Technology & Science

[ad_1] For more than three decades, the phrase “cold fusion” has carried a whiff of promise as well as scandal. In 1989, chemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons announced that simple tabletop experiments with palladium electrodes in heavy water seemed to produce more heat than chemistry could explain. If true, this meant nuclear fusion, an

[ad_1] Punjab faced its worst floods since 1988 in August this year. Waters overflowing from the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers have destroyed several villages in the State. Around the same time, at least 34 people died after intense rainfall lashed India-controlled Kashmir and several parts of Pakistan. Early in August, the village of Dharali

[ad_1] In the race to make quantum computers practical, scientists have found themselves drawn to some of the strangest ideas in physics. Few are stranger — but also more promising — than the notion of using particles that are their own antiparticles to store and manipulate information. This is the concept behind Majorana particles. In

[ad_1] Satellite image of the Himalaya with the location of the Himalayan foreland basin highlighted in purple. | Photo Credit: Mikenorton (CC BY-SA) Many scientists and policymakers are counting on storing CO2 deep underground as an important way to fight climate change. Such known as geological carbon storage involves capturing CO2 from sources like power

[ad_1] Deep in the Swedish forest, where reindeer roam and scientists ski in winter, lies one of Europe’s hopes for a spaceport that can ultimately compete with the United States, China and Russia. For decades, Europe has relied upon the U.S. for its security among the stars. But the Trump administration’s “America First” policies, plus

[ad_1] The skyscrapers of the Shinjuku area are pictured as Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest mountain at 3,776 metres, looms in the background of Tokyo, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Mount Fuji hasn’t erupted since 1707. But for Volcanic Disaster Preparedness Day, Japanese officials have released computer- and AI-generated videos showing a simulation of a potential

[ad_1] Quiz: That September 1, 1939, paper Name this physicist for whom the maximum mass limit of a white dwarf is named. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Name this physicist for whom the maximum mass limit of a white dwarf is named. 2 / 6 | On September 1, 1939, J. Robert Oppenheimer

[ad_1] The Nilgiri mountains in the Western Ghats are a biodiversity hotspot, home to a diverse array of birds, mammals, plants, and other life forms. Called the ‘blue mountains’ because of the blooming of Strobilanthus flowers, the Nilgiris are home to many species that are endemic and of conservation concern, including the Nilgiri pipit, the

[ad_1] Nerve cells in REM sleep are as alive as they are in wakefulness | Photo Credit: Tamara Govedarovic/Unsplash A: Sleep does not mean the brain is inactive and we do hear sounds while sleeping. Sleep is a recurrent and healthy state of inertia and reduced responsiveness found among higher vertebrates. It is controlled by

[ad_1] Some rivers split up as they flow while some others don’t. This riverine phenomenon has intrigued researchers for decades. What determines whether a river flows as a single thread or develops into a multi-threaded system? The question may sound simple but it has become a fundamental issue in river geomorphology, straddling concepts across geology,