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How a critical recent milestone proved India doubters wrongIndia has achieved a major milestone with its new fast-breeder nuclear reactor reaching criticality. This marks a significant step in a dec...- Quote of the Day by J. Robert Oppenheimer: ‘The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears…' – an sobering lesson on reality by Manhattan Project’s undisputed geniusQuote of the Day: J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, offered a profound insight into human progress. His words suggest t...
- Why Enrico Fermi Dropped Paper Scraps During a Nuclear TestDuring the Trinity test, physicist Enrico Fermi conducted a simple yet ingenious experiment by dropping paper scraps to estimate the atomic...
- Quote of the Day by Enrico Fermi: 'There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, you’ve made a measurement'Enrico Fermi, a renowned physicist, highlighted a crucial aspect of learning. He suggested that experiments confirming expectations merely ...
- Chen Ning Yang, nobel laureate and physics pioneer, dies at 103; Why he renounced US citizenship despite calling it a ‘beautiful country’Nobel laureate physicist Chen Ning Yang, renowned for his work on parity laws, has passed away at 103. Yang, who shared the 1957 Nobel Priz...
- Fermi AI energy start-up soars on Nasdaq, plans massive nuclear and renewable power campusFermi AI Energy IPO, co-founded by Rick Perry, is a new company building big energy and AI data centres in Texas. Its shares rose on Nasdaq...
- Where are all the aliens? Fermi's Paradox explainedAstronomers raised hopes that humanity might not be alone in the universe by announcing on Thursday they have detected the most promising h...
- Signed letter by Oppenheimer dated 1945 fetches $5,000 at US auctionSigned letter by Oppenheimer dated 1945 fetches $5,000 at US auction By Saturday, bids for the report had topped $35,000 while the letter w...
- Exploring the heart of matter - and why atoms are important (Book Review)Title: Atom; Author: Piers Bizony; Publisher: Icon Science; Pages: 225; Price: Rs 499
- NASA's first mission to Sun renamed Parker Solar ProbeWashington, May 31 (IANS) NASA on Wednesday announced that it has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft - humanity's first mission to a s...
- Scientists explain why there is no sign of aliensIn research aiming to understand how life might develop, the scientists realised new life would commonly die out due to runaway heating or ...
- Six wonderful books that will tune up your lifeThese books offer a whole lot of possibilities for you to explore and fall in love with. Bon voyage to a whole new world of books!
- Breakthrough Listen project: Indian member harassed by calls about contact with aliensThe calls started on July 20, when Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announced the $100 million Breakthrough Listen project.
- Mangalyaan searching for Earth 2.0! 'Methane discovery' to give alien-seekers heartLife could exist on exoplanets (planets attached to stars other than our Sun). The Kepler spacecraft identified 3601 unconfirmed planetary ...
- Paradox of LifeThere are billions of stars in the galaxies that are billions of years older. Surely, some of them would have Earth-like planets.
- God Particle: There's a fantastic connect between S N Bose's work & ours, says Rolf-Dieter Heuer, director General, CERN"We can't say yet that we discovered the 'God Particle'. We have discovered a new particle; we are sure about that," says Rolf-Dieter Heuer.
- Higgs Boson: Small is big in the world of particle physicsAn Indian and an Italian have been honoured by the adoption of their surnames by families of particles.
- Are we alone in the universe?Daniken's ancient astronaut hypothesis says thanks to periodic contacts with extraterrestrials, humans were able to achieve quantum leaps i...
- A technological leap of faithThe scientific search for extraterrestrial (ET) intelligence has all the makings of a new religion. Believers argue that while it’s true ou...
- Unravelling the big bang mysteryCall it the rebellion of archangel particles. If the winners of this year’s physics Nobel are to be believed, you could also compare it to ...
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