Nobel Day is an opportunity to celebrate excellence. But it rewards the science that fits a comfortable narrative and ignores the science that actually protects society.
Protecting established entities, resisting change, or prioritising short-term political gains can all lead to stagnation traps. India must embrace creative destruction for prosperity.
A nation that boasts of the world’s fourth-largest economy has been unable to bag a single Nobel Prize for nearly a decade, and has remained dry of any in sciences since independence.
Joel Mokyr identified prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress, while Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt showcased how new technologies drive productivity by displacing outdated ones.
University of Melbourne professor Richard Robson began initial research into MOFs back in 1974. Idea was further developed by Susuma Kitagawa at Kyoto University & Omar Yaghi at University of California.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for experimental demonstration of quantum effects.
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The system was to delivered in March but will now reach the Indian shores by May, or June. The fifth S-400 will be delivered in the last quarter of this year.
Really intriguing article, especially the points enumerated for relevant investigations. All of them somatically or psychologically related to neuroscience though, physics folks won’t like it :), just kidding. Refreshing to see these kind of opinions pieces in news.
Really intriguing article, especially the points enumerated for relevant investigations. All of them somatically or psychologically related to neuroscience though, physics folks won’t like it :), just kidding. Refreshing to see these kind of opinions pieces in news.