Taking inputs from Vedic sciences, Hankey tries to resolve problems in theoretical physics like the nature of the Hawking-Penrose singularity, "holistic" processes in physics and biology, the interpretation of quantum theory, the origins of thermodynamics, the implications of dispersion relations and analyticity. He has developed a new complexity-based theory of cognition, and a Vedic approach to understanding quantum theory with new extensions of that theory.[13] Due to his diverse research interests, he has been a guest speaker at many international and national conferences,[14] and has been featured in the news[15] several times for promoting traditional knowledge, introducing preventative health programsindeveloped societies, etc.,
Hankey lives in Bangalore, India, where he guides PhD research on yoga, meditation, the mind-body connection, and electronic measurement of holistic aspects of organism function.
His primary student, Dr. Ameya Krishna B, is a scientist in Nanotechnology at the MESA+ Institute of Nanotechnology in Enschede, the Netherlands, and is the co-founder of Indus Healthcare in Bangalore, India. They together represented India at the Houses of Commons in the British Parliament in June 2019 and spoke about indigenous medical sciences, integrative medicine, and Yoga. They argued that natural systems of medicine and minimal use of chemical intervention could be a sustainable means to healthier populations, reducing the burden on National Health Systems.
^Chang, T. S.; Hankey, Alex; Stanley, H. Eugene (1973-07-01). "Generalized Scaling Hypothesis in Multicomponent Systems. I. Classification of Critical Points by Order and Scaling at Tricritical Points". Physical Review B. 8 (1). American Physical Society (APS): 346–364. Bibcode:1973PhRvB...8..346C. doi:10.1103/physrevb.8.346. ISSN0556-2805.
^H. E. Stanley, A. Hankey, and M. H. Lee, "Scaling, Transformation Methods and Universality," in Critical Phenomena: Proceedings of the 1970 Varenna Summer School, edited by M. S. Green (Academic Press, New York, 1971), pp. 237–264.
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^"About us". Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. Jaim.in. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
^"WYC Speaker". Biharyofa.net. Retrieved 16 December 2014.