Laser sight

Crafting pores

A cheap way to prepare films of highly porous solids which have diverse applications

Fine tuning

Hybrid materials

Crystal VIBGYOR

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) go technicolour

The barrels of the lenses

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Beneath the glitter

Waterless quicksand

Swallows objects instantly

Iron mask

Anti-corroding metallurgy found in Delhi's famous iron pillar

Birth of the moon

The laser edge

Simulating supernovae

Lasers would be used to simulate explosions of old stars

Super salt

Bechgaard, an organic salt, has extraordinary qualities of superconductivity

Mimicking nature

A new product can be used to fabricate anti-blood clot linings in artificial blood tubes

The wonders of nanoelectronics

Infinitesimally small tubes made of carbon can now help create microscopic electronic devices

Sensitive explorer

The light of gravity

Highly accurate measurements about a star's features can be made by using its gravity

No such planet exists

The apparent discovery of an extra-solar planet may have been a mistake

The universe's fate

Astronomers are using a supernova's light to explain the mysteriously expanding universe

NET WORK

Sharp focus

Researchers have found the property of coherence in certain atoms which can be used as lasers

Smart decoder

Too hot to handle

Chaos and order

...have a strange relationship. And this is how a red blood cell loses its nucleus

Changed perspective

Astronomers evolve new techniques to measure distance of far-off objects