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  • 2015 Nov

    An Introduction to Gravity

    If you’ve ever sat underneath an apple tree and wondered why an apple fell down to the ground, instead of moving in any other direction, you would have had a similar experience that Isaac…

    November 11, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    Biophysics: Where Physics Meets Biology

    Physics is the study of our physical reality, focusing on topics such as motion, matter and every observable event that can be explained using mathematics. Contrary, biology is the study of life and living…

    November 7, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    Approaches to Understanding Physics

    Physics is one of the most complicated subjects to properly comprehend, even when repeatedly reading the same passages in the textbook in attempt to fully grasp the concepts. However, this is a static mnemonic…

    November 5, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    Uranium as a Nuclear Fuel

    History of nuclear energy Uranium was first discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth. However, ionising radiation, discovered by Wilhelm Rontgen, was used to further the research in beta radiation. Pierre and Marie later went…

    November 5, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    What are Semiconductors?

    Technological revolution of the last few decades would have been a daydream if not for the discovery of semiconductors. Semiconductors form a crucial component of almost everything from light bulbs to smartphones and satellites.…

    November 4, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    The World of 3D Imaging

    There is almost no one who has not experienced the vivid visual treat of a 3D movie. Every one of us at one point of time or other must have questioned how the scientific…

    November 3, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    The Motion of Fluids

    Bernoulli’s principle in classical mechanics is limited to fluids which are non-viscous and non-compressible and flows which are streamlined; it gives us a very interesting insight regarding the motion of fluids. It is derived…

    November 2, 2015
  • 2015 Nov

    Superconductivity

    A flow of charge is current, and hindrance to this flow is called as resistance. Resistance requires energy for the current to pass through a conductor and hence a power supply is needed to…

    November 1, 2015