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
Who are the recent winners of the Nobel Physics Prize?Over the past decade, Nobel Prizes in Physics were awarded for advancements including tools to explore electrons, breakthroughs in quantum ...
08 Oct, 2024, 08.54 AM IST
Agostini, Krausz and L’Huillier bag Physics Nobel for study of electron dynamics in matterPierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier have been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for their experimental methods in gen...
03 Oct, 2023, 04.33 PM IST
Gravitational wave background: What we get to know about space, universe?Gravitational wave background findings have provided about details pertaining to space and universe.
29 Jun, 2023, 11.06 PM IST
Researchers reveal important clues to understand the death of massive starsThey found that all three species of the neutrinos from the supernovae are important contrary to the common treatments with only two flavor...
12 Jan, 2021, 09.36 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
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
Why Einstein's theory of gravity has become the most important task for physicists after a centuryIn the next few decades, finishing what Einstein began may turn out to be the most important event in science for a long time.
05 Jul, 2015, 06.59 AM IST
New electrons can lead to better computingElectrons that break the rules and move perpendicular to the applied electric field could be the key to delivering next generation, low-ene...
13 Sep, 2014, 01.43 PM IST
New electrons can lead to better computing, say scientistsElectrons that break rules and move perpendicular to applied electric field could be key to delivering next generation, low-energy computer...
13 Sep, 2014, 12.38 PM 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
- Apeing Shakespeare ain't a 'monkey' business
Millions of (computer-generated) monkeys pounding away on millions of (virtual) typewriters are about to complete reproducing Shakespeare's...
01 Oct, 2011, 05.28 AM IST
- Key to fact may well lie in archives of fiction
Scientists at CERN have cautiously announced to the world what Trekkies have known for a long time: that objects can travel faster than the...
27 Sep, 2011, 06.50 AM IST