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Physics

When neutrinos switch type

SCIENTISTS on the NOvA experiment saw their first evidence of oscillating neutrinos, confirming that the extraordinary detector built for the project
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Public health

Ebola vaccine offers hope

AN international team of researchers led by Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has, in a ring vaccination trial, found th
Interview: Prof. B.V. Sreekantan

The quest for ultimate reality

Interview with Prof. B.V. Sreekantan, cosmic ray physicist and astronomer.
R. Ramachandran
Electricity

Restoring regularity

WHEN a rhythm stalls, the effect can be fatal: in a power grid it can mean a blackout and in the human heart even death. A research team, comprising s
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Physics

Pentaquark seen at CERN

ON July 14, the LHCb experiment at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research’s (CERN) Large Hadron Collider reported the discovery of an exotic c
Physics

Preventing beam buckling

SLENDER beams used as structural elements can buckle when compressed, which could lead to instability and mechanical failure. A Dutch research group h
Space

Earth’s bigger, older cousin

ON July 23, NASA announced that its Kepler mission had found the first near-earth-size exoplanet in the “habitable zone” around a sun-like star. Calle

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Peerless trail-blazer

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Rediscovering Pluto

Initial images and data from the NASA spacecraft New Horizons’ recent rendezvous with Pluto point to a surprisingly craterless mosaic of relatively an
T.V. VENKATESWARAN

Pluto revelations

NINE years ago, as part of its New Frontiers Programme, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the New Horizons spacecraft. Icy mo

LNMO batteries

WHILE the cathode materials in most of today’s lithium-ion batteries operate at a maximum of 4.2 volts, the cathode material called LNMO spinel (compo
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Black arsenic phosphorus

FOR many decades, silicon has formed the basis of modern electronics. But the size of silicon transistors is reaching its physical limit and silicon i
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