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

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 …

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

Eternal quest

Fascination and challenges of the search for extra-terrestrial life

From The Blurbs

Computerised information

A fitting answer to anthropocentrism

Mirror in the mountains

A journey to discover

Forget me not

Bang on clusters

Models to explain the formation of structures in the universe take shape

Neutron streams

The pull against the push

Cosmologists take a closer look at how gravity is strangling an expanding universe

Collision course

One of the enduring mysteries of particle physics is probably heading for a solution

Power from plasma

Taming the plasma finally becomes an actuality