Indian-origin physicist Jainendra K. Jain has made history by winning the esteemed Wolf Prize in Physics for his innovative ...

Until around a century ago, it wasn't possible to become a nuclear physicist. Unlike older sciences such as biology and chemistry, nuclear physics didn't exist as a discipline until researchers began ...

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The prestigious Tsinghua University, where he ...

Indian physicist Deepak Dhar has won the 2026 Dirac Medal for his pioneering contributions to statistical physics, including his influential work on the Abelian sandpile model. Know about his research ...

Quantum mechanics is one of the most successful theories in science — and makes much of modern life possible. Technologies ranging from computer chips to medical-imaging machines rely on the ...

Dhar becomes only the second scientist working in India to receive the honor, joining physicist Ashoke Sen, and shares this year's award with three other statistical mechanics researchers for work ...

As a student, Galileo famously observed a lamp swinging in Pisa Cathedral and timed its swing against his pulse. He concluded that the period was constant and independent of its amplitude. Galileo ...

The senior physicist currently serves as the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) distinguished professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, in Bengaluru.