Shutting down the particle powerhouse

Even though funds for the Superconducting Super Collider have dried up, particle physicists are determined to prove their theory of, well, everything

Schrodinger's kittens dead or alive

Can a cat be both dead and alive at the same time? If you believe the classic interpretation of quantum physics, it can. But several scientists …

Top quirk

It took almost 2 decades of squinting at the microverse to finally pin down, on March 2, an accomplished atomic escape artist, the top quark

Shutting down the particle powerhouse

Even though funds for the Superconducting Super Collider have dried up, particle physicists are determined to prove their theory of, well, everything

Elementary order

How did elements come to be tabulated according to their properties?

2008 A lunar odyssey

From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation's voyage to find …

A demotion for Pluto

Astronomy's orginal rebel

Arthur C Clarke foretold many current advances in communication

Neutrino in elephant's way

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Exotic denizens of the particle zoo

From ancient Greece to the world of today, humans have always believed that the amazing diversity of objects in the universe can be interpreted …

Test drive to Mars

India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …

Eternal quest

Fascination and challenges of the search for extra-terrestrial life

Physics journal fosters spirit of enquiry

Physical Review, which began in 1893 as a monthly journal of indifferent repute, has evolved into a standard for the international physics community.

A momentous bang

Fear of asteroids is expensive

Unmanned space missions can be as helpful in garnering knowledge of outer space

A brief mania called Hawkins

Barely 100 out of the 5,000 present at the Stephen Hawking public lecture actually understood what he said. Some felt Hawking had endorsed the …

2008 A lunar odyssey

From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation's voyage to find …

Geopolitics

By another name?

More like a ritual

So much for scope and research scale

One hot day in June

India woke up to a phone call

"The ice"

That's what Antarctica is called

Tough to beat

Boron suboxide may be the new second hardest material

Vital statistics

Universe has 70 sextillion stars