In 1986, under Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s leadership, the Indian government declared February 28 as National Science Day ...

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman is considered as one of best physicists ever produced by India. Born on November 7, 1888, in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirapalli, Raman is known for his work in the field of light ...

A proposal has been submitted to the Indian Prime Minister to declare December 10 as 'National Researcher Day' to honor ...

WHEN a transparent substance is illuminated, a small fraction of the light is always scattered at right angles to the direction of the beam without undergoing a change in frequency, a phenomenon which ...

Raman spectroscopy is a highly efficient technique used to identify chemicals. While the Raman Effect has been known for almost 100 years, recent developments have enabled Raman spectrometers to be ...

Using a diamond crystal measuring just a few millimeters across in a carefully designed cavity, they tested a deliberately "noisy" input beam with linewidth exceeding 10 MHz. Their Raman scattering ...

A group of residents of Ayyan Street in Thiruvanaikovil has requested State government to consider renaming the lane in honour of Nobel laureate and physicist Sir C.V. Raman as the house where he was ...