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Physicist Norbert Holtkamp takes over as head of Fermilab
Holtkamp will oversee the completion of the $1.5bn Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility-Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Can entrepreneurship be taught? An engineer’s viewpoint
Honor Powrie wonders what skills she’d need to be an entrepreneur
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Ask me anything: Andrew Lamb – ‘Being flexible and curious matters far more than having everything mapped out from the beginning’
Andrew Lamb is the co-founder of Delta.g – a quantum gravity sensor company
Ramy Shelbaya: the physicist and CEO capitalizing on quantum randomness
Ramy Shelbaya from Quantum Dice talks about using quantum mechanics to generate random numbers
Ask me anything: Jason Palmer – ‘Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes is a skill I employ every day’
Jason Palmer talks about how a career in journalism offers a variety of opportunities, but you have to be okay with not being the expert in the room
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Education and outreach
International Quantum Year competition for science journalists begins
Physics World and Physics Magazine launch a quantum competition for delegates at the 2025 World Conference of Science Journalists
Read article: International Quantum Year competition for science journalists begins
Master’s programme takes microelectronics in new directions
Combining a solid foundation in current production technologies with the chance to explore emerging materials and structures, the course prepares students for diverse careers in microelectronics.
Read article: Master’s programme takes microelectronics in new directions
How to solve the ‘future of physics’ problem
Neil Downie believes that students need more support to devise, build and test their own projects
Read article: How to solve the ‘future of physics’ problem
How the slowest experiment in the world became a fast success
Stefan Hutzler and Louise Bradley explain how they turned the famous pitch-drop experiment into an outreach activity
Read article: How the slowest experiment in the world became a fast success
Quarter of UK physics departments face closure, finds IOP report
Survey of the heads of UK physics department finds most are expecting to drop courses
Read article: Quarter of UK physics departments face closure, finds IOP report
Errors in A-level physics papers could jeopardize student university admissions, Institute of Physics warns
Concerns over physics students starting university expressed in letter from the IOP
Read article: Errors in A-level physics papers could jeopardize student university admissions, Institute of Physics warns
Diversity and inclusion
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Francis Crick: a life of twists and turns
Andrew Robinson reviews Crick: a Mind in Motion – from DNA to the Brain by Matthew Cobb
Read article: Francis Crick: a life of twists and turns
Winning the popularity contest: the 10 most-read physics stories of 2025
Here's a second chance to catch up with the most popular stories Physics World published in 2025
Read article: Winning the popularity contest: the 10 most-read physics stories of 2025
Semiconductor laser pioneer Susumu Noda wins 2026 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics
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
Tim Berners-Lee: why the inventor of the Web is ‘optimistic, idealistic and perhaps a little naïve’
Tara Shears reviews This is for Everyone: the Captivating Memoir from the Inventor of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee
Read article: Tim Berners-Lee: why the inventor of the Web is ‘optimistic, idealistic and perhaps a little naïve’
Illuminating quantum worlds: a Diwali conversation with Rupamanjari Ghosh
The 2025 Homi Bhabha lecturer Rupamanjari Ghosh is a leading expert in quantum optics and a transformative figure in higher education and science policy in India
Read article: Illuminating quantum worlds: a Diwali conversation with Rupamanjari Ghosh
Influential theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Chen-Ning Yang dies aged 103
Yang is famed for his work on parity violation
Read article: Influential theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Chen-Ning Yang dies aged 103
Theoretical physicist Michael Berry wins 2025 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Berry recognized for his contributions in mathematics and theoretical physics over a 60-year career
Read article: Theoretical physicist Michael Berry wins 2025 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio honoured for their work on quantum tunnelling in superconducting circuits
Read article: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win the 2025 Nobel Prize for Physics
The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed
Matin Durrani counts down the five most signifiicant physics Nobels since 2000
Read article: The top five physics Nobel prizes of the 21st century revealed
Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how a Swedish inventor was honoured for a technology that nearly killed him
Gustaf Dalén is nowhere near as famous as his contemporaries, but does that make him undeserving of the prize? Margaret Harris investigates
Read article: Nobel prizes you’ve never heard of: how a Swedish inventor was honoured for a technology that nearly killed him
Ask me anything: Scott Bolton – ‘It’s exciting to be part of a team that’s seeing how nature works for the first time’
Planetary scientist Scott Bolton describes his working life at the helm of NASA’s Jupiter-exploring Juno mission
Read article: Ask me anything: Scott Bolton – ‘It’s exciting to be part of a team that’s seeing how nature works for the first time’
Training for the stars: Rosemary Coogan on becoming an astronaut
Inside the training, science and imagination that inspire ESA’s new generation of astronauts
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From ‘rewarding and exciting’ to ‘challenging and overwhelming’: what it means to have a career in intelligence and cyber security
Curiosity, problem-solving and resilience are the key qualities for a career in intelligence
Read article: From ‘rewarding and exciting’ to ‘challenging and overwhelming’: what it means to have a career in intelligence and cyber security
From a laser lab to the Economist: physicist Jason Palmer on his move to journalism
This podcast explores a career in science writing and broadcasting
Read article: From a laser lab to the Economist: physicist Jason Palmer on his move to journalism
Rainer Weiss: US gravitational-wave pioneer dies aged 92
Weiss was instrumental in the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015
Read article: Rainer Weiss: US gravitational-wave pioneer dies aged 92
William Phillips: why quantum physics is so ‘deliciously weird’
The Nobel-prize-winning physicist William Phillips talks to Margaret Harris about his life and career
Read article: William Phillips: why quantum physics is so ‘deliciously weird’
Cosmic chemistry: Ewine van Dishoeck shares her zeal for astrochemistry
Our podcast guest is a Kavli Prize in Astrophysics laureate
Read article: Cosmic chemistry: Ewine van Dishoeck shares her zeal for astrochemistry
Big data, big wins: how solar astrophysics can be a ‘game-changer’ in sports analytics
Joe McEntee explores the surprising links between solar physics and sports science
Read article: Big data, big wins: how solar astrophysics can be a ‘game-changer’ in sports analytics
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