Nobel physics laureate Higgs `overwhelmed`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 22:18

British scientist Peter Higgs On Tuesday said he was "overwhelmed" after he and his Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the `God particle`.

Factfile on Higgs boson- the `God particle`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 21:33

The Higgs boson is a sub-atomic particle that confers mass on matter. Without it, the Universe would have no substance and life would not exist.

Peter Higgs, Francois Englert win 2013 physics Nobel prize for predicting existence of Higgs boson

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 16:35

Britain`s Peter Higgs and Belgium`s Francois Englert won the 2013 Nobel prize for physics for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson.

Physics teachers` body to launch online tournament in Sept

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 21:49

Indian Association of Physics Teachers is going to start an international online Physics tournament from next month for students between 15-19 years.

`Physics turning the mundane into extraordinary`

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 18:46

The most exciting part of physics is not dealing with the extraordinary phenomenon, but the discovery of the truth behind the ordinary and everyday things, said renowned theoretical physicist Prof E.C.G. Sudarshan.

New tests back concept for particle physics: CERN

Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2013, 21:09

Tests at the world`s biggest collider have provided the most exhaustive confirmation to date of the Standard Model, a four-decade-old conceptual framework for fundamental particles, CERN said Friday.

Gas cloud being `stretched like spaghetti` as it swings past black hole

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:51

Recent observations of the galactic center have revealed that parts of the in-falling gas cloud, which was detected in 2011, have already swung past the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way.

Asia`s first electron microscope on display at Kolkata`s SINP

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 22:20

Asia`s first horizontal type transmission electron built by a team of scientists from the city in the 1940s was opened for public display at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) in Kolkata.