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Scientists are failing to disclose their use of AI despite journal mandates, finds study
Analysis finds that the use of AI in scientific writing is increasing
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UK physics leaders express ‘deep concern’ over funding cuts in letter to science minister Patrick Vallance
Heads of almost 60 physics departments sign letter saying UK funding cuts are causing “reputational risk”
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Winners of International Quantum Year science-journalism competition picked
Physics World and Physics Magazine announce successful pitches
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CERN upgrade to LHCb experiment threatened by UK funding cuts
Upgrade to the UK-led project is unlikely to go ahead if UK funding cuts are not reversed
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Using AI boosts scientific productivity and career prospects, finds study
Yet the work shows that using AI can lead to a shrinking of research focus
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Michele Dougherty steps aside as president of the Institute of Physics
IOP president-elect Paul Howarth will take on Dougherty’s responsibilities with immediate effect
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The coming hurricane: early-career physicists and the crisis in American science
Parallel sessions at the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit reveal a stark divide
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Love, Tito’s: vodka maker funds physics research
Texas distiller has donated tens of millions of dollars to scientific research
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The American Physical Society’s 2026 Global Physics Summit opens in Denver
The "shared future" theme of the world's biggest physics meeting this year is opportune
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Pathways to a career in quantum: what skills do you need?
Matin Durrani reports from the Careers in Quantum event at the University of Bristol, UK
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LHCb upgrade: CERN collaboration responds to UK funding cut
LHCb spokesperson-elect Tim Gershon is our podcast guest
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Top-cited authors from India and North America share their tips for early-career researchers
Pointers on how to boost the impact of your work
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Is our embrace of AI naïve and could it lead to an environmental disaster?
Johan Hansson says it is dangerous to treat artificial intelligence as a magic wand
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Laser fusion: Focused Energy charts a course to commercial viability
Plasma physicist Debbie Callahan is our podcast guest
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Can entrepreneurship be taught? An engineer’s viewpoint
Honor Powrie wonders what skills she’d need to be an entrepreneur
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From building a workforce to boosting research and education – future quantum leaders have their say
Matin Durrani talks to four leaders from quantum science and technology about where the field is going next
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Remote work expands collaboration networks but reduces research impact, study suggests
Despite a 'concerning decline' in citation impact, there were, however, benefits to increasing remote interactions
Read article: Remote work expands collaboration networks but reduces research impact, study suggests
Institute of Physics celebrates 2025 Business Award winners at parliamentary event
Some 14 firms have won IOP business awards in 2025, bringing total tally to 102
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Can we compare Donald Trump’s health chief to Soviet science boss Trofim Lysenko?
Robert P Crease notes parallels between US and Soviet science
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When is good enough ‘good enough’?
Honor Powrie extols the virtues being just “good enough” in life
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The future of quantum physics and technology debated at the Royal Institution
Matin Durrani looks back at a week-long series of events in the UK to mark Quantum Year
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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center hit by significant downsizing
The centre has closed a third of its buildings over the past few months
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Designing better semiconductor chips: NP hard problems and forever chemicals
We report from the Heidelberg Laureate Forum
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SEMICON Europa 2025 presents cutting-edge technology for semiconductor R&D and production
Europe’s largest event for electronics manufacturing comes to Munich on 18−21 November, 2025
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