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Learn about the physics behind mosquito bats, electric currents, and sparks in a concise and informative manner.

Kalaburagi judge emphasizes the importance of social responsibility and preserving Karnataka's rich heritage during IIT Kanpur students' visit.

Geologists from Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, led by Prof. Rajiv Sinha from IIT Kanpur, studied sedimentary cores from Karnali, Ganga, and Kosi rivers to reconstruct floods in Miocene era. The team found evidence of an extreme monsoon event and hyperconcentrated flows 11,000 years ago in the Kosi river, which can…

IIT Kanpur assistant professor Adhip Agarwala explains the physics of friction, its effects on various aspects of daily life in India, and how it can be reduced or eliminated.

The iron press has a heavy metal base and heats up, rearranging the long molecules of the fabric into neat, straight patterns. Heat provides energy to the molecules, allowing their atoms to vibrate and shift position. With pressure, the fabric is straightened and cools, leaving it wrinkle-free.

A teacher at IIT Kanpur explains how a gas stove lighter works and what the piezoelectric effect is.

The Hindu explains the takeaways from this year’s NIRF rankings, the methodology used to rank Indian universities, colleges and other higher education institutes, and why it faces criticism from some quarters

The electrons in metallic objects have an effective temperature of tens of thousands of degrees celsius because of the Fermi energy, a concept that illustrates how much quantum physics controls the properties of everyday objects in our homes.

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