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Google and IBM are at odds over 'quantum supremacy' — an expert explains what it really means

Quantum computers. Photo: Google
Quantum computers can perform very difficult calculations much faster than anything …
October 27, 2019
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How aerosol formation helps brighten clouds, balance climate

aerosol formation Photo: Getty Images
The formation of new particle covers about 40 per cent of the Earth’s surface
October 18, 2019
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Chemistry Nobel for development of lithium-ion batteries

John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino won the Chemistry Nobel Prize 2019. Photo: Nobel Media
John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino are recipients of the prize …
October 09, 2019
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Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study

Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study
The blast took place 63 million years after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; and when …
October 07, 2019
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Rakesh Sharma

Rakesh Sharma on space exploration and technology

April 26, 2019
Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first …
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Seen here are two black holes before their merger into one
Credit:The SXS (Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes) Project

Unlocking our universe, step by step

February 17, 2016
From time immemorial, scientists have tried to unravel the mystery of the universe-from …
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A farmer in Haryana prepares to
add urea to his wheat crop (Photo: Vikas Choudhary)

Nitrogen overload

May 12, 2016
Human-induced nitrogen emissions have surpassed natural emissions, damaging health and the …

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Murky science of comfort part 5: Here’s how being mindful is good for the environment

Latha Jishnu
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Push for open source software

Richard Mahapatra
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Whose science should we focus on?

Interviews

Scientist who called mysterious Oumuamua object alien probe explains why
Abraham Loeb ,Abraham (Avi) Loeb is chair of the astronomy department at Harvard University, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics. He chairs the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies and the advisory board for the Breakthrough Starshot project
Larger spleen helps Indonesia’s Bajau people demonstrate extraordinary diving skills
Melissa Ilardo ,PhD student at the University of Copenhagen
'Biotechnology does not mean only GM crops'
Rajeev Varshney ,Global research programme director, genetic gains, ICRISAT. He is also a Winthrop research professor at the University of Western Australia and has 15 years research experience in international agriculture

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Chandrayaan 2 aims to explore the dark side of the moon

India's second mission to the Moon aims to venture the satellite’s south polar region
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Nasa's planet hunting mission finds three new 'worlds'

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How are planets named?

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Biggest hunt for highly intelligent aliens yields no results

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India plans to launch a space station

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