Ever since humanity has looked up into the night sky, we have wondered , are we alone in this universe? Or is there life beyond Earth? This question has bothered us since ages. It’s so glad to know that it is the first time in human history, that now we have the technological means to …
In, 21st century , photonics is main field. LASER has revolutionized almost every field. Winners of Nobel Prize in physics,2018 has developed a revolutionary techniques to create LASER pulse of extremely extremely high peak and which lasts for a millionth of a billionth second. that method is called” Chirped Pulse Amplification”. diffraction grating is so …
In this industrial era, where green chemistry is becoming more and more significant, how if we can create enzyme that can catalyse commercially useful reactions. How to do that? Enzymes are made up of proteins, and thus we need to make better proteins than the one which already exists. How to synthesize better proteins? Enzymes …
Science of Aging has always fascinated scientists. why do we age? In 2009, 3 biologists, namely Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak, received Nobel prize in physiology and Medicine for their research on end parts of chromosomes, called telomere which explains why do we age. The end part of Chromosomes act as …
In the last blog on Radioactivity, we learnt that some elements in nature emits radiation spontaneously. That is called Natural Radioactivity. In 1934, husband-wife team of Irene Joliot and Frederic Joliot Curie were awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of their synthesis of new Radioactive elements. The story behind discovery Irene was the daughter …
A French physicist named Henri Becquerel, in 1896, found that uranium emitted some unique kind of radiation without any input of energy. He called him Uranic rays. This was a relatively new field and very less Scientists were working on it. Marie curie picked up this question for her Ph.D. and started working on it. …
OVERVIEW In 1896, Marie Curie started her Research in Radioactivity. Nucleus of the atom stays bound due to strong Nuclear force. But some unstable nucleus disintegrate spontaneously and shows radioactivity. There are 3 types of radioactive decay. This discovery has revolutionised Science in many ways. The story begins in 1896. After a series of experiments, …
Presenting to you a brief guide on Total Lunar Eclipse (Super Blood Wolf Moon): First, Lets Break it Down SUPER : because it appears bigger BLOOD : because it appears red WOLF : Indigenious people had different cultural names for each Full Moon And MOON OKAY, SO WHAT MAKES IT BIGGER? During total lunar eclipse, …
What is NIF? It is a facility located in Lawrence Livermore National laboratory, California. It is one of the places on the planet trying to produce new, more efficient power planet. NIF’s aim is to bring Star Power to Earth. What that means is to produce energy same way the stars do (by nuclear fusion). …
Let’s understand how LASER actually work. LASER stands for : Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation I’m not going to throw all the big boring theory of LASER at you. Its boring to learn that way . We will think together and understand it in baby steps (along with building virtual laser in our …