Tag: physics
Astronomy
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for revelation of ‘darkest secrets of universe’
Ghez, born in New York City and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, is only the fourth woman to win a Nobel physics prize
Astronomy
Chinese ‘sun’: What the device is, how it will work
It's a device that aims at harnessing that part of the natural sun's energy that does not make it to the earth
Education
Alakh Pandey: Prayagraj guy whose physics tutorials take world by storm
With a modest familial background, the tutoring genius from Prayagraj found coaching centres so expensive that he thought of making it affordable to others, refusing offers from tutorial businesses when they were impressed by his teaching techniques online
Education
World switches to new kg, ampere, Kelvin, mole
The switch from physical artefacts to quantum standards was necessary because the former undergoes wear and tear, thus affecting what quantities the units represent
Education
Draw power from temperature swings
Massachusetts, Cambridge: Thermoelectric devices, which can generate power when one side of the device is a different...
Education
Light can disseminate information
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Try a quick experiment. Take two flashlights into a dark room and shine them so...
Education
Heavy rainfall reshaped Mars quite like Earth
Baltimore: Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-like channels in its...
Education
Nobel Prize in physics 2016: secrets of exotic matter revealed
October 4, 2016, Nobel Foundation: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in...