Research in news
April 2022
Keep masks on even if it’s optional, say Covid task force members
March 2022
Airborne vs fomite transmission of COVID-19:
Omicorn outbreak in China was caused by a contaminated letter
Effective hydrophobic faceshield:
Better face shields, better protection: hydrophobic coating helps mitigate COVID-19 exposure
IIT-B's hydrophobic coating for face shields helps limit COVID spread (also at daijiworld.com)
Jan 2022
Evaporation of a capillary bridge with colloidal particles:
September/October 2021
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) on coronavirus exposure in outdoors, has been selected for AIP press release and covered by international and national media.
All news sources are here.
AIP press release Phys.org Tribune Economic Times
Stories related to research on bouncing droplets:
IRCC, IIT Bombay, Techmezine, DailyAdvent
Why do raindrops bounce of leaves?
Azom, Today Headline, Technology Org, Tech Mezine, Fuentitech, Textile World, Nanowerk and Science Daily News
Techmezine facebook post, Livingworldnews
August 2021
One of the videos recorded in our lab has been selected as honorable mention (top 25) in Nikon 2021 Small world in motion competition
A millimeter size droplet impacts on a flexible beam in this video. Red counter on the top shows time elapsed in milliseconds.
Coverage at PRnewswire
August 2021
Hindustan Times - Why indoor dining carries a high risk of Covid-19 spread?.
Hindustan Times - Covid-19: Why is double masking important now more than ever?
May 2021
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been selected for AIP press release and covered by media.
Hindustan Times News Medical TechBriefs Timesnownews
Tweeted by Ministry of Education
March 2021
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been selected as featured article and and mentioned in the following media releases.
All India Radio: English (From 5.40 min ) Hindi (From 7.26 min ) Marathi (From 4.48 Minutes)
English story link Marathi story link Hindi story link
Feb 2021
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been selected for AIP press release and covered by media.
The Telegraph Hindustan Times LiveMint
Jan 2021
December 2020:
November 2020:
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been selected for AIP press release and covered by media.
AIP press release Phys.org Dailymail Mirror UK Mid-day Sciencedaily NHRI
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November 2020:
Freepress journal on effect of air pollution on COVID-19 spread.
IRCC Award for research publication
October / November 2020:
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been selected for AIP press release and covered by media.
AIP press release Phys.org Times of India The Hindu Republic world Albawaba Zenger Navbharat Times USnews Dailymail
Hindustan times Bangalore Mirror Pledge times Hindustan times
All other news sources are here.
Panel discussion on Rajya Sabha TV
Times of India story on effect of air pollution on COVID-19 spread.
August 2020:
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been selected for AIP press release and covered by media.
Summary by Phys.org is here.
Times of India story English Jagran All other news sources are here.
Scishow video which covered this article.
July 2020
Research on taro leaves covered by science news websites
How Do Taro Leaves Repel Water? (Also at ResearchMatters)
Beyond Lotus effect: Taro leaf provides clues to design large hysteresis superhydrophobic surfaces (Science X)
June 2020
An Article in Physics of Fluids (letters) has been covered by global media outlets, including New York Times/Reuters, USA News, Times of India, NDTV, Dailymail, Business Insider Khabar NDTV Xinhua
AIP press release Phys.org . All the news sources are here.
Times of India published this news on their front page on June 11, 2020. News 24 Hindi news channel ran a prime time show on June 10 with an interview. Several other Indian news channels such as Aaj Tak, Republic TV, India Today etc have also covered this news. Popular YouTube Science channel SciShow also covered this article.
February 2020
Research on Colloidal deposits covered by ResearchMatters
Decoding dried stains Article at IITB website
