Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

network theory, Albert-László Barabási, betweenness centrality, Google PageRank, physical networks, neurons, integrated circuits, hyphal networks, 3D printing, gel, Cauchy stress tensor, force-directed layouts, weakly interacting regime, strongly interacting regime, elasticity

Why Physical Networks Aren’t Like Their On-Paper Counterparts

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/12/2018

By ignoring the geometric characteristics of links and nodes,...

5G wireless, 4G wireless, 4G data, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TRAI, ICNIRP, IARC, WHO INTERPHONE, Interphone study, cellphone radiation, weather forecasting, insects, Rajinikanth 2.0, Céline Fremault, American Cancer Society, US National Toxicology Program, schwannoma, glioma, brain tumours, electromagnetic radiation, tissue heating, AIIMS, carcinogens,

Rajinikanth’s ‘2.0’ Should Encourage Questions, Not Paranoia, About Phone Radiation

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/11/2018

'2.0' wades into a swamp of issues and could...

Circular Electron Positron Collider, International Linear Collider, Higgs boson, Large Hadron Collider, Institute for High Energy Physics, Yifang Wang, Steven Weinberg, Chen-Ning Yang, Standard Model of particle physics, W bosons, Z bosons, Higgs factory, synchrotron radiation, Super Proton-Proton Collider, superconducting magnets, Large Hadron Electron Collider, energy recovery linac, CERN,

China, Japan Prepare to Transform Asia Into Hub of Particle Physics Research

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/11/2018

China has taken an important step towards realising a...

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Ex-Naturopath Wins Award for Standing up for Science. Is the Indian Govt Listening?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/11/2018

Britt Hermes's winning the 2018 Maddox Prize is a...

dust, air pollution, Kordylewski clouds, natural satellites, Earth moons, space debris, house dust mites, asthma, PM10, PM2.5, Sahara desert, Bodele depression, meteor, meteorites, asteroids, comets, supernova, neutron star merger, black holes, Andromeda galaxy, Lagrange points, ISRO Aditya L1, Hiten satellite, cosmic dust, Brian Keating, cosmic microwave background, Big Bang, accretion disk, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, panspermia, Jupiter, Saturn moons, Pan moon, origin of life, Arthur C. Clarke, moondust, regolith, Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO,

The Story of Dust, Through Space and Time

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/11/2018

Unlike our search thus far for extraterrestrial companionship, we...

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Earth Has Many Natural Satellites – but How Many Can Be Called ‘Moons’?

Vasudevan Mukunth 09/11/2018

It's not fair to call a dust cloud a...

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Infinite in All Directions: Sokal Squared, Sex and Gender, Life as a Jellyfish

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/11/2018

It has escaped mainstream attention that the Sokal Squared...