The discovery of the Higgs Boson has been named as the greatest discovery in the field of Science in 2012 according to the journal, SCIENCE.
The other major advancements for the year are:
In Germany, scientists have unearthed the sequence…
Our dependence on fossil fuels has severe long term consequences. One of the ways to reduce this dependence on fossil fuels is to move over to non conventional energy sources and create fuel producing artificial systems that are both cost-effective…
The sex between blood relatives is prohibited because the offspring is likely to suffer from genetic disorder.Even closely- related bird species do not co exist in the same region because they can not compete with each other.
“A study…
The monopoly of Russia to fly astronauts to the orbit of the space is set to end.Already NASA hitherto dependent on Russia,has sponsored three companies and entered into agreement with them to have its own space transportation system.
These…
Nearly two-thirds of the energy input in the form of fuel gets lost as heat.Now scientists from Northwestern University have developed an environmentally stable thermoelectric material that has been termed as the best in the world and can convert…
The history of science is full of inventions showing how man has mimicked the mother nature to benefit from it.Here are some examples:
Mathematics can fetch you the moon.But if you worry about solving math,you can only cause pain to your brain,according to a study.
“Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain,…
If you are young and your hair has turned grey,you need not worry.A team of European scientists have not only found how hair turns gray,but also come up with a way to help your gray hair turn black again.
A report in the Science Daily says…
IN JULY, physicists found the long sought and the elusive Higgs Boson. Commonly known as the God Particle, it is a sub-atomic particle that is 133 times heavier than a proton and essentially answers the biggest mystery in Physics, “What gives…
An American scientist is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof Stephen Hawking which he says could help safeguard the physicist’s ability to communicate.
Prof Philip Low said he eventually hoped to allow Prof Hawking…