Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

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Infinite in All Directions: Nobel’s Women, Meghnad’s Caste, Tantalum’s Decay

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/10/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa shared the chemistry prize for building mechanical devices like motors and lifts using molecules for parts. This is a representative image. Credit: ucdaviscoe/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

There’s Plenty of Room At the Bottom – the Nobel Chemistry Laureates Put a Nanocar There

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/10/2016

It is little surprise that, walking through the gates...

A cup filled with superfluid helium. Because of quantum mechanical effects, the helium will crawl up the sides of the cup in a thin film and collect as a droplet on the outside, and drip below. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

How the Physics Laureates Used Geometry to Tame the Very Weird of the Very Small

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/10/2016

The physics Nobel laureates were able to use ideas...

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Infinite in All Directions: the Fiske Fiasco, Hollywood’s Academic, Quantum Fish

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/10/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

Mars. Credit: SpaceX

Elon Musk Unveils Concept of How SpaceX Will Take Humans to Mars

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/09/2016

Musk estimated that between 20 and 50 trips to...

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Infinite in All Directions: Joanne’s Emails, Alien Religions, the Effects of Awe

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/09/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

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Seven Reasons ISRO’s Latest PSLV Launch Was Signficant

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/09/2016

The largest satellite onboard is the ScatSat-1. It will...