Madhusudhan Raman

dielectric constant, water, dead layer, interfacial water, atomic force microscopy, phases of matter, electric field, electromagnetism

Why Water Along the Surface of a Tank Isn’t Like the Water Inside

Madhusudhan Raman 09/10/2018

It has long been thought that the layer of...

Scientists work on the ALPHA experiment. Credit: CERN/Maximilien Brice

Do Hydrogen Anti-Atoms Dance Like Hydrogen Atoms? Let’s Check With Lasers

Madhusudhan Raman 04/09/2018

The ALPHA collaboration’s experiment paves the way for using...

For science communication to be undertaken in earnest, public institutions must employ a realistic definition of ‘the public’, in particular one that accounts for and caters to people across caste lines and socioeconomic status. Representative image. Credit: IISc

Science Outreach Is Great but Scientists Must Consider Who They’re Reaching

Madhusudhan Raman 26/08/2018

Scientific outreach is now seen as a responsibility that...

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To Reinvent Peer Review, We Must Reinvent How We Pay Peer-Reviewers Back

Madhusudhan Raman 11/07/2018

Any attempt to change the nature of peer-review must...

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It’s About Time We Had a Book on the Deceptively Awesome Fruit Fly

Madhusudhan Raman 31/05/2018

Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr's 'First in Fly' tries to be...

William Vogt (L) and Norman Borlaug. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Review: The Two Giants of 20th Century’s Prime Politico-Scientific Movement

Madhusudhan Raman 06/04/2018

How should the human race provide for food, water...

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Review: Friends With Benefits – the Human Race and the Food It Makes

Madhusudhan Raman 21/01/2018

Jonathan Silvertown has presented between the covers of his...