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Particle and nuclear

Particle and nuclear

The crossroads in particle physics, supercomputing and what Brexit means for physics-based industry

04 Apr 2019 James Dacey

In the latest episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, Nobel laureate David Gross tells Hamish Johnston why particle physics is faces a significant crossroads. Matin Durrani introduces the April 2019 issue of Physics World magazine, which features “green supercomputers”, a route to developing drugs more quickly, and what Brexit means for UK science and industry.

As always, we’ll also bring you a roundup of some of the other research highlights making the headlines this week. That includes Rydberg atoms, an improvement to PET scans, and a proposal that could help protect wildlife in Artic and boreal regions. If you enjoy what you hear you can subscribe via Apple podcasts, or your chosen podcast app.

 

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