New Delhi, January 18
Fibre optics – say the words and people think of high-speed internet cables. More knowledgeable ones might also know it is the science of transmitting light through flexible fibre. But very few would even have an inkling that the man who coined the term “fibre optics” was born and educated in India.
Fewer still realise that the contributions of Narinder Singh Kapany find application in the lives of billions of people on this planet, in ways big and small.
Kapany died in the US last month, a trailblazer in the field of fibre optics, a role model for optical engineers but an unsung hero, unknown to so many whose lives he touched with his innovations.
«Рынок побил рекорд всех времен»: венчурные итоги 2020 года
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Published: Jan 07, 2021 By Mark Terry
Without a doubt, the top topic of 2020, pretty much for any news outlet, was the COVID-19 pandemic. BioSpace ran its
first story about the virus on January 22, titled, “China Coronavirus Update: What it is, How Dangerous it is, What is Being Done.” At that time, it had infected more than 440 people and killed nine in China and the first reported case in the U.S. had been the day before.
By March, the pandemic had begun to dominate our coverage and we designated a space for general COVID-19 coverage every day. That eventually dropped to three times a week and then just once a week, although almost every day since then has included multiple stories about the pandemic and biopharma’s efforts to test and/or develop therapies or vaccines for the disease. Keeping in mind that this has dominated the news cycle, here are the top 10 stories of 2020 in no particular order.
All about astronomy: The Hindu Science Quiz
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1. The Arecibo Observatory, a massive telescope, collapsed on December 1, 2020. What kind of a telescope was it?
Atmospheric telescope
A radio telescope “sees” radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (“dish”) antenna, or arrays of them.
Infrared telescope
A radio telescope “sees” radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (“dish”) antenna, or arrays of them.
Radio telescope
A radio telescope “sees” radio waves emitted by radio sources, typically by means of a large parabolic (“dish”) antenna, or arrays of them.
UV telescope
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Size matters. So does substance. India’s biggest projects are in Gujarat. Five of our 13 Nobel Laureates are from Bengal December 21, 2020, 8:56 AM IST
A journalist who has lived all over India and is now based in Bangalore
The Covid-infested year 2020 began with the construction completed of the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Gujarat’s largest city of Ahmedabad with the capacity to seat 110,000 spectators. The end of the year saw the Indian team being bowled out by Australia at Adelaide for its lowest-ever score in Test cricket.
The foundation-stone for the world’s largest renewable energy park was laid in Gujarat’s district of Kutch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 15, just five days before Team India set its dubious record at Adelaide. The hybrid renewable energy park, which will utilize both solar and wind power, will generate 38,000 megawatts of power and will come up within five year
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