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The 2023 physics Nobel Prize has been awarded for attosecond physics | Photo Credit: AP Questions: 1. Attosecond physics deals with light pulses that are emitted for a few attoseconds at a time, no more. By bouncing such pulses off of electrons, scientists practically have a camera that can ‘see’ electrons changing their properties. How…
China, which aims to become a major space power by 2030, has opened up a key lunar mission to international cooperation as mission deadlines loom for setting up a permanent habitat on the south pole of the moon. | Photo Credit: Reuters China, which aims to become a major space power by 2030, has opened…
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an image captured off a screen at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China shows the Shenzhou-15 and Shenzhou-14 crew taking a group picture with their thumbs up after a historic gathering in space on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP China plans to…
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This October 2023 photo made available by the National Park Service shows Human footprints filled with white gypsum sand. at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Fossil human footprints discovered in White Sands, New Mexico likely date back to between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago, according to two lines of scientific evidence published…
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Nearly a year after the Union government decided to cut the number of prizes annually awarded by its science-affiliated Ministries, it has instituted the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) — 56 prizes to felicitate scientists, technologists and innovators. However, like the Padma awards, these awards will no longer have a cash component. Does removing money reduce…
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Bhaskar Kanseri, lead researcher and associate professor at IIT-Delhi. Credit: Department of Science & Technology IIT-Delhi researchers have achieved an experimental breakthrough on secure quantum communication up to a distance of 380 kilometres in standard telecom fiber with a very low error rate that can be helpful in securing financial transactions and secret codes. This…
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Marine Ecosystems 1 / 5 | What is the name of the zone in the ocean where sunlight cannot penetrate and photosynthesis cannot occur? Abyssal zone Twilight zone Mesopelagic zone Aphotic zone The aphotic zone is the portion of a lake or ocean where there is little or…
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M.S. Swaminathan | Photo Credit: Illustration R. Rajesh In 1990, when M.S. Swaminathan set up his research centre in a small house in Kotturpuram in Chennai, I called on him to enquire about publishing with Macmillan India. “I haven’t got past my first year and you’re sure I have a book in me?” he laughed….
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October 04, 2023 09:22 pm | Updated October 05, 2023 12:15 am IST – VISAKHAPATNAM Group Director of ISRO at Satish Dhawan Space Centre G. Appanna and Raghu Group of Educational Institution chairman K. Raghu releasing a poster for World Space Week programme, in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK With the success…
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Left to right: Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov. | Photo Credit: Niklas Elmehed/Nobel Prize Outreach The 2023 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to Alexei Ekimov, Louis Brus, and Moungi Bawendi for their work on quantum dots – very small crystals with peculiar properties that have found application in a variety of…
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