Nandha
@ionhandshaker.bsky.social
Research Fellow. Interests: Quantum Sensing, Magnetometry, Computational Electromagnetics, AMO Physics, Low Field MRI, Inverse Problems. Enjoys literature, art, museums and classical music. Likes caffeine and coffee shops. Plays chess online.
Looks like I will have dementia at somepoint for sure.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
A meta-analysis of loneliness and risk of dementia using longitudinal data from >600,000 individuals - Nature Mental Health
Using data from large longitudinal observational studies, the authors conducted a meta-analysis to investigate the association between loneliness and dementia.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Looks like I will have dementia at somepoint for sure.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Miscalculations! :(
October 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Miscalculations! :(
I keep pushing too hard in middle games and keep losing positions I have.
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I keep pushing too hard in middle games and keep losing positions I have.
Losing endgames now!
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Losing endgames now!
Why do I keep losing midgames?
October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Why do I keep losing midgames?
Why does academia even take Letters of Recommendation/ Referees so seriously? Why still use them? :(
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Why does academia even take Letters of Recommendation/ Referees so seriously? Why still use them? :(
RIP Dr. Goodall, the second of Leakey's Angels. That hug from the chimp is a poetic, literary moment.
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
October 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
RIP Dr. Goodall, the second of Leakey's Angels. That hug from the chimp is a poetic, literary moment.
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
youtu.be/ClOMa_GufsA?...
I ditched LinkedIn completely after 2017 and haven't updated it in ages because I thought Twitter was the place to be for academia, but I guess most of the academic scientists are much more active now on LinkedIn than Twitter/ Bluesky. Finding it immensely difficult to adapt to LinkedIn now.
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I ditched LinkedIn completely after 2017 and haven't updated it in ages because I thought Twitter was the place to be for academia, but I guess most of the academic scientists are much more active now on LinkedIn than Twitter/ Bluesky. Finding it immensely difficult to adapt to LinkedIn now.
I like this one. Could be really helpful in designing parts for an experiment. Hopefully, photographs to CAD models that can be printed soon.
gencad.github.io
gencad.github.io
GenCAD
GenCAD
gencad.github.io
July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I like this one. Could be really helpful in designing parts for an experiment. Hopefully, photographs to CAD models that can be printed soon.
gencad.github.io
gencad.github.io
Always happy that I share my birthday with her! :)
#OTD in 1906, the pioneering physicist Maria Goeppert-Mayer was born.
She entered history as the nuclear shell model theorist &
as the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, after Marie Curie.
M. G. Mayer and J. H. D. Jensen shared one half of the Nobel Prize
⚛️ 🧪 #WomenInStem #HistSci
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She entered history as the nuclear shell model theorist &
as the 2nd woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, after Marie Curie.
M. G. Mayer and J. H. D. Jensen shared one half of the Nobel Prize
⚛️ 🧪 #WomenInStem #HistSci
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June 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Always happy that I share my birthday with her! :)
Just had an interviewer tell me that what I am doing cannot be considered quantum sensing! :)
January 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just had an interviewer tell me that what I am doing cannot be considered quantum sensing! :)
Been trying out some prompts on LLM models from my PhD thesis. I don't expect AI/ LLMs to ever replace a PhD student completely, but it certainly does make some tasks easier. I was mostly asking it to write code for numerical simulations, it performed well for known tasks, but as I started
January 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Been trying out some prompts on LLM models from my PhD thesis. I don't expect AI/ LLMs to ever replace a PhD student completely, but it certainly does make some tasks easier. I was mostly asking it to write code for numerical simulations, it performed well for known tasks, but as I started
If you thought it was difficult to talk to your family about your research, try explaining what a "postdoc" is.
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
If you thought it was difficult to talk to your family about your research, try explaining what a "postdoc" is.
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Don’t go looking for people on dating apps. Your soulmate is waiting for you in graduate school. You need to get a PhD.
December 29, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Don’t go looking for people on dating apps. Your soulmate is waiting for you in graduate school. You need to get a PhD.
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HISTORY OF PHYSICS
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and his love for music.
Although he didn't study them exhaustively, Raman discovered that the rich tonal quality of the tambura and veena (shown below) was due to the peculiarity of the bridge.
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and his love for music.
Although he didn't study them exhaustively, Raman discovered that the rich tonal quality of the tambura and veena (shown below) was due to the peculiarity of the bridge.
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December 27, 2024 at 3:01 PM
HISTORY OF PHYSICS
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and his love for music.
Although he didn't study them exhaustively, Raman discovered that the rich tonal quality of the tambura and veena (shown below) was due to the peculiarity of the bridge.
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Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and his love for music.
Although he didn't study them exhaustively, Raman discovered that the rich tonal quality of the tambura and veena (shown below) was due to the peculiarity of the bridge.
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🍇 🧪 Turning grapes into quantum sensing aids instead of wine this holiday - at least EQUS researchers are!
They have discovered that ordinary supermarket grapes could help improve quantum sensors, potentially making quantum technology smaller and more affordable.
More info here 👇🏻
They have discovered that ordinary supermarket grapes could help improve quantum sensors, potentially making quantum technology smaller and more affordable.
More info here 👇🏻
Grapes of math: Quantum breakthrough bears fruit
Macquarie University physicists have transformed a viral microwave trick into serious science, showing how ordinary grapes could make quantum sensors more powerful. The discovery could lead to smaller...
www.eurekalert.org
December 24, 2024 at 3:29 AM
🍇 🧪 Turning grapes into quantum sensing aids instead of wine this holiday - at least EQUS researchers are!
They have discovered that ordinary supermarket grapes could help improve quantum sensors, potentially making quantum technology smaller and more affordable.
More info here 👇🏻
They have discovered that ordinary supermarket grapes could help improve quantum sensors, potentially making quantum technology smaller and more affordable.
More info here 👇🏻
Enid Blyton's descriptions of food like jam tarts and scones made them sound magical to me. But later when I actually tasted, found them extremely ordinary.
the all time winner here, for every child who grew up on the Chronicles of Narnia, is Turkish Delight
which is absolutely nothing like the sugary taste explosion you imagine when you hear that Edmund was willing to sell out his entire family for it
which is absolutely nothing like the sugary taste explosion you imagine when you hear that Edmund was willing to sell out his entire family for it
Was there any representation of food, cartoon or otherwise that, in reality, tasted way different than you thought it would? For me, I think it was honey…
December 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Enid Blyton's descriptions of food like jam tarts and scones made them sound magical to me. But later when I actually tasted, found them extremely ordinary.
The more I read Road To Reality, the more I realize it's the kind of book that I wish to write one day.
December 13, 2024 at 11:27 PM
The more I read Road To Reality, the more I realize it's the kind of book that I wish to write one day.
Defended today. All through the course of my undergrad, Master's and years of RAship, my bio on internet platforms used to be "aspiring physicist". Still unsure if I can consider myself a physicist now.
December 13, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Defended today. All through the course of my undergrad, Master's and years of RAship, my bio on internet platforms used to be "aspiring physicist". Still unsure if I can consider myself a physicist now.
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This is my favourite workday of the year (better even than Nobel Prize in Physics announcement day!), because it's the day when my colleagues and I @physicsworld.bsky.social announce our selection of the year's most important advances in physics. 🧪⚛️🔭 #quantum
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December 12, 2024 at 3:20 PM
This is my favourite workday of the year (better even than Nobel Prize in Physics announcement day!), because it's the day when my colleagues and I @physicsworld.bsky.social announce our selection of the year's most important advances in physics. 🧪⚛️🔭 #quantum
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It's that time for recommending Books of the Year. I seemed to spend a heck of a lot of my time reviewing this year, so I have quite a few to choose from. In no particular order...
December 11, 2024 at 12:36 PM
It's that time for recommending Books of the Year. I seemed to spend a heck of a lot of my time reviewing this year, so I have quite a few to choose from. In no particular order...
There's one theory that says the Nordic/ Scandinavian model is effective and works only because the Nordic countries are extremely homogeneous.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 11, 2024 at 12:43 AM
There's one theory that says the Nordic/ Scandinavian model is effective and works only because the Nordic countries are extremely homogeneous.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I have taken a ride in a hospital MRI machine a few times. One leaves all metal objects outside the MRI room. One fills out a lengthy questionnaire.
e.g. Any surgical implants?
Any body piercings?
Any pins, rods, screws, nails, plates, wires?
But there's a question they don't ask.
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e.g. Any surgical implants?
Any body piercings?
Any pins, rods, screws, nails, plates, wires?
But there's a question they don't ask.
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December 10, 2024 at 5:58 AM
I have taken a ride in a hospital MRI machine a few times. One leaves all metal objects outside the MRI room. One fills out a lengthy questionnaire.
e.g. Any surgical implants?
Any body piercings?
Any pins, rods, screws, nails, plates, wires?
But there's a question they don't ask.
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e.g. Any surgical implants?
Any body piercings?
Any pins, rods, screws, nails, plates, wires?
But there's a question they don't ask.
1/n
Can we expect a Crime And Punishment in Arabic?
These four men were going to be executed today by the Assad regime. “Our executions were going to be half an hour ago.”
December 8, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Can we expect a Crime And Punishment in Arabic?
What a game!
Gukesh takes the lead! Ding with a huge blunder on move 28 of Game 11 of the World Championship, resigning immediately after Gukesh's next move! 😮 6-5 with only 3 games to play! https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-championship-2024/game-11/z3yejSAa
December 8, 2024 at 3:49 PM
What a game!