Regular readers of Parsi Khabar will remember our article from 2012 on Nergis Mavalvala. The brilliant professor of physics at MIT is in the news again as one of the lead researchers who has worked on the project that led to first detection of gravitational waves. Nergis has been involved with the project practically from… Continue reading Nergis Mavalvala and First Direct Detection of Gravitational Waves
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Homi Bhabha:7 Things You Need To Know About The Father Of India’s Nuclear Program
Today is the 106th birth anniversary of the father of India’s nuclear program, Homi J. Bhabha. Not many know that he had initiated a successful nuclear programme in Great Britain and was in India on vacation. As luck would have it, that’s when World War II began in September 1939 and he was forced to… Continue reading Homi Bhabha:7 Things You Need To Know About The Father Of India’s Nuclear Program
Rustomji H. Vania Builds Supercomputing "Ferrari" Machine at Southern Illinois University,
In the age of information, data rules. A new supercomputer has been installed in the basement of the Wham Education Building to keep SIU on the cutting edge of technology. SIU is the second Illinois state school to have a clustered supercomputer available to the faculty, said Rustomji Vania, deputy director of research computing and… Continue reading Rustomji H. Vania Builds Supercomputing "Ferrari" Machine at Southern Illinois University,
Meet the Scientist: Dr. Adi Bulsara
Adi Bulsara, scientist, holds a 3-axis coupled-core magnetometer originally developed for C-IED applications at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. (Photo by Alan Antczak Released) WHO: Dr. Adi Bulsara. He grew up in Bombay, India, in a very conservative society. He’s a part of the last few remaining members of the Zoroastrian religion… Continue reading Meet the Scientist: Dr. Adi Bulsara
Zoroastrian text that pre-empted science’s latest discovery
As was recently reported in the news There’s no way for us to know exactly what happened some 13.8 billion years ago, when our universe burst onto the scene. But scientists announced Monday a breakthrough in understanding how our world as we know it came to be. Renowned Zoroastrian scholar Prof Almut Hintze, in… Continue reading Zoroastrian text that pre-empted science’s latest discovery
Infosys Prize 2013 for Physical Sciences awarded to Prof. Shiraz Naval Minwalla
Shiraz Naval Minwalla Member, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai The Infosys Prize 2013 for Physical Sciences is awarded to Prof. Shiraz Naval Minwalla for his pioneering contributions to the study of string theory, quantum field theory and gravity,… Continue reading Infosys Prize 2013 for Physical Sciences awarded to Prof. Shiraz Naval Minwalla
Nergis Mavalvala: Just Herself
Nergis Mavalvala, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, can check off a whole lot of boxes on the diversity form. She isn’t just a woman in physics, which is rare enough. She is an immigrant from Pakistan and a self-described “out, queer person of color.” “I don’t mind being… Continue reading Nergis Mavalvala: Just Herself
