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Our research in the news! Prof.@AveekBid and colleagues 'find that multifractalility manifests in the electrical-conductance fluctuations of a 2D electron gas as the gas undergoes a topological phase transition'. physics.aps.org/articles/v15/s…

The PMRF fellowships are creating random differences among the PhD students. The methodology needs to be more transparent on how are the fellowships being awarded.

Hahah, got this from a student today.

The last author seems to be missing.

Another evidence of a serious drawback of the current scientific publishing ecosystem. Having lived through it, I know how difficult life can be for starting groups, especially from remote places, and yes, including countries like India.

Good to see top ranked JEE students joining IISc undergraduate program. The myth of limited job prospects for those opting of pure science specialization needs to go.

The push towards deep 'Tech' in India has happened at the cost of deep Science. This worries me enormously. Funds for fundamental research is drying. You cannot have new Technology unless you generate new Science.
thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

The next #IIScQuanTalks is scheduled on Wednesday, 19th Oct 2022. Join us using the links in the flyer.

Link: iqti.iisc.ac.in/wp-content/upl…

To become a legitimate Professor you must start preparing your talk the night before the seminar.

How to Write Your First Research Paper - Graduate Writing Center
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The PhD Place The PhD Voice
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Impactful words by Carolyn Bertozzi today on how diversity in her trainees enabled creativity, not playing by the rules, and ultimately the work that built the field of bioorthogonal chemistry. Diverse science leads to better science!

Today is the birth centenary of GN Ramachandran who made pioneering contributions to biophysics & crystallography.
In this Connect Magazine article, former student Manju Bansal recounts what it was like to work with him:
connect.iisc.ac.in/2022/09/gnr-ta…

Life cycle of a physicist:

UGC does not require publications to submit a PHD any more to ensure quality. Good. But applications for PMRF to first year PHD students still asks for publications... what exactly is the message here??!!
m.timesofindia.com/education/news…

Just a quick reminder that you can win a Nobel with an h-index = 29 (according to the usually inflated google scholar). Quantitative measures of scientific output are not the way to go to a bright future for humanity.

'I would not call entanglenent one but rather 'the' trait of quantum mechanics' - Erwin Schrodinger 1935

Nice text on the creator of one of the most important tools in physics and mathematics.

Are we going to see a double for quantum this year?
physics.aps.org/articles/v15/1…