Physics Department - Jamia Millia Islamia

Beautiful view 💐

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/jamia-team-develops-ultrasensitive-quantum-thermometer/article26966629.ece

Jamia team develops ultrasensitive quantum thermometer The thermometer can measure micro Kelvin changes in temperature and has quick response time

Born on this day in 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Samuel Morse was an inventor who developed an electric telegraph and what's come to be known as Morse code. While studying at Yale, Morse became interested in electricity, but for the time being that took a backseat to his love of painting. He studied art in England and painted portraits of prominent figures such as the Marquis de Lafayette. In 1832, on a transatlantic ship voyage, Morse's interest in electricity was rekindled when he heard about the development of electromagnets. Soon after Morse came up with the design for an electric telegraph. He wasn't the first to come up with the device, but unlike previous iterations his prototype required only a single wire to transmit messages. In 1838 Morse and Alfred Vail devised the language of dots and dashes we now know as Morse code. Aided by the development of relays and financial support from Congress, Morse established the first US telegraph line in 1844, between Baltimore and Washington DC. His first message across the line: "What hath God wrought!"

Stephen Hawking was an outstanding scientist and a pop-culture icon. Read a brief history of his life and contributions to physics here:

A brief history of Stephen Hawking: A legacy of paradox He was an icon for many reasons, but as we remember Stephen Hawking, his remarkable contribution to science is undoubtedly his greatest legacy

A public panel on Women in Science in Nepal, held at the 2018 ICTP Physics Without Frontiers Winter School, sparked a lively discussion: read more on the ICTP blog:

Nepali Perspectives: Opening Science to Women by Vikram Upadhyay I was lucky enough to be involved in ICTP’s Physics Without Frontiers (PWF) 5-day winter school program on particle physics this past January hosted at Tribhuvan University, Nepa…

Today is the birthday of John Trump, the uncle of President Donald Trump. John was born in 1907 in New York City. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1929. In 1931 he received a master’s degree in physics from Columbia University and in 1933 a doctorate in electrical engineering from MIT, where he worked under physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff. During the 1930s Trump built an enduring partnership with Van de Graaff developing high-voltage electrostatic generators. Trump helped design radars for the US military during World War II and investigated Nikola Tesla after Tesla's death. Here is how Trump was described in his 1985 obituary in Physics Today: “He was remarkably even-tempered, with kindness and consideration to all, never threatening or arrogant in manner, even when under high stress. He was outwardly and in appearance the mildest of men, with a convincing persuasiveness, carefully marshalling all his facts.”

On this day in 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a US patent for frequency hopping. The technology enabled radio-controlled torpedoes to evade enemy jamming by changing frequency in a preset but seemingly random manner. Although the technology was not used in World War II, the US Navy adopted it in the 1960s. And its underlying concept was used in the 1990s for WiFi communication. She is listed on the patent as Hedy Kiesler Markey, her married name at the time.