The quirkiest stories from the world of physics in 2025
Michael Banks picks his favourite articles this year from the world of everyday physics
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Michael Banks picks his favourite articles this year from the world of everyday physics
Read article: The quirkiest stories from the world of physics in 2025
Some 14 firms have won IOP business awards in 2025, bringing total tally to 102
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The Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center is designed to act as a collaborative space for scientists and engineers
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Study finds 96% of images from planned telescopes could be compromised
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Noda made breakthroughs in the development of the Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser
Read article: Semiconductor laser pioneer Susumu Noda wins 2026 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics
The piece is based on the research of theoretical physicist Michael Berry
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The observatory has also released its first results on the so-called solar neutrino tension
Read article: Scientists in China celebrate the completion of the underground JUNO neutrino observatory
The editors-in-chief of IOP Publishing’s machine learning series share their views
Read article: Physicists discuss the future of machine learning and artificial intelligence
Fears that the craft has been struck by a small piece of debris
Read article: China’s Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft return delayed by space debris impact
For Halloween, a couple of spooky stories from the world of physics
Read article: Spooky physics: from glowing green bats to vibrating spider webs