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| Strings attached |
| Wanted: Proof that the mother of all theories is correct. Pathik Guha reports |
| But is that physics? That
seemed to have been the caveat raised by Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate physicist,
against the string theory, popularly known as the Theory of Everything. Though
the experts, not particularly fond of hypes, don’t like the name that much,
the string theory is one of the attempts to unify the two seemingly irreconciliable
concepts — relativity and quantum mechanics — which between them explain
everything from an apple’s fall to a picture’s formation on a TV screen
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| Right on target |
| Life, and how it functions,
is at the centre of Dr Guenter Blobel’s research. Specifically, he studies
proteins and the mechanisms that permit them to move within the cells of living
organisms. For his efforts, he was chosen as the sole recipient of the Nobel prize
in physiology or medicine in 1999 ... | Read.. |
| Jewels from the junkyard |
| Indian marine biologists
have stumbled upon a vast storehouse of energy while looking for pollutants in
the oceans. “They are called gas hydrates, the ice-like crystalline structures
made of water and methane,” said Harsh Gupta, secretary, ocean development
department, Government of India ... | Read.. |
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| Just aim and shoot |
As a technology columnist the most frequently asked question I face at parties is: what digital camera should I get? Since 2001, I?ve conducted semiregular surveys of the latest digital cameras which are priced below $300. The lessons of this year?s ... | Read..
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| QED: Diary of misguidance
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Blogging is steadily getting into the mainstream of Internet communication. Web logs or blogs ? regularly updated web journals ? allow people, the bloggers, to maintain a diary on anything under the sun. It encompasses a wide area ? from war to ethics
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Not a mere spoof on the Nobel
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IGNOBEL PRIZES 2 MARC ABRAHAMS ORION; ? 10.99 ... | Read.. |
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I remember all too well the agony of postsurgical starvation: nearly five days elapsed after my Caesarean section when the hospital refused to give me anything but ice chips. All the while I was trying to nurse two big babies with nothing but an intr ... | 
