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Cyclones are a natural phenomenon that often hit coastal communities with violent thunderstorms, causing widespr...
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As monsoon lashes the Indian peninsula, scientists at Bengaluru are trying to understand how raindrops form inside clouds.
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Science has always been a realm of exploration and wonder, captivating those who dare to explore its mysteries. Unfortunately, the field of physics has been traditionally dominated by men. Recognising the need for inclusivity and diversity in the scientific community, the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) at the Tata In...
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Professor Joseph Silk is Professor of Physics at the Institut d’astrophysique de Paris (IAP) and Homewood Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Silk discovered that a process called photon diffusion damping reduced the anisotropies of the early universe, a phenomenon named after him. A fellow of the R...
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Professor Gagandeep Kang is a medical scientist with a distinguished voice for equality in public health. Currently Director in the Division of Global Health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and formerly a professor at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, she has contributed significantly to research on diarrhoea and rotavirus ...
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We have all seen oil droplets float on water, but have you n...
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Michael I. Jordan is the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has made foundational contributions in several fields, such as cogniti...
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Astrophysicists have demonstrated that by studying repeated gravitational waves from the same source, they might be able to measure the universe’s expansion accurately.
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Motile bacteria. Flocking of birds. Schooling of fish. Formation of clouds. Milk mixed into tea. What do all these have in common?
A team of researchers led by Siddhartha Mukherjee here at ICTS tried to find the answer. They found similarities and differences in the behaviour of flows in living and no...
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Professor Sujatha Ramdorai is a mathematician renowned for her contributions to the Iwasawa theory. She has won several awards, notably the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 2004, the ICTP Ramanujan Prize in 2006, the Krieger-Nelson Prize in 2020, and the Padma Shri in 2023. She currently holds the Canada Research Chair in th...
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