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Direct evidence of intercalation in a topological insulator turned superconductor
Direct evidence of intercalation in a topological insulator turned superconductor

Retrieved phase of exit face wave of an intercalated region of uniform thickness within Cu doped Bi2Se3 single crystal reveals three distinct types of atomic columns, the position of Cu atoms are shown in the schematic [Article]

[Article posted on 05-February-2013]

Proteins and the Computational Microscope
Proteins and the Computational Microscope

The computational microscope is a set of theoretical and numerical tools which allows us to interpret and extend experimental data [Article]

[Article posted on 31-January-2013]

Accelerating neutral atoms on a Table top
Accelerating neutral atoms on a Table top

Schematic of Atom accelerator [Article]

[Article posted on 31-January-2013]

Self Organisation : Clouds to Crystals
Self Organisation : Clouds to Crystals

(a) Silicone oil drop in immersion oil in zero field. (b–h) Structures seen as a function of frequency spanning hydrodynamic and dipolar regimes. The electric field is perpendicular to the plane of the page. [Article]

[Article posted on 24-December-2012]

Is the Higgs boson finally seen at LHC?
Is the Higgs boson finally seen at LHC?

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[Article posted on 29-June-2012]

Dynamics of Molecular Negative Ions Unravelled
Dynamics of Molecular Negative Ions Unravelled

Momentum distribution of (a) H- and (b) O- from H2O produced by 12 eV electron impact. The vertical arrow indicates the direction of the electron beam. [Article]

[Article posted on 27-February-2012]

Neutron star: A laboratory in the sky
Neutron star: A laboratory in the sky

Left: X-ray intensity vs. time of a thermonuclear X-ray burst; right: X-ray energy spectrum of a relativistic emission line from a neutron star system. [Article]

[Article posted on 23-February-2012]

Indus Script & Computational Linguistics
Indus Script & Computational Linguistics

Restoration of missing signs using a bigram model of Indus script [Article]

[Article posted on 21-February-2012]

Novel route for fabricating nanowire transistors
Novel route for fabricating nanowire transistors

False coloured scanning electron microscope image of nanowire wrap-gate transistor [Article]

[Article posted on 01-February-2012]

Life and death of Massive Stars
Life and death of  Massive Stars

Gravitational collapse of a massive star to black hole and naked singularity. [Article]

[Article posted on 20-January-2012]

Plasmonic Crystals
Plasmonic Crystals

Schematic of magneto-plasmonic crystal [Article]

[Article posted on 06-January-2012]

Pseudogap state in superconductors
Pseudogap state in superconductors

Phase diagram of superconducting NbN films as a function of disorder. At high disorder, Cooper pairs do not disappear at the superconducting transition, Tc, but continue to exist up to a much higher temperature, T*, called the pseudogap temperature. [Article]

[Article posted on 04-July-2011]

Defrosting matter
Defrosting matter

In the conjectured phase diagram of QCD the hadronic state exists at low temperature and density and changes into the quark gluon plasma at the cross over temperature of 175 MeV, or about 2,000,000,000,000 Celsius. A critical point is also predicted. [Article]

[Article posted on 24-June-2011]

Dynamics of two-fluid interfaces in porous media
Dynamics of two-fluid interfaces in porous media

Experimentally obtained 3-D images of oil (shown in red) displacing a more viscous immiscible fluid (not shown) in a porous medium for increasing flow rates from left to right. [Article]

[Article posted on 23-June-2011]

A Nano-gear in a Nano-motor inside you
A Nano-gear in a Nano-motor inside you

Cellular materials being transported by molecular motors [Article]

[Article posted on 01-February-2013]

Random lasing: lasers sans mirrors
Random lasing: lasers sans mirrors

Schematic of the random laser. Scatterers inside an amplifying medium trap the light within, to create coherent emission. Consequent changes in the spectrum are shown alongside. [Article]

[Article posted on 25-February-2011]

The elusive neutrinos
The elusive neutrinos

The two possible orderings of neutrino masses. The colours represent the electron, muon and tau flavour content of each neutrino mass eigenstate. [Article]

[Article posted on 02-December-2010]