design scope and make the ship almost undetectable.…
If the bill is made into law, it will provide federal judges with wide powers to force U.S. tech companies to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement agencies. As per sources familiar with the on-going discussion, the White House is currently refusing to put its weight around the draft legislation that wants to empower judges to…
India is becoming the new China in the energy world. As India’s economy expands by luring the type of manufacturing that China is trying to shun, the world’s second-most populous nation is increasingly becoming the center for oil demand growth. India is trying to hedge its future energy needs by investing in new production at…
Even as Tesla’s new Model 3 topped 276,000 reservations in a span of just three days, there are questions about whether the customers would be able to get a $7,500 federal tax credit for purchasing the electric car. Many are even skeptical that non availability of federal tax credit for the electric cars could result…
It’s a good lesson for those learning the ropes on how to store and send passwords in the web context. CNBC just learnt a lesson the hard way regarding computer security. The news giant posted, and was quick to take down, an article on password security titled “how strong is your password?” It had had…
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