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Time Crystals

A time-crystal or a space-crystal is basically an open system which shows time translation symmetry breaking (TTSB). The concept was first proposed by the Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek...

May 2, 2018

Gravitational Lensing

Normal lenses such as the ones used in a magnifying glass or a pair of spectacles bends the light rays that pass through them by refraction and focuses...

May 1, 2018

HAMMER Spacecraft

HAMMER stands for Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response. It is a nuclear spacecraft made by a joint venture between NASA, the US National Security Administration and...

April 24, 2018

Graphene

Graphene is one of the thinnest, strongest two dimensional materials. Graphene is a two dimensional material consisting of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb...

April 13, 2018

Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) satellite — called the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS). The HySIS satellite has critical chip...

April 12, 2018

Committee on Public Credit Registry (PCR)

The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a 10-member ‘High Level Task Force on Phublic Credit Registry (PCR) for India’, which will, among other things, suggest a roadmap...

April 12, 2018

Jeevan Bindi

It is medically enhanced version of regular bindi, embedded with iodine. It delivers the daily requirement of iodine i.e., 100-150 micro grams, absorption through the skin.  These are...

April 12, 2018

Breakthrough Listen Project (BLP)

BLP is US$100-million global astronomical initiative launched in 2015 by Internet investor Yuri Milner and cosmologist Stephen Hawking. It has teams from around the world to find signs...

April 12, 2018

Sentinel-5P Satellite

Sentinel-5P satellite is a European satellite tracking the levels of air pollutants around the world. It focuses on monitoring of trace gas concentrations and aerosols in the atmosphere to...

April 7, 2018

Gravitational Waves

Gravitational Waves were for the first time discovered in February, 2016, 100 years after they were hypothesized by Albert Einstein in 1916. These waves were detected by the...

April 7, 2018

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