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Mayank Shreshtha
@shreshthamayank.bsky.social
Scientific writer @ Cambridge | Science illustrator | I write about quiet corners of physics | Substack: https://substack.com/@appreciatingtheordinary

Portfolio: https://mayankshreshthai.myportfolio.com/

"Illustrating the unseen. Writing the overlooked."
Open for Commissions: Need scientifically accurate illustrations for complex physics & math concepts? I bring the rigour of a physicist to the eye of an illustrator.

📧 [email protected] 🔗 lnkd.in/eXUqGpJG

#ScienceCommunication #SciArt #Physics #Freelance
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
New @physicsworld.bsky.social illustration: what if quantum superposition applies to time and causality (cause and effect? Indefinite causal order asks whether A causes B, B causes A…or both at once. I made a simplified take for quantum switches.

#QuantumPhysics #Physics #SciArt #IYQ2025 #Quantum
September 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Modern life is very difficult these days, especially while walking with a hot drink (filled to the brim). Some of us tiptoe; some walk fast enough to prevent the spilling; others proceed carefully and slowly towards the ultimate destination.
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Electrons usually flow freely in metals and stall in insulators, but some “quantum materials” can flip between the two. The schematic was made for a preprint that visualises this transition.
#Science #Physics #MaterialsScience #ResearchHighlight #quantum #entanglement #SciArt
July 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
It was nice to stumble upon my @physicsworld.bsky.social PW's 'Cheshire cat' coverart in the office today :)

#sciart #physics #Quantum
July 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Recently, a few pictures made me happy:

1. My 'Quantum Cheshire Cat' illustration is on the June 2025 @physicsworld.bsky.social cover.

2. A century after Heisenberg’s Helgoland breakthrough, my work appears near that very spot in Quantum Briefing 2025. Source: Physics World [1/3]
June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Finally, a book that does justice to the hidden heroes of #quantum physics: Landau, Anderson, Wilson i.e., cond. mat. physics community. Symmetry breaking & renormalization, concepts which unite #physics. It includes key papers from many-body physics (see timeline). Looking forward to reading it!!
June 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New illustrations ALERT: @physicsworld.bsky.social article by @mariaviolaris.bsky.social
Had fun representing the #physics behind 'Quantum Eraser' from #quantum information POV- a challenging topic. New elements (photon hits) were introduced for visual clarity.

#IYQ2025 #SciArt

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May 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
These schematics depict oddest phenomena in the quantum world: (Quantum Eraser, with special thanks to @mariaviolaris.bsky.social for her invaluable feedback), Quantum Cheshire cat (Iulia Georgescu) and Quantum Zeno effect (@drmlharris.bsky.social ).

#Quantum #SciArt #Physics
May 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Five illustrations: 3 schematics + 2 frontispieces—exploring the quirkiest quantum effects, published in @physicsworld.bsky.social (Quantum Briefing 2025)! [@ioppublishing.bsky.social, @iopp-quantum.bsky.social]

physicsworld.com/p/magazine/a...

#Quantum #SciArt #IYQ2025
May 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Edit: The missing final slide:

#quantumphysics #quantum #sciart #physics
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I made a new illustration for an article in Physics World magazine.

It captures another weird and non-trivial effect from quantum physics — the #quantum Cheshire Cat.

Science dictates the design, and the images show brief summary and design choices.

#SciArt #Quantum #Physics #illustration
April 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reference: The physics of quantum 2.0: challenges in understanding quantum matter (Siddhartha Lal and Mayank Shreshtha)

Link: doi.org/10.1088/2399...

Arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00447

#phasediagram #criticality #QuantumTech #quantummatter
January 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Repost: I attempted to create a unique timeline highlighting historical breakthroughs in theoretical condensed matter that changed physics.

#history #IYQ #Quantum #condmat #physics #Quantum2025 #SciArt #historyofscience #renormalization #superconductivity

@ioppublishing.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Theoretically, it predicts a number related to electron's intrinsic property that matches up to 12 significant places with experiments—making it the most accurately verified theory in physics or human history.

Words by @stevenstrogatz.com capture the true essence of this feat: [2/5]

#Quantum #IYQ
January 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Tomorrow will mark the 100th b'day of Tom Kinoshita (1925-2023), who made quantum electrodynamics (QED), the most successful theory in the history, by pushing the limits of precision. QED describes what happens when light interacts with matter (atoms, electrons). [1/5]

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Theoretically, QED predicts a number related to nature innermost property that matches up to 12 significant places with experiments. Making it the most accurately verified theory in physics or human history.

Words by @stevenstrogatz.com do true justice to this feat

#Quantum #IYQ #QuantumYear2025
January 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Precision always comes at a price. Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relations (TURs) are the new universal relations that reveal this beautiful mechanism by nature. An excellent (old) review attached @naturephysics.bsky.social

#thermodynamics #physics

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#physics #IYQ2025 #quantum

Recent Sci-Art work now available on arXiv:

arxiv.org/abs/2501.00447
January 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A Sci-Art/history collab. with Dr. Siddhartha Lal (IISER Kolkata) : 'The physics of quantum 2.0: challenges in understanding quantum matter'. Physicists may enjoy the timeline of historical papers in physics.
#physics #quantum #sciart #science #history

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
December 22, 2024 at 10:09 AM