#nature #natureart #naturedrawings #charlottemason #naturesketchbook #naturejournal No purchase is necessary to enter this prize Promotion and will not increase your chances of winning. We set up software control for the equipment, such as oscilloscopes, vacuum pumps, and others. In the near future, Nature India’s regional spotlights will chronicle more such emerging hubs of science in the country. Very early on it became clear that the COVID-19 pandemic was not just a challenge for scientists and medical professionals. It doesn't have to be complicated! The prize for the Promotion consists of the following: Three cash awards worth $350, $250 and $200 for the top three entries respectively, a copy of the Nature India Special Annual Volume 2020 and a bag of goodies from Nature Research. They filed the patent on this together, and in 1953, Zernike won the Nobel prize for this invention. Earlier this year, the Nature Physics editors started to think about ways to mark the journal’s 15th anniversary. The resulting black-and-white photo is finally coloured. Time was short! Promoter will endeavour to ensure that winner(s) receive their prizes within 30 days of the date they confirm acceptance of the prize. She no longer had the equipment to continue her previous work on ionisation, and so she turned to studying cosmic rays using photographic plates. I remember clearly that I was very worried that lockdown was going to delay the progress of our experiment significantly. Decide which one you’d prefer. The content is rich and inspiring, but the filming has become outdated. It was past 10pm, and I was about to stop for the day and suddenly the numbers started looking promising. We were determined to keep our laboratory experiments going as best we could although we had never run them remotely before. We have received some breathtaking entries from across the world all these years. In the days leading up to lockdown, equipment, chairs, and computers were being ferried to various homes, deliveries of equipment were diverted and protocols for remote access and online control were put in place. Dr Amruta Gadge working from home with an image of her BEC on screen. Welcome! Winners will be chosen by a panel of Nature Research editors and photographers. Early Childhood EE. I continued tweaking the parameters and in just few attempts, I saw the bimodal distribution of the atoms — a signature of a BEC. In addition, to her scientific pursuits, Sinha was an accomplished musician, painter and translated many science books into Bengali. Amruta Gadge adjusting a laser before the lockdown in the apparatus put together to produce the Bose-Einstein condensates. You don’t need a lot of materials! An extensive collection of blog posts from nature journalers around the world, sharing their knowledge and passion with you! During her time as an undergraduate, she was taught by Satyendra Nath Bose, who encouraged her to join his research group and undertake a PhD in X-ray spectroscopy. Email 0 Facebook 1 Twitter 1 Reddit 0. Katti, M. Dr Purnima Sinha: Pioneering Physicist. Through posts, discussion, image and video content, the community space can be used by members to communicate with each other, and with editors, about topics ranging from the science itself through to policy, society and day to day life. 50 Outdoor Printables (animals & insects) -- Nature Detectives at Woodland Trust . In the 1940s, Moussa discovered a way to split up atoms of cheap metals, such as copper, which would make the medical applications of nuclear technology much more affordable. An extensive collection of blog posts from nature journalers around the world, sharing their knowledge and passion with you! We are also interested in your creative take on what the future might look like; or unique stories, for instance, from pandemic-free regions. To run such an experiment from home was no easy feat — the large and complex laser and optics set-ups in state-of-the-art labs couldn’t just be transported. Posted by Subhra Priyadarshini | Categories: Careers, Sciences. Her pages look entirely different from Edith Holden’s, and that’s as it should be; they are two entirely different naturalists. Bombshell. This new dark matter detector will be installed 100 meters underground before the end of this year. Credit: Hugo Defienne, Daniele Faccio and Alex Wing, Quantum holography (Hugo Defienne & Daniele Faccio, University of Glasgow). The Nature Research Microbiology Community provides a forum for the sharing and discussion of ideas and opinions about microbiology. See also the preprint for more details”, Self-assembly (Serim Ilday, Bilkent University – UNAM). We looked at the physical and biological aspects of the virus extensively, and also published stories of how India, with its 1.2 billion-strong population, was responding to the health emergency. Nature journaling in times of corona/covid 19, Connecting: Changing the ‘nature’ mindset, Field journals: Documenting the natural world, Nature journaling on the right side of the brain: How drawing can open your mind, Nature journal drawing skills: A mini-tutorial, Sparking wonder and connection through nature journaling, 10 things to include on your journal page. “These are microscopy images. So we asked some of our authors if they had any images of a 15 (or a 1 and a 5) on their hard drives that we might use for the cover. Full names of the judging panel will be available on request. And honestly, it’s just fun. By participating in this Promotion, entrants hereby agree that Promoter may collect and use their personal information and acknowledge that they have read and accepted the Promoter Privacy Policy. In view of the pandemic, researchers also strongly advocated making academic applications completely paperless. This Promotion is run by Nature Research, a division of Springer Nature Limited a company registered in England with registered number 00785998 and registered office at The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW (“Promoter”). She started teaching there and began her research career in molecular spectroscopy. This meant that our experimental control sequence could be quickly tweaked from home for compensating the environmental fluctuations, and the monitoring system proved to be an extremely useful tool in achieving BECs remotely. “ and fill it with the information you know is right. But as the year comes to an end, various science-led efforts have yielded results globally in the form of vaccines and drugs for COVID-19, signalling hope. ), Posted by Andrew Hufton | Categories: Editor Posts, Repository Highlights, Guest post by Viki Hurst, Locum Associate Editor for Scientific Data, Scientific Data is exploring how peer-review mechanisms for sensitive human data can be improved. A nature journal is a space where students can record their observations, their thoughts, and their feelings about what they see in nature. Posted by Subhra Priyadarshini | Categories: COVID19, Health, Nature India Special Issue, Science Communication, Technology. (*Amruta Gadge is now a post-doctoral researcher in the cold atoms and laser physics group at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. When the boat was put into a new water body, the tiny strand of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) that had attached to the bottom went with it. Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869. Caroline Bleeker was a Dutch physicist and entrepreneur. For more ideas on what your photo story could be, do have a look at our coronavirus coverage here. . Send us pictures of what you think the pandemic represents to you. This project then evolved into opening her own factory to produce equipment, particularly focussing on optical components. A beautiful and sturdy journal with gentle prompts to give you ideas of what to look for in nature study throughout each of the four seasons. A volunteer-run organization established in 2015, Sci-ROI is a gateway for young scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs in the U.S. to access professional opportunities across academic, industry and private sectors in India. The winners will be notified via email. 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Entries will be judged for novelty, creativity, quality and print worthiness. American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Physical Anthropology, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology, International Society for Stem Cell Research, AGORA, HINARI, OARE, INASP, ORCID, CrossRef and COUNTER. October 11, 2019 Gothic Nature. All levels of drawing and painting skills are welcome! Sinha became the first Bengali women to receive a doctorate in physics in 1956. We were deeply moved by the response: although nobody had the sort of thing we were looking for on file, they offered to take some data especially for us — in August, in the middle of a pandemic. The contest is open to all – any nationality, any occupation, any profession. Submitted by Maurizio Perciballi. Trapped cold atoms are extremely sensitive to any variations in the environmental conditions. We invite entries that reflect challenges or strides in science and healthcare, portray the problems or solutions for citizens, spotlight the ‘new normal’ or present daily life during the pandemic. Couple an ultrafast laser to a microscope through a series of optical elements, including a spatial light modulator, which divides a single beam into multiple beams. Cholesterol levels slide in Australia. The photograph must be accompanied by a brief caption (please see some photo captions here for reference) explaining the subject of the picture along with the date, time and place it was taken. Luca Naticchioni (INFN) and Maurizo Perciballi (INFN) working on the installation of a new underground seismic station at the candidate site for the Einstein Telescope in Sardinia, Italy (Sos Enattos – Lula, August 2020). Inspiring quotes, helpful nature tips, and heavy paper with plenty of room for drawing, painting, and writing about your nature finds. Entries via agents or third parties are invalid. I was really hoping to get the first BEC of our experiment before moving to my next post-doc, and having it obtained remotely turned out to be even more gratifying. We have recently extended holography to the case of intrinsically incoherent waves, so that no phase information can be retrieved from a classical interference measurement. The issue presents a selection of commentaries published in various Nature research journals highlighting the use of artificial intelligence tools and machine learning in scaling approaches for data, model and code sharing, and in adapting results to local conditions. In this picture you see Claire Antel (left) and Lydia Brenner (right) in the lab of the FASER Experiment at CERN. A session discussing perspectives of new faculty who have relocated to India saw high participation at the virtual event. 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Since 2009, the second Tuesday of October has been commemorated as Ada Lovelace day, an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). We set up a large network of sensors throughout the labs, aimed at monitoring all the parameters relevant to the operation of the experiments. Continue reading "Bombshell" January 8, 2020. Submitted by Lydia Brenner. The Odisha special issue takes a close look at this growth of innovation and technology in the state’s science. Cinema projectors have at least one of these for precisely the same reason. She made her way back through Siberia, carrying the spectrometer on her back, arriving in Japan just before it surrendered. Abdulaal, M. The Story of Sameera: World-Renowned Egyptian Nuclear Scientist. পূর্ণিমা সিনহা, Purnima Sinha8,9 (1927–2015), https://www.livehistoryindia.com/herstory/2019/05/26/dr-purnima-sinha-pioneering-physicist / CC BY-SA. The Nature India COVID-19 Engineering Solutions special issue is free to download here. Moussa received a Fulbright scholarship and travelled to the University of California for further research. Train your mind, and the world will offer its secrets of wonder and beauty. ), Posted by Ankita Anirban | Categories: Uncategorized. The rest, untouched by the laser pulses, remains cold. Journaling helps us process information in an organized way, and requires more engagement than simply experiencing something. In 1944, a left-wing uprising took place in Bulgaria and the authorities labelled Karamihailova “unreliable” due to her anti-communist views. Most Indian academic institutions are still actively engaged in the hiring processes, and funding agencies have taken steps to mitigate the challenges thrown up by the pandemic, though in the long run things might slow down. STUDENT WORKS. Any decision will be final and binding and no further communication will be entered into in relation to it. 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