physics
The Other Side of the Mech Lab
There is much more to mechanical engineering than the smell and noise of machine. It’s high time we moved away from the sweat-and-grease loving, machine worshipping trope, says Ronak Gupta, a PhD scholar.
February 19th 2018
Poonam Powers Through Solid Mechanics
A mechanical engineer doing research in IIT Guwahati talks piezoelectricity and busts some myths about mechanical engineering
January 11th 2018
Scratching the Surface with Shikha
A conversation with a condensed matter physicist about surface science and making change in Indian science
January 5th 2018
The Life Cycle of Shanti and Her Stars
A chat with Osmania University’s 33-year-old Head of the Astronomy Department
November 22nd 2017
Maitreyee Steps on the Accelerator
A conversation with a feisty nuclear physicist on her journey in a field that she is trying to revive
October 18th 2017
Sudha’s Notes from the Underground
A geophysicist from IIT Kharagpur tells us about the tricks of her trade.
October 11th 2017
Kuljeet’s Box of Pre-solar Grains
A planetary scientist pays with sweat and blood to reach for the stars
September 28th 2017
Archana Looks at Materials Cool and Magnetic
A condensed matter physicist shows us around her high-tech lab
September 21st 2017
Srubabati Detangles Weird Phenomena
Leading neutrino physicist at PRL Ahmedabad, tells the story of her life and work
September 6th 2017
Surya Shines her Laser on Relics
A researcher in archaeophotonics at Manipal University
April 4th 2017