When Light Rewrites the Rules For more than a century, scientists have relied on a simple principle to understand how light interacts with matter: the thicker a material, the more light it absorbs. This relationship, known as the Beer–Lambert law, underpins technologies ranging from chemical ...

Work from Dr. Ismaiel's group from the Earth and Climate Science department published in the Journal of Earth System Science has been covered in the following media outlets: Research Matters, Times of India...

Published in the Journal of Cell Science, this work from Prof. Nagaraj Balasubramanian’s group from the Biology Department of IISER Pune identifies a previous unknown link between stiffness of the matrix surrounding cancer cells and the organisation and function of Golgi Apparatus, a key cellu...

Links to some of the news articles that have appeared in the media on this work: Hindustan Times, Phys.org,  Pudhari (PDF 1.6 MB), Free Press Journal In a paper published in the journal Small, a team of physicists from IISER Pune developed tiny electronic devices from a special semiconductor m...

Links to some of the news articles that have appeared in the media on this work: Hindustan Times, Indian Express,  Navrashtra, Navbharat, Pudhari, Times of India, Pune Pulse, Free Press Journal The research paper has appeared on the Cover Page of the Feb 10, 2026 issue and covered in a Comment...

A new study published in the British Ecological Society’s journal People and Nature brings together two otherwise disparate disciplines in an effort to conserve biodiversity. IISER Pune PhD student Digvijay Patil collaborated with ecologist Dr. Ashish Nerlekar to study the savanna grasslands o...

A collaborative work between scientists from institutions across India and abroad, including IISER Pune, and the University of Colorado-Boulder (USA), studied the sediment records of human-made lakes, referred to as talavs, to understand the effects of past climate extremes. Faculty member Dr. Sudip...

In a study published in the journal Science Advances, Dr. Nixon Abraham’s group from the Biology Department of IISER Pune showed in a mouse model that the nose can sense wind speed in addition to smells, and that chemical and mechanical inputs together constitute the olfactory (sense of smell)...

A book by Dr. Venketeswara R. Pai and co-authors on Bhaskaracharya's Siddhāntaśiromaṇi was released by the  Hon'ble Union Minister for External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar at the India International Centre, New Delhi, during a conference on Mathematical Practices in South Asia.  At the b...

A new industry-academia collaboration initiative, the Centre for Intelligent Solutions, was inaugurated  during the 2024 Industry Conclave event that took place on September 14, 2024. Since the event brought together professionals from the industry and IISER Pune faculty, postdocs, and students...

In a recent paper published in the journal ACS Omega, Prof. Sudha Rajamani’s group explored how life may have originated on early Earth by testing if a nucleotide analogue made of barbituric acid could be used to make RNA. What they found prompted them to propose that barbituric acid could hav...

The Governor of Maharashtra Shri Ramesh Bais released a book titled 'Gateways to the Sea: Historic Ports and Docks of Mumbai Region' at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai on June 22, 2024. The book has been published by the Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.  ...