Imagine that the particles visible in turbulent water are like an army of ants being chased through a bowl of mixed-up red and blue spaghetti.
Two Americans, German win Nobel Physics prize
We need fresh perspectives to assess our financial vulnerability.
The therapy uses T-cells, which are the immune system's major line of defense against tumors
Bose and Einstein had proposed that if a gas of neutral atoms were cooled to a low enough temperature, they would fall into the same quantum state.
Sean Mehra, born in Amritsar, jointly researched a space travel project with Jeffrey Reitman.
The company announced the launch of eight top loading washing machine models in the capacity range between 6 kg to 9 kg, priced between Rs 12,990 to Rs 25,990.
The next time you buy a shirt or trouser that claims to be stain- and wrinkle-free, thank nanotechnology for it. The Indian government has allocated Rs 1,500 crore (Rs 15 billion) for the development of nanotechnology which involves studying and working with matter on an ultra-small scale. The nanotech market globally is expected to cross $1 trillion by 2010. In India, the maximum research in nanotechnology is taking place in the biotechnology and medicine segments.
Using some of the same manufacturing techniques that produce microchips, researchers have created a porous-silicon diode that may lead to improved betavoltaics.
Microbiologists say water stored in brass containers could help combat many water-borne diseases.
"Blanketing around 100 million people, primarily in the Ganges Valley, the pollution levels are about five times larger than those typically found over Los Angeles," NASA said in a release.
The mechanics of water running by the lizards represent a novel mode of legged locomotion.
Researchers at Clemson University are developing a highly water-repellant coating made of silver nanoparticles that they say can be used to produce suits and other clothing items that offer superior resistance to dirt as well as water.
We should be less doctrinaire about monetary and exchange rate policies and stimulation packages.
Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley, US achieved this feat by using semiconductors.
A meteor shower consists of particles left behind by comets, which are made up of dirty snow and ice.
The counties and metro areas with the nation's poorest air quality.
After nearly 30 years of arguing that a black hole destroys everything that falls into it, Stephen Hawking says he was wrong.
For the Chinese, all of Beijing is an Olympics venue. That is the kind of attention they have paid to every nook and corner of the place and to every nearby attraction, from the Ming Tombs to the Great Wall. And they did it with a speed that is astonishing
For the Chinese, all of Beijing is an Olympics venue. That is the kind of attention they have paid to every nook and corner of the place and to every nearby attraction, from the Ming Tombs to the Great Wall. And they did it with a speed that is astonishing
In the short to medium term India's scarce resources would be better served by focusing on reducing the disparity with China in space. Developing ASAT capability is something that can wait, write Bharath Gopalaswamy and Harsh V Pant.
Maitri has been continuously recording the signatures of the aurora from the giant sunspot 486\n\nfrom October 28.
The magnetic observatory there recorded the geo-effect of the Coronal Mass Ejection of the 'extreme' solar flare that erupted from giant sunspot number 486, within 19 hours of its occurrence.
Vatican leaders claim HIV, being several times smaller than the sperm, can pass through tiny holes in condoms.
It recognises their pioneering contribution to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
The interim test report of the samples of Coca-cola from the company's Plachimada plant in Kerala has revealed that the soft drink did not contain cadmium and the lead content was much lower than the permissible level.
The event, organized by the Jeeyar Educational Trust's New Jersey chapter in Monmouth Junction, commemorated World Cancer Day -- February 4.
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