Early warning system to predict dengue possible by mining data
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, attempted to estimate how weather conditions can lead to a more severe …
Beyond DNA
Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years
Water, water, everywhere in our Solar system but what does that mean for life?
It should be no surprise that water played a key role in the formation and evolution of our planetary system
From the world to worlds
Orbits of TRAPPIST-1’s seven plant system are compact, yet they are not roasted wastelands like Mercury
DNA and grey cells
Book>> GENES, CELLS AND BRAINS, THE PROMETHEAN PROMISES OF THE NEW BIOLOGY • by Hillary Rose and Steven Rose • Verso • Rs 1,550
Our complex world
Book>> The quantum universe, everything that can happen can happen •Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw • Allen Lane • Rs 699
Rock stars
Book>> Written in Stone, the Hidden Secrets of Fossils and the Story of Life on Earth • by Brian Switek • Icon Books • Rs 5,499
Debates on atom
Book>> The Age Of Entanglement, When Quantum Physics Was Reborn • by Louisa Gilder • Alfred A Knopf • Rs 650
Physics journal fosters spirit of enquiry
Physical Review, which began in 1893 as a monthly journal of indifferent repute, has evolved into a standard for the international physics community.
New stars on the horizon
An exciting new discovery might lead to a confirmation of the presence of the farthest known galaxy
The secret of carbon nanotubes
Successful experiments in measuring individual carbon nanotubes opens pathways for manufacture of a diverse range of products
The mysterious planets
Tadpole like objects in the Helix nebula, detected by the Hubble telescope, suggest the presence ofhitherto unseen objects in the universe
Atom: the whole picture
X-ray holography, a neoteric way of studing atomic configurations, promises to give a three-dimensional picture of the arrangement of atoms in a …
Galileo says...
The six-year-long wait for the Galileo trip to Jupiter started paying off scientific returns last fortnight, as the data sent by the probe was …
Elusive no more
A Japanese experiment in thefield of neutrino detection has come as manna for physicists and cosmologists, opening before them immense …
Star's blueprint
The mapping of the magnetic field of TX Camelopardalis can provide important insights into the behaviour of stars
Byte by byte
To increase disk drive capacity, both silicon chips and magnetic-memory disks will have to get better
Precious mine
With the help of nickel and vitreous carbon, the industrial manufacture of diamonds becomes easier
On borrowed time
The Hubble telescope is slowly wearing out and efforts to repair it are on, alongwith preparations for its replacement
Distance dilemma
Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged
Space science, biology and politics
NASA hopes to solve its resource crunch by putting forward a case that uses space science for explaining the origins of life
Pressure play
If stress can reactivate latent viruses in mice, it can have the same effect in humans, say American scientists
Composition: critical
While the aircraft industry flies high with composites, one question nags engineers: are they really safe?
Light matters
Every kid knows that E=mc 2 . But this time, physicists are working backwards, converting energy into matter
A perfect ten, is it?
Two groups of scientists have claimed there is proof of a tenth planet in the solar system. Astrophysicists are sceptical