Mu mesons (or muons) are unstable particles, produced when protons from the Sun are absorbed in the...
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Understanding Natural Phenomena 9: Symmetry is Supreme
The edifice of modern physics would have been unthinkable without the help and insights the...
How much salt? How much sugar?
Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya presents considerations for determining the desired daily doses of two...
What are bacteria?
In Part 2 of the series 'Bacterial Expressions' E. coli is presented as a model organism to...
Understanding Natural Phenomena 8: The Ultimate Causes of Cosmic...
What emerged at the Big Bang as a quantum fluctuation was an energy field, with no structure. But...
Bacterial Expressions : Setting the tone
Editors’ note: This is the introductory post to the series ‘Bacterial...
Understanding Natural Phenomena 7: Of Bosons and Fermions
The Higgs boson is in the news these days, but what exactly is a boson?
The Wonder of the Fig
This is a story of a plant (fig) and an insect (wasp), which has elements of trust and betrayal...
Understanding Natural Phenomena 6: How can Order Emerge out of...
As explained in Part 5, the second law of thermodynamics says that, for an isolated system, the...
A Miracle of Rare Device: The Genius of Scientific Discovery
The willingness to think big, the boldness to grapple with the big problem, the audacity to...