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In an effort to reach out to high school students, TIFR Hyderabad (TIFRH) set in motion a series of interactive sessions with researchers. This series…
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In a collaborative effort across multiple institutes, researchers have successfully modified a material quite similar to plastic into a promising plastic-based semiconductor. Check out our…
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Researchers at Karthik V. Raman’s lab have assembled a powerful cryo-Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM), without the need of expensive liquid Helium. Additionally, this set-up is…
Prof. Jayant Narlikar is an astrophysicist who played a key role in setting up the School of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental…