News Digest 14 July 2014

News Digest 14 July 2014

Membrane can clean almost any oil spill

Mumbai Mirror | 8 July 2014

Researchers have developed a membrane that can separate even highly mixed fine oil spill residues that could otherwise cause severe damage to our environment… Whenever there is a major spill of oil into water, the two tend to mix into a suspension of tiny droplets, called an emulsion, that is extremely hard to separate ­ and that can cause severe damage to ecosystems. But Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have discovered a new, inexpensive way of getting the two fluids apart again. Read More

Breaking the ice

Ahmedabad Mirror | 8 July 2014

On the first day in office, you are exposed to new people and work culture. What should you do to connect and interact with co-workers who will scrutinise you as much as you will try to read them… When you start your new job, you face a lot of anxiety about the new work environment, colleagues, your boss and the learning curve. The first and the most important task on hand is breaking the ice with co-workers. What works to your advantage is that nobody really knows about your stint at the previous workplace. On the flip side, however, you may be perceived as a snob if you don't work on building relationships right. Read More

To save water, six power turbines on Narmada dam shut for a month : SSNNL concentrates on conserving water for drinking and irrigation

The Indian Express | 8 July 2014

It has been a month now since the river-bed power house (RBPH) — the main power house, consisting of six 200 MW hydro-electric turbines on the Narmada dam — stopped operating altogether, with top officials attributing this to the low monsoon rain. Read More

એન્જી.ની નિકાસ $૭૦ અબજને પાર કરી શકે

નવગુજરાત સમય | ૮ જુલાઈ ૨૦૧૪ | Read More

ડીપ્લોમાં કોલેજમાં લેકચરર બનો ને ઘરબેઠા ૧૨ લાખ કમાવો ! : ડીપ્લોમાં કોલેજોમાં નિમણુક બાદ સરકારી ખર્ચે એમ.ઈ. કરતા લેકચરરો... બી.ઈ. ને પસંદગી આપવાનો નિયમ હવે બદલવાની જરૂર...

નવગુજરાત સમય | ૬ જુલાઈ ૨૦૧૪ | Read More

લાગણીઓ અભિવ્યક્ત કરી શકે તેવા રોબોટ્સ આવી રહ્યા છે. રોબોટયુગનું પરોઢ ઊગવામાં છે. હવે સાયબર શેરીઓમાં ડેટાસમુદ્રો ઉભરાશે

નવગુજરાત સમય | ૬ જુલાઈ ૨૦૧૪ | Read More

Let's talk trash : Mumbai's seven thousand tonnes of daily garbage can give us useful electricity

Ahmedabad Mirror | 14 Jul 2014

Our cities are getting dirtier every day. If you see photographs of Mumbai or Pune from thirty years ago, they resemble clean European cities, quite unlike how they are today. How did we get into this muck? There's no use blaming population growth, or even population density. Parts of London, New York, Hong Kong or Tokyo have as high or even higher population density, for some parts of the working day. Hence there is something else to blame. Don't go to the other extreme of berating our own culture. But it was Mahatma Gandhi who emphasised cleanliness as a top virtue for his countrymen. Read More

Smart thimble could replace the mouse

Ahmedabad Mirror | 11 Jul 2014

Researchers create a small minimalistic device can render the mouse obsolete. The 3DTouch device also works in 2D like a regular mouse…  A thimble-like device that sits at the end of your finger and allows you to interact with the virtual world in three dimensions may render the indispensable computer mouse obsolete. Read More

સફળતાની તમારી પોતાની વ્યાખ્યા બનાવો : ચેતન ભગત : સમાજની માનસિકતામાં બદલાવ જરૂરી. હાલ ગ્રામીણ ભારત અને ગ્રામીણ વિસ્તારોના પ્રાથમિક શિક્ષણ પર લખી રહ્યો છું...

નવગુજરાત સમય | ૧૪ જુલાઈ ૨૦૧૪ | Read More

મોબાઈલની બેટરી ત્રણ ગણી વધુ ચાલશે. થેન્ક્સ તો રેતી  ! બેટરી માં ગ્રેફાઇટને બદલે ક્વાર્ટ્ઝનું મબલખ પ્રમાણ ધરાવતી રેતીમાંથી બનાવેલા પ્યોર નેનો સીલીકોનના ઉપયોગનો સફળ પ્રયોગ

નવગુજરાત સમય | ૧૪ જુલાઈ ૨૦૧૪ | Read More

હિમાલય પર વિશ્વનો સૌથી ઉંચો રેલ બ્રીજ બંધાશે

નવગુજરાત સમય | ૧૪ જુલાઈ ૨૦૧૪ | Read More

Eat seasonal produce to cut environmental threat : Preserving, processing to make certain foods available throughout the year leads to pollution and wastage

The Indian Express | 12 July 2014 | Read More