Pleasure to be a part of this programme. Thanks Pavan for the invitation and it was good fun chatting with you

Comet Lovejoy in near-infrared from @ISS on December 26, 2011 (1st photo) and normal visible image taken on December 22, 2011 (2nd photo). I was surprised that in this instance, the Ir image did not reveal any remarkable detail, actually less detail, than the normal visible

Water droplets orbiting a charged metal sphere on ISS. After posting droplets orbiting a knitting needle (cylinder) I was asked if I had done that with a sphere. Of course! Expedition 30, 2012

Found a nice quote: It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. -- Carl Friedrich Gauss

beats of the Pune drum.... Magnificent 'dhol tasha' at IISER Pune

Eric Betzig of Berkeley Physics and HHMI | Janelia recounts undergrad Caltech, graduate work Cornell AEP, the peerless research culture Bell Labs, microscopy resolution advances and the The Nobel Prize, and the challenge to understand cells as well as stars heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-upd…

Ep. 71 video conversation with Sunil Nair He is a cond-mat experimentalist, physics prof at IISER Pune & proj. Director of Quantum ihub.... what are his thoughts on research+edu? how did he develop an interest in physics +++ links ⤵️ 1/5

Water Talks: Season 5 at IISER Pune Flood Lines and Urban Flooding: A legal perspective  Sarang Yadwadkar (Architect and Environmentalist) Tuesday 24th September 2024 12:00 noon IST       Seminar Room 24, Main Building, IISER Pune

Ramaseshan on Raman Ref: Journey into light: life and science of C.V. Raman.

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This month in 1905, Albert Einstein introduced E=mc2 — a simple equation that shows that mass and energy are interchangeable. And just like that he reshaped our understanding of the universe and set the stage for nuclear power. Read more: go.aps.org/47sZ0M9