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1 month ago

If diamonds and pencils are made out of carbon, how is it that pencils can write?

“Can I get a pencil?” “Yes of course,” and the lady at the counter hands me a cigarette. Graphite and sandwiches Pencil cores are made of carbon, too, but a different form called graphite. If both graphite and diamond are made of carbon atoms, why can’t we write with diamonds? In the process, you’re forcing the carbon atoms of the …

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Uranus mystery is SOLVED after 38 years - and it suggests the planet isn't as weird as we thought

Daily Mail

Uranus is often regarded as the weirdest planet in our solar system. Researchers from University College London say that the mysteries surrounding Uranus may have been the result of an unusually powerful solar storm that happened to occur just as a spacecraft visited the planet. But a new study suggests that the gas giant may not actually be as strange …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hyundai reveals its new look with Initium SUV concept

The Independent

New Hyundai models are set to get a whole new look, previewed by the brand’s latest concept car called Initium. The concept, revealed at an event in Hyundai’s home city of Seoul, South Korea, shows off Hyundai’s new Art of Steel design language, while also showcasing the brand’s commitment to hydrogen fuel cell technology. With Initium, we’ve crafted a more …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIQTEK unveils world's first AI-powered EPR spectrometer, setting new records

China Daily

At the 2024 National EPR Symposium, GUi's shareholder, CIQTEK, introduced the world's first AI-enabled Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectrometer, setting a groundbreaking signal-to-noise ratio record of 10,000:1. Designed to overcome common industry challenges, AI-EPR integrates advanced AI tools that optimize data analysis, transforming complex EPR spectral interpretation into a process that now takes minutes instead of hours. AI-EPR's "auto-link to literature" …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

CIQTEK unveils world's first AI-powered EPR spectrometer, setting new records

China Daily

At the 2024 National EPR Symposium, GUi's shareholder, CIQTEK, introduced the world's first AI-enabled Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectrometer, setting a groundbreaking signal-to-noise ratio record of 10,000:1. Designed to overcome common industry challenges, AI-EPR integrates advanced AI tools that optimize data analysis, transforming complex EPR spectral interpretation into a process that now takes minutes instead of hours. AI-EPR's "auto-link to literature" …

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2 months ago

Electrostatic Motors Resurgence: A Breakthrough That Could Transform Industries

Live Mint

A team of scientists and engineers is reviving Benjamin Franklin's 'electrostatic motor' to build more efficient electric motors. The motor uses alternating positive and negative charges to spin an axle, and doesn't rely on a flow of current like conventional electric motors. It could lead to more efficient air-conditioning systems, factories, logistics hubs and data centers, and—since they can double …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Superfast lasers open a shortcut to hard drives of the future

The Hindu

You’re watching Chennai Super Kings play Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. Scientists are interested in spin currents because the electrons’ up and down spin states can represent 0s and 1s, to store and retrieve data in a computer’s hard drive. If scientists can find a way to create spin currents rapidly, the currents can quickly reorganise electrons’ spin states and …

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5 months ago

The deep sea is home to “dark oxygen”

The Economist

Listen to this story. Any oxygen found in regions where photosynthesis is impossible—such as the abyssal seafloor, a pitch-black realm up to 6,000 metres deep—was thought to be surface gas on the move. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, however, Andrew Sweetman at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and his colleagues reveal that some is, in fact, “dark …

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5 months ago

The problem with the physics question in the NEET-UG paper

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has asked IIT Delhi to put together a team of three experts to check whether a physics question in the 2024 NEET-UG paper could have two possible correct answers. One way to measure the extent of stability is by the amount of time required for the number of an element’s atoms to halve by radioactive decay, called …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

The Government’s bold $1 billion gamble on quantum computing technology

ABC

RHIANA WHITSON, REPORTER: Quantum computing is predicted to revolutionise everything from medicine, energy networks to defence. RHIANA WHITSON: Quantum computing is still an unproven technology so some in the scientific world were surprised when last month the federal and Queensland governments announced a joint almost one-billion-dollar investment in a US based company - PsiQuantum. RHIANA WHITSON: There are also concerns …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

What is metabolism? Biochemist explains how people convert energy differently and why that matters for your health

Hindustan Times

If you’ve spent any time scrolling through the health and wellness corners of social media, you’ve likely come across many products claiming to improve your metabolism. Everything you expose your body to – from lifestyle to an airborne virus – influences your physical characteristics, such as your blood pressure and energy levels. Elite athletes define the upper limits Given the …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole

The Hindu

Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organised magnetic field twisted in a spiral pattern around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing previously unknown qualities of the immensely powerful object lurking at the center of our galaxy. The magnetic field around the M87 black hole, called M87*, enables it to launch powerful jets of material …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

A giant storm has revealed more than the Sun wanted us to know

India Today

The Sun, at the moment, is highly active as it moves to the peak in its current solar cycle and the star in our solar system can be dramatic depending on its mood. On April 17, 2021, one of the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory spacecraft captured this view of a coronal mass ejection. The analysis of data revealed that that …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Are ‘colour molecules’ the key to a room-temperature quantum computer?

The Hindu

A classical computer is a collection of information storage units called bits. If two electrons, one on a lower rung of the ladder and another on a higher rung, have their spins pointing in opposite directions, it is a singlet excited state. If the two electrons are on different steps of the energy ladder and have their spins in the …

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10 months ago

Aditya-L1 satellite's PAPA payload successfully monitors solar storm impact on solar wind

India TV News

The Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya onboard the Aditya-L1 satellite has achieved a significant milestone by detecting the effects of coronal mass ejections on solar wind. Sensors and functionality PAPA consists of two sensors: the Solar Wind Electron Energy Probe and the Solar Wind Ion Composition Analyser. Operational Status and observations According to ISRO, since December 12, both sensors have …

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10 months ago

Aditya-L1's Papa detects first solar wind impact from the Sun

India Today

The Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya payload onboard the Aditya-L1 has detected the solar wind impact of Coronal Mass Ejections including those that occurred during February 10-11, the Indian Space Research Organisation said in a statement on Friday. According to Isro, PAPA is an energy and mass analyser designed for in-situ measurements of solar wind electrons and ions in the …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists Just Discovered a New Type of Magnetism

Wired

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1966, the Japanese physicist Yosuke Nagaoka conceived of a type of magnetism produced by a seemingly unnatural dance of electrons within a hypothetical material. “That’s why I’m doing this kind of research: I get to learn things that we didn’t know before, see things that we haven’t seen before,” …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

The 6 best places to see the Northern Lights

Hindustan Times

The aurora borealis is considered the Holy Grail of skywatching, and rightfully so, since the atmospheric phenomenon’s charm has captivated people for millennia—and as of last week, even actor Rajkumar Rao. The northern lights, or the aurora borealis can be technically described as a light display resulting from charged particles colliding with different gases. Best time to visit: September to …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

The physics that lets you forget your glasses are on your face | Explained

The Hindu

When I am already getting late for my morning lecture, here at IIT Kanpur where I teach, that is the exact moment my spectacles choose to play hide-and-seek with me. If we had eyes that could ‘see’ radio waves instead, this world would look permanently bright. If a material appears transparent to us, it simply lets those frequencies of light …

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1 year ago

Destress your tresses this Winter

Deccan Chronicle

Winter demands extra attention for hair care due to the cold, dry air dehydrating the hair and increasing the risk of breakage. Additionally, the season may trigger scalp issues like dandruff and itchiness, emphasising the need for a comprehensive winter hair care routine focused on conditioning and hydration. The harsh cold air raises the cuticle of your hair strands to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Science This Week | 2023 Nobel Prize winners announced, ISRO to begin unmanned flight tests for Gaganyaan and more

The Hindu

From figuring out why galaxies created during the cosmic down appear to be mature and more massive to ancient human footprints in New Mexico that can be dated back to the last Ice Age, here are this week’s new discoveries and developments from the world of science. Observations of the BlueWalker 3 showed it was one of the brightest objects …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Let there be light: The Hindu Editorial on the 2023 physics Nobel

The Hindu

According to the laws of quantum mechanics, the observable properties of electrons in matter — like a fruit or a rock — change in a few hundred attoseconds. To study these extremely rapid changes, special tools are needed, and Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, and Ferenc Krausz have received the 2023 physics Nobel Prize for building these tools. From the late …

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1 year, 2 months ago

U.S.-based trio share chemistry Nobel for quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging

LA Times

MIT scientist Moungi Bawendi, one of three winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry, embraces his stepdaughter at their home in Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday. Three U.S.-based scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work on quantum dots — particles just a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and whose applications …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Al Jazeera

Nanoparticles and quantum dots are used in LED lights and can also be used to guide surgeons while removing cancer tissue. Scientists Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”, which illuminate computer monitors and television screens and are used by doctors to map tumours. …

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If diamonds and pencils are made out of carbon, how is it that pencils can write?

Uranus mystery is SOLVED after 38 years - and it suggests the planet isn't as weird as we thought

Hyundai reveals its new look with Initium SUV concept

CIQTEK unveils world's first AI-powered EPR spectrometer, setting new records

CIQTEK unveils world's first AI-powered EPR spectrometer, setting new records

Electrostatic Motors Resurgence: A Breakthrough That Could Transform Industries

Superfast lasers open a shortcut to hard drives of the future

The deep sea is home to “dark oxygen”

The problem with the physics question in the NEET-UG paper

The Government’s bold $1 billion gamble on quantum computing technology

What is metabolism? Biochemist explains how people convert energy differently and why that matters for your health

Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole

A giant storm has revealed more than the Sun wanted us to know

Are ‘colour molecules’ the key to a room-temperature quantum computer?

Aditya-L1 satellite's PAPA payload successfully monitors solar storm impact on solar wind

Aditya-L1's Papa detects first solar wind impact from the Sun

Scientists Just Discovered a New Type of Magnetism

The 6 best places to see the Northern Lights

The physics that lets you forget your glasses are on your face | Explained

Destress your tresses this Winter

Science This Week | 2023 Nobel Prize winners announced, ISRO to begin unmanned flight tests for Gaganyaan and more

Let there be light: The Hindu Editorial on the 2023 physics Nobel

U.S.-based trio share chemistry Nobel for quantum dots, used in electronics and medical imaging

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov win Nobel Prize in Chemistry