The ghost particle’s secret: Physicists edge close to unlocking mystery of elusive neutrino’s massThe KATRIN experiment in Germany has set a new upper limit on the neutrino’s mass at just 0.45 electron volts, marking a major leap in unde...
16 Apr, 2025, 01.19 AM IST
View: Indo-US partnership soars on outer space allianceIndeed, the credit goes to Prime Minister Modi who, during the last nine years, took a series of unorthodox and path-breaking decisions whi...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.33 AM IST
Nuclear scientist Sekhar Basu dies of COVID-19A mechanical engineer, Dr Basu is revered for his contributions to the country's atomic energy programme. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2014...
24 Sep, 2020, 09.20 PM IST
Reaching for stars: India is betting big on mega, multi-country science projects"The big shift is that India is moving from the periphery to the core of such mega global science projects", says RA Mashelkar former direc...
25 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
India played a key role in big neutron bashThe detection of gravitational waves has produced a burst of activity around the world have increased investment in gravitational astronomy.
18 Oct, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's origin
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
17 Oct, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
Low-mass supernova triggered birth of solar system: StudyAbout 4.6 billion years ago, a cloud of gas and dust that eventually formed our solar system was disturbed.
29 Nov, 2016, 05.27 PM IST
MGK Menon: Remarkable polymath scientist leaves behind big voidA hidden nugget in his long-career was Menon's tightrope diplomacy that saved the tropical rainforests of Silent Valley in Kerala, that wer...
27 Nov, 2016, 09.16 AM IST
Very serious efforts on to solve nuclear liability insurance issues: AEC chairman Sekhar Basu"With 21 reactors in operation and 10 more under construction, we will reach about 13.5 Gwe by about 2022. Other reactors are also being pl...
17 Nov, 2015, 04.39 PM IST
China plans to build world's most powerful particle colliderThe facility, designed to smash subatomic particles together at enormous speed, will reportedly be at least twice the size of CERN.
29 Oct, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Scientists confirm the existence of cosmic neutrinosA team of Antarctic scientists has just verified the existence of cosmic neutrinos - tiny, energetic particles that might hail from far rea...
21 Aug, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
Physicists hoping to see exotic stuff when the Large Hadron Collider wakes up from slumberIn 2012, inside the LHC under the Alps Mountains, physicists raised the temperature to 5.5 trillion degrees centigrade by smashing together...
31 Jan, 2015, 03.56 AM IST
China breaks ground for second underground neutrino labChina has laid foundation stone for an underground laboratory which will be equipped with liquid scintillation detector for neutrino experi...
11 Jan, 2015, 06.47 PM IST
Cabinet Committee approves high-end Neutrino projectThe project will be funded jointly by Department of Science and Technology and Atomic Energy, while the infrastructure will be created with...
07 Jan, 2015, 02.56 AM IST
PM calls for increase in spend on science & tech to 2% of GDPPM showered praises on the fraternity for improving India's R&D culture across the sectors. He made a special mention of the last one decad...
04 Feb, 2014, 02.21 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlines science R&D projects with an outlay of Rs 9000 crorePM today announced projects including a National Mission on High Performance Computing and a Neutrino-based Observatory in TN with an outla...
03 Feb, 2014, 05.45 PM IST
SAIL to supply 50,000 tonne steel for CERN-like Neutrino ObservatoryThe Steel Authority of India will supply 50,000 tonne of special steels for building a CERN-like underground detector for the India-based N...
12 Jul, 2012, 05.07 AM IST