Day and Night Microphysics RGB Imager
Posted in Science & Technology Physics Space Science

Day and Night Microphysics RGB Imager

An article explaining how the weather department uses satellites to track North India’s fog was published recently.

NQM
Posted in Science & Technology Physics

National Quantum Mission (NQM)

Mission Coordination Cell (MCC) will be coordinating agency of the National Quantum Mission (NQM).

Posted in Science & Technology ICT Physics

Light Emitting Diode (LED) | Semiconductors

The Hindu Explained | What are light-emitting diodes and why are they prized as light sources?

KLI
Posted in S&T Schemes and Initiatives Physics

Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fiber Connection (KLI Project) | Low-Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) Plant

PM inaugurated Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands Submarine Optical Fiber Connection (KLI Project).

Radiocarbon Dating
Posted in Physics Chemistry

Radiocarbon Dating

Article in the Hindu – What is radiocarbon dating? | Explained

Nuclear Reactors
Posted in Science & Technology Alternative Energy Physics

Nuclear Reactors

China launched world’s first fourth-generation nuclear reactor.

1000-qubit quantum chip – Condor
Posted in Science & Technology ICT Physics

1000-qubit quantum chip – Condor

IBM released first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip named Condor has superconducting qubits arranged in a honeycomb pattern.

Lightning
Posted in Geography Geography Phenomenon Physics Science & Technology

Lightning

Death toll due to lightning strikes rises to 24 in Gujarat.

Particle Accelerator
Posted in Physics Science & Technology

Nanophotonic Electron Accelerator | Particle Accelerator

Researchers have successfully activated the world’s smallest particle accelerator, called a nanophotonic electron accelerator (NEA).

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Quantum Dots
Posted in Chemistry Physics Science & Technology

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Quantum Dots

The 2023 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.

2023 Nobel Prize in physics
Posted in ICT Physics

2023 Nobel Prize in physics – Attosecond Physics

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was jointly awarded to three scientists, Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier, for their “experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses for the study of electron dynamics in matter.”

Antimatter
Posted in Physics

Antimatter

For the first time, scientists have observed antimatter particles falling downwards due to the effect of gravity, Europe’s physics lab CERN announced.