quantum chromodynamics

Union Ministry of Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel, Vedic Heritage, Vedas, Rig Veda, particle physics, Hindutva, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vaidic particle physics, quantum chromodynamics, ancient knowledge, Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics, Rajnath Singh, S-matrix theory, quantum field theory, Prakriti, ayurveda, astrology, scientism, Audrey Truschke, Sheldon Pollock, Patricia Sauthoff, Nalanda University,

Culture Ministry’s New ‘Vedic Heritage’ Portal Only Debases the Study of Vedas

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/08/2019

Its inability to engage with the great philosophical and...

Ernest Rutherford, proton, Large Hadron Collider, particle physics, quark model, Murray Gell-Mann, George Zweig, quantum chromodynamics, strong nuclear force, string theory, SLAC, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, glasma, quark gluon plasma, gluon, parton distribution functions, colour glass condensate, spin crisis,

A Century of the Proton

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/05/2019

Only 100 years after the proton was first sussed...

Hunter S. Thompson, pioneer of gonzo journalism, in May 1989. Credit: Rs79/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Meet the Hunter S. Thompson of Elementary Particles

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2017

Particles called gluons are responsible for mediating the strong...

Inside one of the control centres of the collaborations working on the LHC at CERN. Each collaboration corresponds handles an experiment, or detector, stationed around the LHC tunnel. Credit: CERN

New LHC Data Has More of the Same But Could Something Be in the Offing?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2015

Data from the machine's upgraded run in 2015 offers...