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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
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
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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Initial images and data from the NASA spacecraft New Horizons’ recent rendezvous with Pluto point to a surprisingly craterless mosaic of relatively an
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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
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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