The forest owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti), an owl endemic to the forests of Central India, has been the centre of a century-old debate among ornithologists. Its classification into the particular genera is at the stem of this debate. Now, a new study by researchers, involving genetic analysis of the owl’s genome, may put an end to this debate forever.
A unique material, chromium antimonide (CrSb), defies conventional rules by conducting electricity like two different materials in one, dominated by electrons in one direction and holes in another, a phenomenon called DDCP.