The schematic drawing showing that various factors (e.g., moisture, oxygen, light illumination, applied electric field, etc.) during the operation of MAPbI3 perovskite solar cells can generate iodine, which leads to degradation of solar cells. Credit: Image courtesy of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University – OIST While solar ... Read More »
Working in the field of big data and AI means that I see the leading edge advances that come with it. It also means routinely getting freaked out when you think too closely about the possibilities and implications of those advances and where they might be taking us. Here are ... Read More »
When it was announced, demonetisation was expected to boost government revenues through better disclosure of income by individuals and businesses. That, in turn, was expected to increase government and lead to creation of more jobs. But six weeks into the demonetization drive, the calculations appear to have gone awry. There ... Read More »
In theory, the lack of physical cash — the erosion of cash-linked sales — should hurt real estate prices, creating a negative wealth effect that hurts consumption. The nuances of dynamic: a) almost every developer, mortgage broker and equity/debt investor we spoke to expects weakness. This consensus could in itself ... Read More »
With stress on liquidity and no cash to pay for basic utilities, the initial effect of demonetisation drive has been a knee-jerk reaction to a wait-and-watch policy mode. More than a month has passed for the demonetisation exercise, and yet, it’s ongoing process continues to disorient the society which has ... Read More »
Beijing: India’s move to charge sheet Masood Azhar in the Pathankot terror attack appears to have not made much impact on China as Beijing on Wednesday said any move by New Delhi to bring about a UN ban on the JeM chief must be in line with rules and procedures ... Read More »
New Delhi: The indigenous Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile’s fourth test failed on Wednesday, sources said, even as the DRDO refused to make any official comment on the issue. According to informed sources, the missile was blasted off around noon from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore in Odisha but ... Read More »
New Delhi: After clothes and ‘dupattas’, California almonds have emerged as the new product in cross-LoC trade in Jammu and Kashmir that are being used a mode of terror funding, according to the NIA. The NIA has registered a case in this connection and carried out searches on traders at ... Read More »
As we predict popular material for 2017 is marble – integrated into to the design of bathrooms, kitchens, living room layouts. This great material is a tendency of old traditions that is getting a new, intriguing read. So here is an amazing example of how to integrate the marble in ... Read More »
Lithos Design Primes widens the range of materials used for one of its historic collections, Nuance, which is now available in three new types of marble: in addition to bianco cotone and beige canapa, the six models of the collection are now also available in botticino vaniglia, carrara ghiaccio and ... Read More »
Traccia, the iconic self-supporting stone wall launched on the market in 2009 and now restyled with new material, took part in the exhibition – 50 Years of Living Marble. A perfect balance between the strength of stone and the lightness of the designed perforated weft. Traccia, designed by Raffaello Galiotto, ... Read More »
Liquid Forms is the winner of the Walker Zanger KAZA Concrete Tile Design Competition in partnership with Architectural Digest. Capturing the essence of concrete as a liquid stone, the design was inspired by the mastery of Baroque sculptors and the idea of expressing flow in a solid form. It is ... Read More »
