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I am the features editor of Physics World. I pick out the most compelling and topical research across the physical sciences, working with academics and journalists to perfect our long-form articles. I graduated with a BSc in physics from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India, before completing a Master’s in science journalism at City University, London. I joined the Physics World team as a news reporter in 2011, and spent the next five years writing about everything from the oriental hornet to antimatter, though I particularly enjoy writing about cosmology and quantum mechanics. I became reviews and careers editor in 2016 (getting to read for a living is a wonderful thing), before taking on the features role in spring 2021. Outside work, my favourite pastimes include travelling, photography, science fiction and fantasy in all its forms, and spending a ridiculous amount of time on the Internet.
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Evidence found for a ninth giant planet in the Kuiper belt
Energetic photons from compact sources offer insights into the evolution of the early universe
Read article: ‘Green-pea’ galaxies may have kick-started universal reionization
Astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope are aiming their global network of telescopes towards the black hole at the centre of our galaxy
Read article: Portrait of a black hole
Delving into the scientific and cultural consequences of general relativity at the Einstein’s Legacy conference
Event Horizon Telescope clearly resolves dynamical features at the event horizon
Read article: Magnetic fields near the Milky Way’s black hole seen for the first time
Interesting fluid dynamics at play, not to mention the marshmallows...
Celebrating the centenary of the general theory of relativity
In addition to quantum-computing applications, the system could be used as an in vivo biological sensor
Read article: Physicists entangle qubits in a semiconductor at room temperature
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