Listening to the Cries of Baby Stars in Spiral Galaxies

Listening to the Cries of Baby Stars in Spiral Galaxies

Stars are the fundamental building block of galaxies, and are essential for the origin and the continued existence of life in the universe. How and where do these stars form? We will try to sneak a peek at some of the maternity wards for stars, giant clouds of...

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology, the ability to work at the atomic and molecular level, atom by atom to create materials and structures with new capabilities, will fundamentally change electronics, computers, medicine, biotechnology, and many other industries. The current research in...

Introduction to System Design and its Applications

Introduction to System Design and its Applications

System Design is the art and science of putting together the resources available into a harmonious whole. System Design follows some techniques that can perform a trade off between the performance metrics and resource constraints. The objective of the activity is to...

Applications of Biotechnology in Medicine

Applications of Biotechnology in Medicine

Biotechnology has affected different aspects of medicine in diverse ways from prevention to treatment. Great progress in new fields of medicine today, is due to recent developments in molecular biotechnology. Recombinant DNA technology or Genetic Engineering as basic...

Quantum Computing

Quantum Computing

The fundamental limits of silicon computing motivated the idea of quantum computing several years ago. Although technological feats have not yet been established in the arena, promise of using quantum mechanical principles, flowing naturally from a consistent attempt...

Magnetic Resonance

Magnetic Resonance

Nuclear magnetic resonance is a technique that exploits the inherent spin of sub-atomic particles inside the nucleus to obtain a tell-tale signature of the nucleus. This technique finds immense use in diagnostic imaging of human tissue. This presentation will be a...