The Higgs Boson: Is it the end of physics?

Rajeev Srinivasan wonders about the meta-events surrounding the apparent discovery of the 'God particle'. It has been well-nigh impossible to open a newspaper or browse a Web site in the recent......

American Chandrayaan scientist held for 'spying'

An American scientist who played a key role in India's Chandrayaan mission in finding evidence of water on the Moon has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of spying for......

How many bombs does India need?

India already has more than 100 fission weapons, each enough to kill up to two million people. This is deterrence enough, says Praful Bidwai. What's with our security and space-science......

Nuke testing: The complicated Indian case

Although the Central Intelligence Agency was caught napping when India conducted its second nuclear weapons tests in Pokhran in May 1998 and learned of it as did the whole world through CNN, over......

China's Tianhe-2 tops world supercomputers' list for fifth time

China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer was named the world's fastest for the fifth time on Monday, outperforming those from the US. Tianhe-2 has topped the world's fastest supercomputer at the......

Tata supercomputer is world's 4th best

After proving its mettle in areas like steel, automotive and IT services on the global arena, corporate behemoth Tata group has now developed the world's fourth fastest supercomputer that can do......

Global warming hits cereal production

Global warming is taking a heavy toll on cereal crops. A new study on the impact of global warming on global food production by researchers of a US university says that in 20 years since 1981,......

Global warming hits cereal production

Global warming has taken a heavy toll on major cereal crops and since 1981 it has caused a loss of $5 billion. According to a study conducted by David Lobell, researcher of the Lawrence Livermore......