The enigma of inertia

Physicists offer a radical theory to facilitate understanding of the phenomenon of inertia

Ray scan

Super slump

Beneath the glitter

Greater 'attraction'

Gunning for ignition

On the anvil are lasers that can achieve thermonuclear fusion at a faster rate

All for a name

Forces in between

Scientists have for the first time measured the force that attracts two closely-held plates

Theory banged

Big Bang,the widely-accepted theory an cosmological observations, is in for trouble

Lifetime of a quantum cat

An atomic mouse probes a Schrodinger's cat, which exists in two quantum states at once

Twisted universe

Crude rays

By modifying diffraction, the fundamental problem of focusing X-rays could be resolved

Carbon, cubicle-shaped

Constant changes

Everything changes with time, and physics is no exception

Not virtual, it's reality

Scientists in Austria have achieved success in teleporting a photon

Matter of stability

Serious efforts are being made to find out superheavy elements that could be stable

In a whitewashed country

We begin the new year with this piece on the ‘modern’ and 'traditional' from the Anil Agarwal reader (Vol.2) 

Groping for invisible matter

What we can see constitutes only about 10 per cent of the universe's mass. Where is the rest hidden?

Virtual and real - but when?

The US government is, of late, Under pressure to pursue virtual environment technology aggressively. The outcome of the move could mean business …

In search of the axion

The existence of an elusive atomic particle, crucial to the theory of the origin of the universe, may soon be established

A universal problem

Sure answers for the emergence of structure in the universe are hard to find, but cosmologists may be close to the truth

A small revolution

Refinement in the probe tip of the scanning tunnelling microscope would help in manipulating matter at the atomic level

The science of art

For a ringside view of cells

How a technique developed by physicists can help biologists

Life in the deep sea