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Unlocking Cosmic Mysteries: Scientists Develop Innovative New Method To Probe Dark Matter

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:26:40 +0000

Dark matter is fundamental to our understanding of the Universe, yet its exact nature remains a mystery. Uncovering the identity of dark matter is a...

Unraveling Cosmic Mysteries – New Method Proposed for Measuring Universe Expansion

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:56:17 +0000

In 1929, astronomers discovered that galaxies are streaming away from us and each other. They interpreted this observation that the universe is expanding. However, when...

A New Subatomic Particle – The Most Beautiful Strongly Bound Dibaryon

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Mon, 15 May 2023 11:49:18 +0000

Scientists from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and The Institute of Mathematical Science have predicted the existence of a dibaryon particle, built entirely from...

Converting CO2: Breakthrough Catalyst Flips Climate Change Enemy Into Valuable Resource

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:01:57 +0000

A team of researchers has developed a highly efficient and stable copper-based catalyst (DFNS/TiO2-Cu) for converting CO2 to CO, with a CO productivity of 5350...

Scientists Identify Thousands of New Cosmic Objects Using Machine Learning

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:39:10 +0000

A team of scientists from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, consisting...

Probing the Nature of Dark Matter Using Gravitational Waves

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Wed, 04 May 2022 05:44:42 +0000

One of the biggest puzzles in modern cosmology is the existence of dark matter, which constitutes most of the matter in the universe. Recent research...

Watching the Ultrafast Dance Moves of a Hot, Dense Laser Plasma

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 23:01:09 +0000

Great leaps in science and technology have been propelled by recent advances in seeing fast-evolving physical phenomena, as they happen. Femtosecond lasers from the infrared...

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Measures the Atomic Hydrogen Gas Mass in Galaxies 9 Billion Years Ago

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:06:31 +0000

A team of astronomers from the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and the Raman Research Institute (RRI), in Bangalore, has used the...

CO2 Mitigation on Earth and Magnesium Civilization on Mars – Just Add Water

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:21:24 +0000

Excessive CO2 emissions are a major cause of climate change, and hence reducing the CO2 levels in the Earth’s atmosphere is key to limit adverse...

Mass of Hydrogen in Distant Galaxies Measured by Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 13:56:10 +0000

A team of astronomers from the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR) in Pune, and the Raman Research Institute (RRI), in Bengaluru, has used the...

Cosmic X-Rays Reveal a Distinctive Signature of Black Hole Event Horizons

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:28:27 +0000

An international team of astrophysicists has found a distinctive signature of black hole event horizons, unmistakably separating them from neutron stars — objects, comparable to...

Bacteria-Sized Microscopic Deformation of a Neutron Star Inferred From 4500 Light-Years Away

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:40:19 +0000

Imagine that the size of a bacterium is measured from a distance of about 4500 light-years. This would be an incredible measurement, considering that a...

Solid Acid Nano-Sponges Transform CO2 Into Fuel and Plastic Waste Into Useful Chemicals

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:54:25 +0000

Solid acids are amongst the most essential heterogeneous catalysts, which have the potential to replace environmentally harmful liquid acids, in some of the most important...

Mysterious Gigantic Ring of Hydrogen Gas Discovered Around Distant Galaxy

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 15:57:43 +0000

A team of astronomers at the National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) in Pune, India have discovered a mysterious ring of hydrogen gas around a...

Lattice QCD Calculations Predict Exotic Nuclei Not on Periodic Table

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:54:02 +0000

Have you ever wondered how the Sun creates the energy that we get from it every day and how the other elements besides hydrogen have...