Research Videos

Short videos about science.

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Twisted light tells apart molecular twins

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-06-12

Researchers have developed a sensitive and scalable method, which uses twisted light to tell apart mirror image molecules, with promising applications in research and industry.

Physics View story

The case for resilient scientific databases

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-06-04

Large centralized databases are the backbone of research but are vulnerable to failure. A recent commentary suggests alternative models to build more resilient databases.

Biotechnology View story

Monsoon over the Sahara

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-05-08

Researchers are using inventive methods to understand what shapes climate. Reversing the Earth's spin reveals that hidden connections between energy and water vapour drive the monsoon.

Climate Change View story

The yin and yang of bacterial turbulence

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-03-26

How do swimming bacteria collectively generate flow that resembles turbulence? Researchers have discovered that beyond a critical level of activity, bacterial flows show hidden order within a sea of chaos.

Physics View story

When spring is on fire

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-03-23

Come spring, flame of the forest flowers set the landscape ablaze in and around IIT Hyderabad.

Backyard Biodiversity View story

The sky is rosy

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-02-10

Every winter, IITH welcomes international visitors of the feathery kind — flocks of rosy starlings migrating from Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Backyard Biodiversity View story

Gold-coated drug nanocapsules show promise for targeted cancer therapy

Bharti Dharapuram 2026-02-10

Researchers from IIT Hyderabad and CSIR-IICT have developed gold-coated nanoparticles capable of delivering multiple drugs for localised cancer treatment.

Bio-Medical Engineering View story