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Biomedical optics play crucial roles across medicine
Medical physicist, inventor and entrepreneur Brian Pogue is our podcast guest
Read article: Biomedical optics play crucial roles across medicine
Exploring the astrophysics behind Project Hail Mary
Author Andy Weir and astrophysicist Becky Smethurst unpack the physics in the new Hollywood space epic
Read article: Exploring the astrophysics behind Project Hail Mary
How IOP Publishing cut its carbon footprint by 36% since 2020
The company’s sustainability lead Liz Martin is our podcast guest
Read article: How IOP Publishing cut its carbon footprint by 36% since 2020
From the classroom to the committee room: Dave Robertson MP on politics and physics
British politician talks about the importance of physicists and physics education
Read article: From the classroom to the committee room: Dave Robertson MP on politics and physics
Droplet scientists push the boundary between living and non-living matter
Systems governed by chemistry and physics, not biology, can behave in surprisingly lifelike ways, as Giorgio Volpe, Rob Malinowski and Joe Forth explain
Read article: Droplet scientists push the boundary between living and non-living matter
Ultrasound system solves the ‘unsticking problem’ in biomedical research
Impulsonics’ “surround sound” technology frees-up living cells
Read article: Ultrasound system solves the ‘unsticking problem’ in biomedical research
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