Back to the front
After being completely ousted following the advent of transistors, vacuum tubes are again finding a lot of uses in electronic gadgets
Super conduct
The potential benefits of compounds that behave as superconductors at slightly higher temperatures, has spurred a lot of research activity in the …
Mystery behind the dazzle
Far away from the sun but exceptionally bright, the comet Hale-Bopp has baffled a lot of scientists who are struggling to explain its strange …
Oily trap for a quark
If caught, it could spell trouble for the Standard Model of particle physics; although success has eluded most scientists, a group of relentless …
The s- and d- of it
While the conflicting theories and functions to explain the phenomenon of high temperature superconductivity point to scientists' continuing …
A model in dispute
Fermilab's observations of large numbers of hard and violent collisions in an accelerator brings the revered Standard Model of particle physics …
On glue and gluon
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCI) ) is a difficult theory to calculate. The first reported discovery in this field of a particle bya computer arouses …
A Keck for the specks
The faintest and the most distant objects in the heavens no longer remain invincible with the introduction of the powerful Keck Telescope, the …
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
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
Satellite link
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Rock-hard sandwiches
Thin film, no more than a few microns thick, can endow substances with hardness, magnetic, superconducting and optical properties
A quest for the best
A combination of optical microscopes and magnetic drives might be the answer to today's problems of data storage
New light on black holes
Researchers almost catch a glimpse of the ravenous vortexes in the Universe which don't even let light escape their gravitational grip
Cometary commune edged out
Observations support the hypothesis that thousands of comets are present in a belt on the periphery of our Solar System
Tough coats
Development of new carbon thin films could translate into protective covering for a wide range of products
Genuine stuff
Lasers passed through a fluoride glass doped with rare elements could end the search for genuine three-dimensional images
Layered wonder
Ongoing work on metallic film multilayers could facilitate their already extensive use in industry
New isotopes on the block
A German heavy ion laboratory discovers new isotopes and also sights nickel 78, which has uses in nuclear as well as astrophysics