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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicPhysicists

Topic: physicists

How 3 scientists who won physics Nobel brought ‘quantum physics from subatomic world onto chip’

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.

India has ‘talent’ but not enough science funding, opportunities—Physics Nobel laureates in Bengaluru

Duncan Haldane & David Gross spoke at Quantum India summit on plugging brain drain, calling for higher investment and commitment by industries and govt towards tech and R&D.

47 yrs ago, this Indian-origin physicist asked Feynman a question. He hasn’t looked back since

In an interview with ThePrint, physicist Yogendra Narain Srivastava discusses his radical new theory of black holes and a potential cancer breakthrough born from personal loss.

How experiments at Karnataka’s Kolar Gold Fields are last remaining piece of India’s neutrino legacy

The first groundbreaking finding was in 1965, with the world’s first atmospheric neutrino detection. Since the labs began closing in 1993, efforts to advance research have failed.

Let there be no doubt that scientist Rohini Godbole left us unwillingly

If Rohini Godbole had a better collaborative environment, no doubt her name would have been in the mix for the JJ Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics.

Agostini, Krausz, and L’Huillier win 2023 Physics Nobel for method to study electrons

The winners developed experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.