Monthly Archives: November 2024
Rule o flaw — part I
This building right opposite my apartment was locked in a legal dispute for years. That must have ended a month ago (in October) because since then a bunch of workers have been toiling nine hours a day, six days a … Continue reading
Posted in Life notes
Tagged compressed air, demolution, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, noise pollution, Noise Pollution (Regulation) Rules 2000, pneumatic jackhammer
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Rapid rotation explains unusual stability of C2 anion
In various settings, including chemical reactions in the lab, inside nuclear reactors, and in outer space, scientists have found C2– anions living for as long as three milliseconds before decaying to a more stable state — and they haven’t been … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged centrifugal potential, decay modes, diatomic carbon, diatomic carbon anion, interstellar medium
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Tamil Nadu’s lukewarm heatwave policy
The policy is only for heatwaves, and if it doesn’t expand in future to include the state’s own responsibility, Tamil Nadu will miss the forest for the trees. Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Op-eds
Tagged climate change, comorbidities, COVID-19 pandemic, heatwave, hyperthermia, Integrated Health Information Platform, National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health, State Disaster Response Fund, Tamil Nadu
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The nanoscopes setting the stage for AI in biology
Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) is a phenomenon in which one molecule transfers electronic energy to another molecule located some distance away. The transfer happens via the small electric field associated with the first molecule interacting with the field of … Continue reading
Posted in Scicomm
Tagged CR Rao, Cramér-Rao limit, DNA-PAINT, Eric Betzig, Ernst Karl Abbe, fluorophores, Förster resonance energy transfer, FRET microscopy, Kip Thorne, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, MINFLUX, PALM microscopy, Stefan Hell, stimulated emission depletion, STORM microscopy, super-resolution microscopy
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