A simple technique of checking out supernovae

The Earth will evaporate when the sun dies

Do cancer causing compounds exist beyond earth s atmosphere?

Astronomers have assumed that the strong gravitational force exerted by black holes helps them capture any gaseous cloud that they can pull. When this happens, the region surrounding the hole shines

The many applications of high temperature superconductors

Take a glass pane that is hit by a cricket ball: it doesn't shatter; it bends, absorbs the impact and snaps back to its original shape. If the recent success of chemists at Du Pont in developing a

Light emitting diodes LEDs go technicolour

Semiconductors have 2 energy bands -- valence band and conduction band. The valence band is filled with electrons; the conduction band has practically none. The electrical conductivity of a material

A team of German physicists has discovered a new chemical element, atomic number 111, which is reported to have survived for less than 2,000th of a second. The research team, led by Siguard Hofman

Two groups of US scientists have recorded frenetic action at the molecular level