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The Nambi Conspiracy – How Politicians and Vested Interests denied India its Cryogenic Engine
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The Nambi Conspiracy – How Politicians and Vested Interests denied India its Cryogenic Engine

“I would like to emphasize that security can be endangered not only from outside but also from within. That is why we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and the society” - Dr Vikram Sarabhai  These ominous words of the father of the Indian space program Vikram Sarabhai came true on 30th Nov 1994. It was on this day Indian space ambition suffered one of its massive setbacks when Nambi Narayanan, the top scientist in the field of cryogenic engine technology which would have enabled India to launch heavier satellites into orbit, was falsely implicated. The sad irony was Narayanan and his team were very close to perfecting the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that could hoist payloads to the geosynchronous ...
Mohali’s IISER develops the coldest refrigerator using cryogenic technology, a great leap for Quantum computing
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Mohali’s IISER develops the coldest refrigerator using cryogenic technology, a great leap for Quantum computing

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, have used cryogenic technology to achieve a low temperature of 10 milliKelvin or -272.99 degrees Celsius, slightly toasty than the extremely cold world of space where the temperature is as low as 2 milliKelvin (-273.148 degrees Celsius). The temperature achieved by the institute is almost 27,000 times lower than that of a home refrigerator and only 0.01 degrees more than the minimum possible temperature that the laws of physics allow. Technically the cryogenic device which is in the spotlight is called a dilution refrigerator. The device showcases a technological advancement for India’s indigenisation. Dilution Refrigerator: The Technology in Spotlight In quantum computing, dilution refriger...