Wood Battery: Forget solar panels: This ‘wood battery’ powers homes even in total darkness |

A major development in sustainable architecture has enabled researchers to convert ordinary timber into an advanced thermal reservoir. In this case, lignin is removed from wood through chemical modification and phase change materials are added, giving rise to a new product that has been termed ‘solar battery,’ which stores solar energy collected by a building…

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Charkop Koliwada fishermen fear livelihood loss as Mumbai coastal road threatens mangroves, creek ecosystem | Mumbai News

A planned coastal road threatens the livelihood of 50 fishing families in Charkop koliwada, Mumbai. Every few days, 71-year-old Anil Bhandari rows his small boat out of the mangroves of Charkop and up Manori creek to fish—boi, catfish, and, if he’s lucky, a few baskets of prawns. The catch hasn’t been as good in recent…

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Bengal’s first handloom store, opened by Gagan Tagore, turns 110 | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The Bengal Home Industries Association, founded by Rabindranath’s nephew Gaganendranath Tagore and Lady Carmichael (wife of the then governor), has turned 110, surviving the test of time, multiple changes of address and stiff competition from the cottage industry market across India and abroad.On Tuesday, to celebrate a century and a decade of its existence,…

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