India's missing research papers
If you're looking for a quantification (although you shouldn't) of the extent to which science is being conducted by press releases in India at the moment, consider the following list of studi…
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
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The March for Science, ed. 2018
K. VijayRaghavan, India’s new principal scientific advisor to the Government of India, has brought a lot of hope with him into the role as a result of his illustrious career as a biologist and former…
Why Indian science projects must plan for cultural conversations, too
The Wire May 18, 2015 What should be the priority for science in India? Nature journal published answers from ten scientists in India it had asked this question to on May 13. One of the scientists wa…
Construction has started on two of the world's grandest neutrino observatories
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory happened on January 10. This means construction on Asia's two biggest neutrino experiments will have started in the sp…
Vaiko has a problem with the unmanned, fully automated neutrino observatory
Imagine a vast research facility situated below a hill - fully underground - hosting a massive particle detector made up of the world's largest electromagnet and some 30,000 metal plates. Embracin…
Cabinet approves India-based Neutrino Observatory
On Monday, the Prime Minister's Office gave the go ahead for the India-based Neutrino Observatory, an underground physics experiment that will study particles called atmospheric neutrinos. The pro…
'No string theorists in non-elite institutions'
Shiraz Naval Minwalla, a professor of theoretical physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, won the New Horizons in Physics Prize for 2013 on November 5. The prize – which…