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Research Highlights

Ancient neem plant extract may have therapeutic potential in Fighting with m-Coronavirus

Azadirachta indica A. Juss ameliorates m-CoV, Mouse Hepatitis virus-induced neuroinflammatory demyelination by modulating cell-to-cell fusion in an experimental model of Multiple Sclerosis’, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, April 2020 doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00116.

Recent study of earthquake wave propagation and its decay across eastern India

Recent study of earthquake wave propagation and its decay across eastern India, Himalaya and southern Tibet, reveal (a) strong frequency dependence and (b) lateral variations dependent on the heterogeneity in the underlying crustal structure.

Quantum mechanical virial-like theorem for confined quantum systems.

Mukherjee, Neetik; Roy, Amlan K. 2019. “Quantum mechanical virial-like theorem for confined quantum systems.” Phys. Rev. A, 99, 022123-11.

The First-order Mott Transition in V2O3 has Traits of Second Order Transitions

This work shows that the strongly hysteretic first-order phase transition in V2O3, and possibly other similar materials with long-ranged interactions, can have features usually associated with second-order transitions

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Selected Publications of Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics for Year 2019-20

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Prof. Sourav Pal IISER-K today has a vibrant campus with strong faculty members of repute and supportive non-teaching staff members. The students pursuing various degrees are among the best in the country and have established a commendable culture.

The Institute has a flexible academic programme and hosts state-of-the-art research facilities. Currently, it has five academic departments (Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physical Sciences) and several centres of excellence.

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