This time of the year #plasmonics particles self-assemble in the special ways. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ! Materials: Au, SiO2. Image credits: Yunlu Jiang and Pan Wang KCL Nano-Optics @NanotechAtLCN LondonLight Reactive Plasmonics @KingsNMS KCL Physics

#MeetTheLaureate: Navakanta Bhat works 'on' a tiny world, one that's nano and atomic in size! Imagine replacing silicon in microchips with another material - he's on it! He truly is, leading a Lilliputian revolution. #InfosysPrizeAt10 IISc Bangalore infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureate…

My heart bursts with pride whenever I see the artwork of Malvika Raj, a Delhi based artist who indulges in details like nobody else. This painting will be my lifetime favourite one. She drew our Saau, our Savitrimai's work here! Happy teacher's day you all! #SavitriBaiPhule

Navakanta Bhat, the winner of Infosys Prize 2018 in Engineering & Computer Science, thanks IISc Bangalore, his colleagues and his family for helping him create something that can help us live better. #InfosysPrizeAt10 infy.com/2LP7gMO

This is Jeremiah. Jeremiah wore safety goggles while angle grinding. Jeremiah still has his right eye. Be like Jeremiah.

Sam Jarvis This is brilliant!!

Congratulations to Prof. Rohini Godbole (CHEP) for receiving the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the country! She is an extraordinary physicist and a champion for #womeninscience. padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019Award…

Here is some entertainment youtu.be/VC_IQQLK1DY

Finishing off the day @FDplasmonics with exciting discussion of new materials for hot electron generation. Join us again tomorrow for more #FDplasmonics Royal Society of Chemistry, now for dinner and the Loving Cup Ceremony! rsc.li/1YhAO3c

This week we celebrated the 300th Faraday Discussion since the meetings began in 1907. Learn more about its special format rsc.li/2NfgBhC #SaturdayThoughts

Since everyone is tweeting images of #BlackHoles, here are ours, somewhat smaller...

Congratulations to my colleagues at SSCU and Physics. Proud to be at IISc, Bangalore.

New video uploaded on diamagnetism at ambient conditions in the newly claimed superconductor. First evidence of magnetic levitation and Meissner effect at room temperature? More updates soon. youtu.be/G-aoR8LtFzo

The video shows nanoparticles inside a test tube getting repelled when brought close to a permanent magnet, providing clear evidence of superconductivity. IISc Bangalore Arindam Ghosh DSTIndia Brian Skinner Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India journosdiary.com/2019/05/28/iis… via R. Prasad

Highlights from our 300th Faraday Discussions on hot electron processes in #plasmonics and #catalysis now published in ChemComm pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

In Issue 50 this week, check out our conference report by A. Zaleska & D. Glass for the 300th #Faraday #Discussion on "Hot electron science and microscopic processes in #plasmonics and #catalysis" London, UK, February 2019! Faraday Discussions ow.ly/iPEW50uJ2HC

Have just learned of very sad news: the world of science & specifically #Spectroscopy lost a giant - Prof. Rick van Duyne Northwestern, a discoverer of the #SERS phenomena & much more. I will miss this dear freind, his kindness, knowledge and advice ACS Pressroom Society for Applied Spectroscopy

IISc Bangalore IISc Bangalore now the world's second best research institute businessinsider.in/iisc-is-now-th…

Equipped for a collaborative future: India is linking researchers with the trove of scientific equipment housed in its national institutions. How well it will work depends on how open scientists are to the idea of sharing. @Natureind analyses: go.nature.com/33ucoOS

Incredibly frustrating and waste of energy for women in science who want to travel to advance their careers - how are we supposed to fight this? #womeninscience