Microelectronics

Microelectronics

Electronic devices have seen tremendous improvement since the discovery of electron. A brief history of the progress in microelectronics industry will be presented with emphasis on memory devices and information technology (IT). The limiting factors in the future...

Human Genome

Human Genome

Genome - the complete set of genetic information - determines the nature, form and activities of a living organism. Human genome, present in 23 pairs of chromosomes, consists of 3.2 billion pairs of A,T,C & G repeated over and over again in varying order....

Life: A Product of History

Life: A Product of History

Humans are endeavoring to know nature since their origin with the development of structurally complex, conscious mind and later with the development of tools. The tools enable us to explore the depth, in atom, on the one side and the vastness, of universe, on the...

Deployable Structures for Space Exploration

Deployable Structures for Space Exploration

Deployable structures are a novel and unique type of engineering structures, which can be packaged for transportation and expanded automatically at the time and site of operation, and in some cases, can be retracted for re-use or other purposes. They retain the...