Atom: the whole picture

X-ray holography, a neoteric way of studing atomic configurations, promises to give a three-dimensional picture of the arrangement of atoms in a …

Galileo says...

The six-year-long wait for the Galileo trip to Jupiter started paying off scientific returns last fortnight, as the data sent by the probe was …

A whole new world!

Why are we and the universe around us made of matter and not antimatter? Scientists at last create antimatter particles to lead us on to a …

Elusive no more

A Japanese experiment in thefield of neutrino detection has come as manna for physicists and cosmologists, opening before them immense …

Star's blueprint

The mapping of the magnetic field of TX Camelopardalis can provide important insights into the behaviour of stars

Byte by byte

To increase disk drive capacity, both silicon chips and magnetic-memory disks will have to get better

Precious mine

With the help of nickel and vitreous carbon, the industrial manufacture of diamonds becomes easier

On borrowed time

The Hubble telescope is slowly wearing out and efforts to repair it are on, alongwith preparations for its replacement

Distance dilemma

Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged

Space science, biology and politics

NASA hopes to solve its resource crunch by putting forward a case that uses space science for explaining the origins of life

Composition: critical

While the aircraft industry flies high with composites, one question nags engineers: are they really safe?

Light matters

Every kid knows that E=mc 2 . But this time, physicists are working backwards, converting energy into matter

A perfect ten, is it?

Two groups of scientists have claimed there is proof of a tenth planet in the solar system. Astrophysicists are sceptical

Challenge of the balance

When will scientists stop? The latest is the 'nanobalance', which would measure the mass of microorganisms and viruses

Lab on the lap

Indian scientists develop a low-cost, easy-to-use physics lab

From the blurbs

Bubbles from sound

Fresh lease

Switching speeds

Scientists develop a new switch to revolutionise fibre-opti techniques

Plastic ploys

Dendrimers are about to revolutionise the age of polymers

Top quark nabbed

Muscle power

It's hot out there

Striking lasers

A semiconductor laser would enhance the performance of telecommunications

Explosions in outer space

Gamma-ray bursts occur daily and are million times brighter than the galaxy