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On computer simulations in materials science
The conventional analytical treatment of actual systems can in fact only be successfully performed in the simplest cases. It fails when a more or less realistic model of multiphase alloys in considered. As a matter of fact, computer simulation is … Continue reading
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Materializing Innovation at GE …
Hi Friends, I am Suchismita, a new blogger to Materialia Indica. For the last 8 years, I have been with the Materials Research team at GE Global Research. I am also an alumnus of IISc, so when Abi mentioned about … Continue reading
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Cancer and Nanobombs
Recent issue of Materials Today reports: In the realm of science fiction, the idea of tiny nanorobots that can enter the human body and seek out and destroy unwanted elements has been prevalent. This idea has been made a reality … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, general science, nanotechnology
Clean water for everyone: How can nanotechnology help?
Overcoming the difficulties of nanotechnology water treatments means developing innovative solutions to engineer a usable product. One answer could be to develop methods where the nanoparticles need not be suspended in the water. For example, one can stick — or … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, nanoarticles, nanotechnology, Society, Water
Metals and Stars
This is the International Year of Astronomy. Some of the earliest discoveries of humankind revolve around metallurgy and astronomy. In fact the seven metals of antiquity are all closely identified with the heavenly bodies. Thus the sun is linked to … Continue reading
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Tagged romanticism, Royal Society, Science
Nuclear tests without nukes
An interesting pieces of an article about fusion power that is about to be demonstrated at National ignition facility in the year 2010. For full article go here ……Next year, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California … Continue reading
Many Ramayanas: The (hi) story of IISc
This is draft blog. I hope to refine it as I go along. I wil also add a narrative of the origins of the Department of Metallurgy and the National Institute of Advanced Studies S Ranganathan Many Ramayanas: In Pursuit … Continue reading
A phase transition called traffic jam
… this is actually a pretty familiar scenario for particle physicists, who are used to studying phase transitions, such as the transformation of liquid water into solid ice. In this case, the critical threshold is temperature, which triggers clusters of … Continue reading
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Indus Script Deciphered
There are many unsolved problems in life. I am not referring to my wife balancing the home budget. Among the more serious ones are the decipherment of the Indus script. Were the symbols in Moghenjadaro a product of an illiterate … Continue reading
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