Egg Cells Are a Factory of Storms: Here’s How
Physicists investigate egg cells to study the properties of flows interacting with cellular matter. Continue reading Egg Cells Are a Factory of Storms: Here’s How
Tag: Fluid mechanics
Turbulence Across Length Scales
Easy to witness but hard to understand, turbulence remains a challenge for modern physics. Continue reading Turbulence Across Length Scales
How Do Raindrops Grow? We Don’t Yet Know.
As monsoon lashes the Indian peninsula, scientists at Bengaluru are trying to understand how raindrops form inside clouds.
ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಮಳೆಗಾಲದ ಭರಕ್ಕೆ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಉಪಖಂಡ ಉತ್ತರ ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ, ಇನ್ನೊಂದೆಡೆ, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಕೆಲವು ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಮೋಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಳೆಹನಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತೆ ಅನ್ನೊ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Sparking Curiosity and Empowering Women in Physics
We document five experiments conducted at ICTS during the Summer School for Women in Physics 2023. The explorations covered a range of physics, from the Van de Graaff generator to Chladni plates. Continue reading Sparking Curiosity and Empowering Women in Physics
Droplets on a Walk
A summer school student writes about a phenomenon which some speculate to have connections with quantum mechanics.
ಕ್ವಾಂಟಮ್ ಮೆಕ್ಯಾನಿಕ್ಸ್ಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಬಹುದಾಗುವುದೆಂದು ಕೆಲವರು ಅಂದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಒಂದು ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬೇಸಿಗೆ ಶಾಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಯೊಬ್ಬರು ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
Cellular Cyclones
How is a storm in a teacup different from motile bacteria?
ಬೆರೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಾಫ಼ಿ ಹಾಗು ಓಡಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಟೀರಿಯಾಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಏನು ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ?
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In Conversation With Antonio Celani
A chat about interdisciplinary research and the ICTP-ICTS winter school he is organising. Continue reading In Conversation With Antonio Celani
In Conversation With ICTS Scientists Studying the Indian Monsoon
ICTS graduate student Aditya Vijaykumar speaks to three scientists of the ICTS monsoon initiative to understand why the monsoons caught their interest. Continue reading In Conversation With ICTS Scientists Studying the Indian Monsoon