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NOBEL PRIZE: Physics
Catching cosmic chirps
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three U.S. scientists, Rainer Weiss, Kip S. Thorne and Barry C. Barish, for their contribution
T.V. JAYAN
NOBEL PRIZE: CHEMISTRY
Imaging molecules
Jacques Dubochet of Switzerland, Richard Henderson of the U.K. and Joachim Frank of the U.S. have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry fo
T.V. JAYAN
Space & nuclear power
Space flights, nuclear power and a missile shield
India’s achievements in space, marked by missions to the moon and Mars; its nuclear power programme; and the range of missiles in its armoury were mad
T.S. SUBRAMANIAN
Science
Floundering about after promising start
Jawaharlal Nehru had worked with a distinct vision for the role S&T would play in the country’s development, but poor funding for the area in the
R. RAMACHANDRAN
Public Health
Tracking arboviruses
Bats and other small mammals that chronically harbour viruses act as disease reservoirs, though the exact pathways through which these are transmitted
P.K. RAJAGOPALAN
Astronomy
An oxygen mystery
Two Caltech chemical engineers, on the basis of their experience with semiconductor fabrication technology, have come up with a novel theory that migh
R. RAMACHANDRAN
Science & Technology
Swadeshi success
BEHIND the success of the GSLV-MkIII D1 lay 15 years of developmental efforts of the vehicle’s massive strap-on motors, the core liquid stage and the
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Memories of a Bangalore quartet
Satish Dhawan, Sivaraj Ramaseshan, G.N. Ramachandran, and H. Narasimhaiah dominated the scientific landscape of Bengaluru between 1970 and 1990 as co
P. BALARAM
Fighting cotton pests
UNIVERSITY of Arizona scientists, together with Chinese researchers, have discovered a strategy that can delay and even reverse evolution of resistanc
Holograms using wi-fi
SCIENTISTS at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a holographic imaging process that enables the radiation of a standard Wi-Fi rou
How honeybees choose nests
USING a model inspired by networks of coupled neurons, researchers from the University of Sheffield, led by Andreagiovanni Reina, have investigated th
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