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The Nobel for IceCube and the search for neutrinos from outer space | Explained

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The Nobel for IceCube and the search for neutrinos from outer space | Explained

The story so far: Belgian-born U.S. physicist Francis Halzen has won the physics Nobel Prize for 2026 for helping build the IceCube observatory in Antarctica — a telescope that has no mirrors or lenses and doesn’t even point at the stars. Using 5,000 sensors buried deep in the ice, IceCube has explored what natural processes…

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Indian research can shape the world

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Indian research can shape the world

‘For science from India to have global impact by developing transformative technologies, four things need to be addressed.’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto People fret about the buses India has missed in its technological growth. The list is familiar: aircraft, advanced weapons, new materials, and biotechnology. In each, we look at what others built decades…

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Analysis: Why NASA wants to build nuclear reactor on the moon

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Analysis: Why NASA wants to build nuclear reactor on the moon

NASA wants to install a nuclear reactor near the moon’s south pole by 2030. Its planned output, 20 kilowatt (kW), could power a few households on earth. Russia’s planned reactor for the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), led by China, will produce around 10 kW. But the fact that they are nuclear makes them significant….

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Space Wrap newsletter: Buzz on space privatisation upstages ISRO’s moment of glory

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Space Wrap newsletter: Buzz on space privatisation upstages ISRO’s moment of glory

The successful predawn launch of the advanced earth observation satellite EOS-05, on board the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on September 4, 2026 from the spaceport in Sriharikota brought considerable relief for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): it had finally successfully launched a rocket and place a satellite in orbit after a gap of…

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Physics Nobel 2026 goes to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin

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Physics Nobel 2026 goes to Francis Halzen for discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. Image courtesy: @NobelPrize / Illustration: Niklas Elmehed The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2026 has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube…

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India’s formidable cement footprint stands in its way to net-zero

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India’s formidable cement footprint stands in its way to net-zero

By 2047, India plans to become an economically developed country. By 2070, it aims to become a net-zero emissions economy. Achieving both of these targets requires the Indian government to deal with one of the most important sources of emissions: construction. This sector consumes steel and cement, among other materials, and its footprint contributes 35%…

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Nazis and the bomb: nuclear archaeology finds Werner Heisenberg mistook how close he was

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Nazis and the bomb: nuclear archaeology finds Werner Heisenberg mistook how close he was

Hans Bethe. Felix Bloch. Niels Bohr. Albert Einstein. Enrico Fermi. James Franck. Otto Frisch. Samuel Goudsmit. Lilli Hornig. Rolf Landshoff. Maria Goeppert Mayer. Rudolf Peierls. George Placzek. Eugene Rabinowitch. Joseph Rotblat. Leo Szilard. Edward Teller. Stanislaw Ulam. John von Neumann. Victor Weisskopf. Eugene Wigner. These are just some of the scientists who had emigrated from…

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In this Delhi studio, tintype brings chemistry into every portrait

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In this Delhi studio, tintype brings chemistry into every portrait

In an age when a portrait can be made in a fraction of a second, Vibhav Kapoor, artist and assistant professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, spends several minutes making one photograph, much of the time spent negotiating with chemistry. In his Delhi-NCR studio, Mr. Kapoor works with tintype, a 19th-century photographic process in…

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