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Why is 15-yr-old Belgian’s PhD exciting ‘billionaires’? It has an SN Bose link

Teen Laurent Simons’ PhD thesis in quantum physics, titled ‘Bose polarons in superfluids and supersolids’, was published by the University of Antwerp. His next goal is ‘creating superhumans’.

2024 Physics Nobel for AI scientists. How they pioneered machine learning modelled on human brain

American scientist John Hopfield’s network can save info & reconstruct it. British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton’s Boltzmann machine was an early example of a generative model.

Scientists Hopfield, Hinton win 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on machine learning

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that Machine learning based on artificial neural networks is currently revolutionising science, engineering and daily life.

Bimla Buti didn’t study science until university. Vikram Sarabhai handpicked her to lead PRL

After she retired from research in 2003, she started the Buti Foundation to help young scientists in their careers. 'I am putting more effort into reducing the gender gap in STEM,' she said.

Window to subatomic world— all about ultra-fast light pulses that won 3 scientists Physics Nobel

Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, & Ferenc Krausz won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on attosecond pulses to peek into realm of atoms and molecules.

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.

Hawking’s final theory is there may be no final theory—Delhi scientists on Hertog’s new book

What is the origin of the universe? The answer lay between quantum physics and Indian philosophy according to Hertog, the scholar who worked with Stephen Hawking.

Have Koreans found ‘room-temp superconductor’? Why one of physics’ greatest quests is back in news

At the centre of the buzz is a polycrystalline material called LK-99 (Lee-Kim 1999, the year of discovery) manufactured by scientists from Korea University in Seoul. 

How a theoretical physicist’s passionate approach to simple math got him the Padma Bhushan

First Indian to get Boltzmann Medal, Dhar equated his approach to statistical mechanics to art & said it is wrong to 'propagate idea that everyone should do only applied work'.

2022 Physics Nobel winners worked on quantum entanglement, field that ‘spooked’ Einstein

The trio conducted experiments in quantum entanglement, with the award-giving body stating they have enabled fundamental research and potentially cleared the way for new technology.

On Camera

The big fat IPS wedding people just can’t stop talking about

IPS KK Bishnoi and IPS Anshika Verma’s palatial Jodhpur wedding missed a key truth—power complicates tradition and personal joy.

Govt hikes commercial LPG price amid global surge, shields households; regular petrol, diesel rates same

Citing West Asia tensions & 44% jump in Saudi benchmark rates, Centre raises 19-kg cylinder rate but caps ATF hike, holds domestic LPG and auto fuel rates steady despite OMC losses.

More ‘hits’ than Rheinmetall ever—Ukraine drone manufacturer claps back at CEO’s ‘housewives’ remark

Oleksandr Yakovenko, founder of Ukrainian drone maker TAF Industries, further went on to highlight the growing 'irrelevance' of European defence platforms.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.