What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common? According to the latest findings from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, these common Earthly substances share chemical roots with the cosmos. Surrounding two nascent protostars, IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385, the telescope has identified icy compounds including ethanol and likely acetic acid. These findings are … Read more
Royal Enfield, the popular Chennai-based motorcycle manufacturer, is planning to introduce a new variant of its well-loved Classic 350 model. This new model, called the Classic 350 ‘Flex Fuel’, was recently showcased at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo in New Delhi. While maintaining the iconic design of the regular Classic 350, the Flex Fuel model … Read more
The government’s order to levy 50% export duty on “molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar” will make available more molasses for ethanol production, according to the India Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) M. Prabhakar Rao, president of the Association, said in a press release that almost 15 lakh tonnes of molasses, … Read more
