JUNO: China has a new lab, 2,300 feet underground, to solve a physics mysteryChina has constructed Juno, an underground lab in Kaiping, Guangdong province, to study neutrinos and solve the mass hierarchy problem. Cos...
17 Oct, 2024, 06.49 PM IST
The Universe's Greatest Mystery: A substance that occupies 85% space yet remains invisibleDark matter, a mysterious and invisible form of matter, constitutes 85% of the total mass of the universe. Despite its prevalence, its comp...
06 Nov, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Betelgeuse star shows unexpected behavior, raises many questionsBetelgeuse is one of the brightest stars and lately, it has been showing unexpected behavior which has busied scientists, all over again, t...
14 Jun, 2023, 02.36 AM IST
India's scientific achievements need more coverage: Scientist Debiprosad DuariDebiprosad Duari, who was associated with Kolkata's Birla Planetarium for over two decades, said one of the main objectives of the Centre's...
24 Aug, 2022, 12.16 PM IST
2021: A year physicists asked, ‘What lies beyond the Standard Model?'In 2021, physicists around the world ran a number of experiments that probed the Standard Model. Teams measured basic parameters of the mod...
26 Dec, 2021, 11.49 AM 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
Scientists waiting for two more clearances for neutrino projectSince clearance for the project has become a politically-sensitive issue, scientists are waiting eagerly for the support of the Tamil Nadu ...
09 Nov, 2018, 08.07 AM IST
Cabinet secretary to monitor Neutrino project conceived in 2010This clearance has been pending for the last two-and-a-half years, the prime minister was informed by the Department of Atomic Energy at a ...
29 Nov, 2017, 01.39 AM 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
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
Nobel Economics Prize to wrap up 2015 awards seasonThe economics prize -- the only one of the six awards not created in Swedish philanthropist and scientist Alfred Nobel's 1895 will.
12 Oct, 2015, 12.14 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
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
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
- SAIL may supply 50k tonne of iron plates for Neutrino Project
SAIL has proposed to supply 50,000 tonne of iron plates for an ambitious project related to the country's nuclear science research, Parliam...
13 Aug, 2012, 06.13 PM IST
- Do not criminalise business, it will harm rather than boost the common good
Blame it on the neutrinos: they have been travelling faster than light, opening up the possibility of time travel.
21 Nov, 2011, 03.57 AM IST