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Researchers observed quantum heat waves at room temperature for the first time, showing that heat can travel in focused,...
07/09/2026

Researchers observed quantum heat waves at room temperature for the first time, showing that heat can travel in focused, ray-like paths instead of spreading uniformly. The discovery overturns long-held assumptions about heat transport in solids.

The breakthrough could improve thermal management in advanced electronics, AI hardware, and quantum devices by enabling precise control of heat flow at the nanoscale

Content by:Anuththara Illankoon
Edited by:Meshan Nawod
Source:https://phys.org/news/2026-07-quantum-room-temperature.html

Researchers captured the first direct evidence of a Floquet topological phase, a quantum state created by periodic drivi...
04/09/2026

Researchers captured the first direct evidence of a Floquet topological phase, a quantum state created by periodic driving rather than static material properties. The experiment confirms long-standing theoretical predictions about nonequilibrium quantum matter.

The breakthrough advances the study of exotic quantum phases and could enable more robust quantum devices and future quantum computing technologies.

Content by:Anuththara Illankoon
Edited by:Meshan Nawod
Source:https://phys.org/news/2026-07-physicists-capture-evidence-floquet-topological.html

Celebrating Research Excellence! ๐ŸŽ‰Warmest congratulations to ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐“. ๐Œ. ๐–. ๐‰. ๐๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐š from the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, F...
29/08/2026

Celebrating Research Excellence! ๐ŸŽ‰

Warmest congratulations to ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐“. ๐Œ. ๐–. ๐‰. ๐๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐š from the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, on receiving the prestigious ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ (๐”๐‘๐‚) ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ at ๐ข๐๐”๐‘๐’๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฒ๐š/ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐’๐๐’) ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ is proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition and wishes ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐“. ๐Œ. ๐–. ๐‰. ๐๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐š continued success and many more accomplishments in research and academia. ๐Ÿ”ฌโœจ

Celebrating Research Excellence! ๐ŸŽ‰Warmest congratulations to ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐š๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š from the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, Fac...
29/08/2026

Celebrating Research Excellence! ๐ŸŽ‰

Warmest congratulations to ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐š๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š from the ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, on receiving the ๐๐Ÿ (๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“%) ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐๐”๐‘๐’๐„ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฒ๐š/ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐’๐๐’) ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ proudly joins in celebrating this remarkable achievement and extends its sincere congratulations to ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‹๐š๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š. May this recognition inspire many more outstanding contributions to research and academia. ๐ŸŽ“โœจ

Researchers found new evidence that oxygen-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider can produce an extreme state of m...
28/08/2026

Researchers found new evidence that oxygen-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider can produce an extreme state of matter previously associated with heavier ions. The results challenge current models of high-energy nuclear collisions.

The discovery provides fresh insight into quarkโ€“gluon plasma formation and the behavior of matter under the universe's most extreme conditions.

Content by:Anuththara Illankoon
Edited by:Meshan Nawod

Source:https://phys.org/news/2026-07-oxygen-collisions-lhc-indications-extreme.html

๐Ÿ… ๐๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐›๐ž, ๐Š๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ง & ๐†๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌRecipients of the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก Nobel Prize in Physics๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข...
26/08/2026

๐Ÿ… ๐๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐›๐ž, ๐Š๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ง & ๐†๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ
Recipients of the ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก Nobel Prize in Physics

๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐กโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž, ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ.

Impact:
* Improved our understanding of how human activities influence Earthโ€™s climate and enabled more reliable climate predictions.
* Established the scientific foundation for modern climate models used in climate research and policymaking.
* Advanced the understanding of complex physical systems, with applications ranging from condensed matter physics to biology and other interdisciplinary fields.

Learn more:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2021

Content: Shehara Suraweera
Edited by: Vibhashini Shavindya

25/08/2026
๐Ÿ… ๐๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก Recipient of the ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก Nobel Prize in Physics๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข...
20/08/2026

๐Ÿ… ๐๐จ๐›๐ž๐ฅ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’

๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐‘๐š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก Recipient of the ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก Nobel Prize in Physics

๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ.

Impact:
* Led to the discovery of a new noble gas in Earthโ€™s atmosphere
* Improved accuracy in measuring atomic weights and gas properties
* Advanced the development of atomic theory and modern chemistry

Learn more:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1904

Content: Shehara Suraweera
Edited by: Vibhashini Shavindya

Researchers discovered that a magnetic octupole can capture and control a magnetic domain wall, revealing a new way to m...
14/08/2026

Researchers discovered that a magnetic octupole can capture and control a magnetic domain wall, revealing a new way to manipulate magnetic states at the nanoscale. The finding uncovers previously unknown magnetic behavior.

The breakthrough could enable more stable, energy-efficient spintronic devices and advanced magnetic memory technologies for future computing.

Content by:Anuththara Illankoon
Edited by:Meshan Nawod
Source:https://phys.org/news/2026-07-magnetic-octupole-captures-domain-wall.html

The Guest Talk on ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก: ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ held on ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ...
09/08/2026

The Guest Talk on ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก: ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ held on ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” brought together students and academics for an insightful discussion on the evolving landscape of AI research, global collaborations, and opportunities for higher studies and research.

Organized by the ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐’๐๐’) ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ in collaboration with the ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐€๐ˆ๐…๐’), the session provided valuable perspectives from ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ. ๐”๐๐š๐ฒ๐š ๐Š๐š๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐š , inspiring participants to explore the frontiers of artificial intelligence and international research.

We extend our sincere appreciation to our distinguished speaker, all attendees, organizers, volunteers, and everyone who contributed to the success of this event.

Explore the full album and relive the memorable moments from this inspiring session. โœจ

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