Author Archives: Nidhi Goyal

About Nidhi Goyal

Nidhi is a gold medalist Post Graduate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.

Cobalt the Answer to Cheaper, More Sustainable Solar Cells

A copper-based dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is relatively inexpensive compared to its silicon cousin but it does not have the same level of energy conversion efficiency as a silicon solar cell. However, a new breakthrough…

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Lake Titicaca a Modern-Day Treasure Chest

A team of Belgian and Bolivian underwater archaeologists has discovered ancient gold and silver objects, gems and some unusual objects like carved bones and pottery in Lake Titicaca. The most impressive of the find are…

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Nanoropes of Carbyne Stronger Than Graphene and Diamonds

Carbyne has actually been around since an approximation of the material was first synthesized in the USSR in 1960. However, until this research, not much was known about it and carbyne was thought to be…

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China’s Synthetic Gas Plants Would Choke Out 21 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

Synthetic Gas Plants being planned in China present a host of ecological worries. China’s government has permitted construction of nine such plants in northern and western China. These plants are able to generate more than…

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Carbon Combines Web’s Spider-Man Stretch with Man of Steel Strength

Scientists at Florida State University’s MagLab facility have successfully turned spider silk into microscopic wires that can conduct electricity. This nanotubes-coated spider silk is tough and can stretch and shrink with humidity. Almost all modern…

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Cultivation Key to Saving the Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is one of the most-studied, most-unique and most-threatened seas in the world. Marine biologists have been exploring new ways of utilizing the Baltic Sea’s resources to protect its ecosystem. Their findings can…

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What Lies Beneath Lake Vostok’s Sheet of Ice?

In a major achievement hailed by scientists around the world, Russian scientists finally reached the surface of pristine Lake Vostok after more than two decades of drilling. The lake water is considered to have been…

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Carbon Nanotubes Look to Sideline Silicon

For decades, the transistors in computer chips have been based on silicon. These transistors control the electricity flow in computer microchips and have been getting smaller and smaller over time. But engineers are quickly approaching…

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Algae-Powered Building Redefines Going Green

An innovative apartment block has been unveiled at the international building exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. This 15 unit apartment block – The Bio Intelligent Quotient (BIQ) house is the world’s first building that generates heat…

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What’s Hiding in the World’s Most Expensive Cup of Coffee?

Did you know that the rarest and most expensive coffee in the world is absolute crap? No, seriously. It’s literally feces. Kopi Luwak, also known as Civet Coffee, sells for as much as $50 a…

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Author Archives: Nidhi Goyal

About Nidhi Goyal

Cobalt the Answer to Cheaper, More Sustainable Solar Cells

Lake Titicaca a Modern-Day Treasure Chest

Nanoropes of Carbyne Stronger Than Graphene and Diamonds

China’s Synthetic Gas Plants Would Choke Out 21 Billion Tons of Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Combines Web’s Spider-Man Stretch with Man of Steel Strength

Cultivation Key to Saving the Baltic Sea

What Lies Beneath Lake Vostok’s Sheet of Ice?

Carbon Nanotubes Look to Sideline Silicon

Algae-Powered Building Redefines Going Green

What’s Hiding in the World’s Most Expensive Cup of Coffee?

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