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Professor, Raja Ramanna Chair, IMSc., Chennai
Prof. S. Uma Sankar is a Raja Ramanna Chair Professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Taramani, Chennai. He was educated at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A., He was on the physics faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay for over thirty years, where his main research focus was on neutrinos.
Tamil Nadu Science Forum 2026
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Prof. Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, for designing, building and operating the IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole. IceCube is a million times larger than any earlier neutrino detector, and it uses the exceptionally clear Antarctic ice to detect ultra-high-energy neutrinos. The talk traces the events that led to the detector’s construction and explains what it can reveal about these elusive particles.
Date & Time
Saturday, October 24, 2026 05:30 AM
Location
5th Floor, Anna Centenary Library, Kotturpuram, Chennai
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Physical
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Oct 24, 2026
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Prof. Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, for designing, building and operating the IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole. IceCube is a million times larger than any earlier neutrino detector, and it uses the exceptionally clear Antarctic ice to detect ultra-high-energy neutrinos. The talk traces the events that led to the detector’s construction and explains what it can reveal about these elusive particles.
Sep 26, 2026
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On 26 Aug 2026 (~02:55 GMT / 08:25–08:30 NST), a catastrophic flood struck the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli river system on the Nepal–China border, likely from a massive ice-rock avalanche off Langtang-Lirung's north flank into the Lhende Khola. Evidence suggests not a classic GLOF but glacial mass wasting triggering a flash flood, with flood heights over 100 m in places. The debris surge caused 7,000+ deaths/missing and vast infrastructure damage in both countries (UNDP) — the worst glacier-collapse disaster recorded in the Himalayas. Based on open-access sources; no field observations by the speaker.
Sep 19, 2026
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மாற்றுத்திறனாளிகளின் கல்வி, தகவல் தொடர்பு, வேலைவாய்ப்பு மற்றும் சுதந்திரமான வாழ்விற்கு உதவக்கூடிய செயற்கை நுண்ணறிவு (AI), உதவி உபகரணங்கள் மற்றும் அணுகல்தன்மை (Accessibility) கொண்ட நவீன தொழில்நுட்பங்கள் குறித்து இந்த சொற்பொழிவில் விவாதிக்கப்படும். அனைவருக்குமான பயன்பாட்டு வடிவமைப்பு , STEM கல்வி மற்றும் மறுவாழ்வுத் துறையில் ஏற்பட்டுள்ள புதிய மாற்றங்கள் இங்கு சுட்டிக்காட்டப்படும். அனைவரும் சம வாய்ப்புகளையும் பங்கேற்பையும் பெற தொழில்நுட்பத்தை ஒரு சக்திவாய்ந்த கருவியாகப் பயன்படுத்த கல்வியாளர்கள், வல்லுநர்கள், மாணவர்கள் மற்றும் குடும்பங்களை ஊக்குவிப்பதே இச்சொற்பொழிவின் முதன்மை நோக்கமாகும்.
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Explore curated lectures, workshops and symposia from Ghosts in Ice (Story of Physics Nobel Prize 2026)
The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2026 is awarded to Prof. Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A., for the design, construction and operation of the "IceCube Neutrino Detector" at the South Pole. This detector is a million times larger than any previous neutrino detector and makes innovative use of the clear antarctic ice to detect ultra high energy neutrinos. I will discuss the sequence of events which led to the construction of this detector and what it can do.
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5th Floor, Anna Centenary Library, Kotturpuram, Chennai
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Sat, 24 Oct, 2026
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5th Floor, Anna Centenary Library, Kotturpuram, Chennai