Silk with a difference

Analysis of the moleular orientation of spider dragline silk by CorneIl University researchers offers material science the chance to make use of …

Material gains

Brought about by scientists of the Laboratoire de Chimie des Metaux de Transition in Paris, synthesisation of a new magnetic compound- with …

Cold storage

An ingenius magneto-optic trap using a magnetic mirror created with audio tapes and floppy disks - mightfacilitate the possibility ofstorage and …

Tags out, chips in

The microchip revolution is catching up even with thefield of combinatorial chemistry - helping in the creation of all possible combinations of …

The fifth force

The discovery of a previously unknown particle could revolutionise the concepts of classical physics

Looking for life

The rightplace to look for extraterrestrial life is not planets of other solar systems but their moons

Fact is stranger

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Chaos under control

"Bigger, better, faster, more" is a safe motto in data transfer techniques, as scientists try to process more information faster

Still elusive

Two varying estimates of the Hubble constant mean that we are no closer to establishing the age of the universe

12 billion years...

...is the age of the universe. And calculations based on data from the Hubble space telescope have established the elusive Hubble constant

Light trap

Researchers have been able to capture light beams after bringing them to a complete standstill

Light on India’s fourteenth meteor shower

The Vidarbha region in Maharashtra was hit by a meteor shower on May 22. It was no spectacle—it came between 2 pm and 2.30 pm—in the …

Distance between Earth and Sun

Measure it yourself during transit of Venus this year

In honour of Galileo

Exhibition>> Astronomy • Italy

Making a standby sun

Physicists say it's theoretically possible to make a sun in the laboratory.

Led by light

Display technology all set to cover new ground

Pipe screams

No small matter

A persevering physicist is well an his way to uncovering the enigma of antimatter

Expensive explorer

Light connections

Using light instead of electrons in circuits

Molecular sieve

Membranes with pores fine enough to filter molecules

Pigmentpointer

Computer therapy

A better view

Crystal clear