Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

Physicists installing the CsI[Na] crystal in the Spallation Neutron Source facility. Credit: arXiv:1509.08702v2

Spotted 43 Years After Prediction: The Dim Light of Neutrinos Bumping Against Nuclei

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/08/2017

Making the discovery was like trying to accurately measure...

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The DNA Profiling Bill Is Back in a New Avatar – Here’s the Lowdown

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/08/2017

The July 2015 version of the Bill had been...

Are We Closing in on Particles That Are Their Own Antiparticles?

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/07/2017

Particles called Majorana fermions are supposed to be their...

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Indian, Portuguese Scientists Devise Tabletop Test to Probe Magnetic Fields of Stars

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/07/2017

Scientists from labs in Mumbai, Gandhinagar and Lisbon have...

Considering the Luxembourg law to promote asteroid-mining has been patterned on the US Space Act, is it another face of the ‘audacity of greed’? Credit: rolandoemail/pixabay

Fiat Luxembourg: How a Tiny European Nation Is Leading the Evolution of Space Law

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/07/2017

A new law signals Luxembourg’s intention to persist with...

If quantum mechanics is a true theory of nature, does it mean god plays dice with the universe? Credit: johan;/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Storied History of the Spooky Physics Behind China’s Teleportation Success

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/07/2017

At the heart of the history of quantum entanglement...

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Why a New Idea to Search for Extra Dimensions in the Pulse of Spacetime Is Turning Heads

Vasudevan Mukunth 07/07/2017

If physicists do find that gravitational waves have travelled...