Onedimensional

Devdutt Pattanaik has impressed readers and listeners far and wide with his ability to not just being able to trace back mythological tales and bring them to light but also for presenting them in a manner that is relevant in contemporary…

It started with a mystery: How did molten salt breach its metal container? Understanding the behavior of molten salt, a proposed coolant for next-generation nuclear reactors and fusion power, is a question of critical safety for advanced…

Potassium copper fluoride KCuF3 is considered the simplest model material realising the so-called Heisenberg quantum spin chain: The spins interact with their neighbours antiferromagnetically along a single direction (one-dimensional),…

Rohan Gavaskar feels that Babar Azam is "not a one-dimensional player".© AFPFormer India cricketer Rohan Gavaskar came out in support of Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who has been under the scanner for his low strike-rate in the shortest…

Bangladesh were satisfied with their bowling performance while unsuccessfully trying to defend their low total of 127 in their Asia Cup opener against Afghanistan, but would have liked another 10-15 runs, according to Mosaddek Hossain.…

Physicists at Indiana University and the University of Tennessee have cracked the code to making microchips smaller, and the key is helium. Microchips are everywhere, running computers and cars, and even helping people find lost pets. As…

Not much has gone wrong for Australia's T20I side since the start of last year's World Cup, but Saturday night's heady scenes in Pallekele - as Sri Lanka pummelled a record-breaking 59 from the last three overs - put the spotlight on an…

When electrons are confined into very small spaces, they can exhibit unusual electrical, optical and magnetic behaviour. From confining electrons in two-dimensional atomic sheet graphene -- a feat that won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2010…