- Andhra Pradesh: Cong MPs from Telangana set May 30 deadline for central leadership to take positive decision on separate state
- Assam: Cong names Santiuse Kujur as party nominee for the second RS seat while AIUDF nominates Aminul Islam
- Bihar: One person killed and 2 injured when a truck hit a bike in Sobhiya area in Nawada district, say police
- Chennai: CBCID arrested three persons involved in cricket spot fixing from Coimbatore today, say officials
- Delhi: Railways plan to ease traffic congestion at New Delhi station by demarcating lines for taxis and autos, say officials
- Gujarat: Four persons die, 6 injured in a collision between a dumper, car and bike near Soila village on Sanand Bavla highway
- Haryana: Section 144 imposed in Kaithal after sacked Maruti Udyog staff threaten to gherao MP RS Surjewala, mini secretariat
- Himachal Pradesh: Four people electrocuted, five seriously injured in Chamba due to a faulty transformer
- Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmir University will set up a hostel-cum-coaching centre in Srinagar for civil service aspirants, say officials
- Karnataka: Passenger trains between Mysore and Arsikere will be cancelled from May 20 to May 22 due to doubling of track
- Kerala: Met office predicts partly cloudy sky over the state in next 12 hours; maximum temperature to be 35C
- Kolkata: Met dept predicts partly cloudy sky in Kolkata and other places across the state; maximum temperature to stay at 36C
- Madhya Pradesh: MP Congress chief meets governor after 3 BJP workers, accused in the murder of a youth in Ratlam, were not arrested
- Maharashtra: Maharashtra Engineers Federation snaps membership of PWD engineer Chikhlikar after his arrest on corruption charges
- Mumbai: Mega block on Central Railway between Mulund-Munga stations till 4 pm today due to maintenance work, say officials
- Northeast: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio urges Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goel to continue flights to the state
- Odisha: Arka Keshari Deo, son of BJP leader late Bikram Keshari Deo, joins Biju Janata Dal today
- Punjab: SAD and Cong workers clash at Athwal in Dera Baba Nanak block of Batala during zila parishad polls; details awaited
- Rajasthan: RBSE likely to declare results of Class 12 humanities exam in the next few days, say officials
- Tamil Nadu: CBCID arrested three persons involved in cricket spot fixing from Coimbatore today, say officials
- UP East: CM Akhilesh Yadav will address Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises conclave in Lucknow on May 22, say officials
- UP West: CM Akhilesh Yadav will address Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises conclave in Lucknow on May 22, say officials
- West Bengal: Met dept predicts partly cloudy sky in Kolkata and other places across the state; maximum temperature to stay at 36C
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Scientists challenge Big Bang theory
 IANS Sydney, Aug 21: The beginning of the universe should not be ascribed to the Big Bang. It was more like water freezing into ice, say theoretical physicists from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University in Australia. They have proposed that by investigating the cracks and crevices common to all crystals - including ice - the understanding of the nature of the universe could be revolutionised. James Quach, from Melbourne, who led the study, said the current theorising was the latest in a long quest by humans to understand the origins and nature of the universe, the journal Physical Review D reports. "A new theory, known as Quantum Graphity, suggests that space may be made up of indivisible building blocks, like tiny atoms. These indivisible blocks can be thought about as similar to pixels that make up an image on a screen," Quach was quoted as saying in a University of Melbourne statement. "The challenge has been that these building blocks of space are very small, and so impossible to see directly," said Quach. However, Quach and colleagues believe they may have figured out a way to see them indirectly. "Think of the early universe as being like a liquid," he said. "Theorised this way, as the universe cools, we would expect that cracks should form, similar to the way cracks are formed when water freezes into ice." RMIT University research team member Andrew Greentree, an associate professor, said some of these defects might be visible. "Light and other particles would bend or reflect off such defects, and therefore in theory we should be able to detect these effects," he said. The team has calculated some of these effects and if their predictions are experimentally verified, the question as to whether space is smooth or constructed out of tiny indivisible parts will be solved once and for all. The Quantum Graphity theory suggests that space may be made up of aindivisible builing blocks. © 2013 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. For news, views and gossips, follow @IANSLIVE at Twitter. Find us on Facebook too! Update: 21-August-2012 Comments: [0] Add your comment |
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