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Mars rover finds water
Images sent by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show dark streaks up to four metres wide running down the sides of some slopes on the …
Collision recourse at CERN
Mammoth experiments are under way to test various theories of particle physics. The next stage of experiments is expected to help us understand …
A small revolution
Refinement in the probe tip of the scanning tunnelling microscope would help in manipulating matter at the atomic level
In search of the axion
The existence of an elusive atomic particle, crucial to the theory of the origin of the universe, may soon be established
A universal problem
Sure answers for the emergence of structure in the universe are hard to find, but cosmologists may be close to the truth
Another of the same kind
Geneva Observatory astronomers Study spectral lines in the visible spectrum and detect a planet thefirst to be observed outside our own planetary …
Strings of innovation
Researchers are developing signal filters based on the principles of nanoguitars that may find diverse applications in telecommunications
Stars apart
X-ray emissions from a contracting mass of gas far away in the universe raises questions about the birth of the solar system
Quantum answer
Computing and trying to ensure that the system is errorless is an endless process, but the solution might be near
Gravitational Waves: Explained
Hundred years after Albert Einstein’s prediction of the presence of gravitational waves in his Theory of Relativity, a team of scientists …
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
Smaller and faster
A new technique could result in particle accelerators small enough to be accommodated in any university laboratory
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 …
The central truth
Latest studies lend credence to the theory that the Milky Way has a large black hole at its center
The grain of the matter
The study of a new kind of structure called oscillon could enhance our understanding of the granular system and even lead to an universal theory …
Cousins in space
Observation of the star Lalande 21185 could lead to the first direct imaging of another solar planet
Far but near
Detection of two galaxies that are unassociated with a quasar raise further questions about galactic evolution
Skilful manipulation
A research group has measured the electric resistance of wires with a single xenon atom and two xenon atoms in series; the results call for some …
Hey, how old are you?
The age of a newly discovered galaxy defies the predictions of the standard cosmological model, meaning some more work for the theoreticians