TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
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Frank D. Blum is one of the Scientists at Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, USA. He had done a B.S. in Chemistry at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, 1976, M.S. in Physical Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 1977;…
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Prof. NicoleMoreau is an eminent scientist in today’s chemistry. She became the first women president of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). She was born in France and gained her MS, Physical Chemistry, at…
Why are Golf Balls Dimpled?
The dimples, paradoxically, do increase drag slightly. But they also increase "Magnus lift", that peculiar lifting force experienced by rotating bodies travelling through a medium. Magnus lift is present because a driven golf ball has backspin. The same Magnus…
Connecting Terrestrial ‘Islands’ to Promote Biological Diversity
BY Janita Gurung and Pratikshya Kandel This year, the UN has declared ‘Island Biodiversity’ as the theme for celebrating International Day for Biological Diversity. The world’s islands are home to about 600 million people – 10 per cent of the…