By Pamela Knoll, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy    Most postdoctoral measuring sticks are based on research output. Whether it is the number of publications, conference presentations, or grants awarded, these are all assumed to directly correlate with scientific productivity. However, the focus needs to […]

India is the world’s second largest country in terms of population and is expected to surpass China to become the world’s most populous country by 2024.  More than 50% of this population is below the age of 25, making the demand for Higher Education, both in India and overseas, huge.  India has the most universities […]

The old adage expresses the inevitability of the tides – huge volumes of water moving relentlessly around our shores, like clockwork, controlled by the phases of the moon.  It is only recently that humans have started to develop methods of extracting energy from this predictable source of renewable energy for our daily lives.  Fossil fuel […]