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Ask me anything: Tania Kendrick – ‘There’s something really satisfying when everything starts to click’
Tania Kendrick is a civil servant in the UK’s Cabinet Office
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics
Astroparticle physicist wins for his work detecting cosmic neutrinos
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Ask me anything: Kiefer Vermeulen – ‘We had to figure everything out on a shoestring budget and on a really challenging timescale’
Kiefer Vermeulen is research team lead at Delft Circuits in the Netherlands
Finding careers in STEM and the weirdness of AI
Career consultant Alaina G Levine and AI researcher Janelle Shane are our podcast guests
From student to scientist – how to build a career with physics
Tushna Commissariat and Matin Durrani guide physics students through the maze of career options
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The 12 August 2026 partial solar eclipse as seen from the Isle of Wight
Sean G Ryan snaps an astronomical spectacle that captured the public imagination
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The Quantum Kid: childhood curiosity makes physics more accessible
Our podcast guest makes science videos for young people
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Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies
Robert P Crease attends a workshop bringing physicists and journalists together
Read article: Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies
Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals
Social scientists Shumaila Bhatti and Dara Wald are our podcast guests
Read article: Motivation is key to the public’s trust in science, study reveals
Can a 16-year-old really understand quantum teleportation?
Leron Borsten and Shanti Pise report from a week-long event that sought to teach quantum physics to teenagers
Read article: Can a 16-year-old really understand quantum teleportation?
Shining a light on central African physics
Victoria Merriman reports back from a Global Physics Summit satellite event in Dschang, Cameroon
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Abdus Salam: Pakistan’s first (and so far only) physics Nobel prize-winner
Matin Durrani looks at the work of Abdus Salam, who was born a century ago this year
Read article: Abdus Salam: Pakistan’s first (and so far only) physics Nobel prize-winner
Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101
Hilsum helped develop commercial applications for liquid crystals
Read article: Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101
AI dominates the 4th International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing
Subir Sarkar finds that AI was a hot topic among the over 800 delegates
Read article: AI dominates the 4th International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing
Ask me anything: Kristian Dominek Barajas – ‘I’m able to take a really complicated problem and give it my best guess’
Kristian Dominek Barajas is head of quantum theory at Oxford Ionics, an IonQ company
Read article: Ask me anything: Kristian Dominek Barajas – ‘I’m able to take a really complicated problem and give it my best guess’
Letter from Argentina: ‘an empty desk and an idle electron microscope signal the erosion of the country’s science’
Faramarz S Gard laments the decline of Argentine science
Read article: Letter from Argentina: ‘an empty desk and an idle electron microscope signal the erosion of the country’s science’
From galaxies to groceries: how Sarah Bridle made the switch from cosmology to food
Gleb Yakubov talks to Sarah Bridle a physicist who has studied food at the University of York
Read article: From galaxies to groceries: how Sarah Bridle made the switch from cosmology to food
Evidence in action: how science helps us make better decisions
Anita Chandran reviews Beyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works by Helen Pearson
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From ideas to industry: a theoretical physicist’s journey into Silicon Valley
From a classroom science demonstration to using quantum optics to improve the energy efficiency of deep learning – Ryan Hamerly on his career path
Read article: From ideas to industry: a theoretical physicist’s journey into Silicon Valley
‘Amaze, amaze, amaze’: in Project Hail Mary, science and friendship save the day
Andrew Glester and Tushna Commissariat delve into the science and story of Project Hail Mary
Read article: ‘Amaze, amaze, amaze’: in Project Hail Mary, science and friendship save the day
Belgian Nobel-prize-winning theoretical physicist François Englert dies aged 93
Englert shared the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics with Peter Higgs
Read article: Belgian Nobel-prize-winning theoretical physicist François Englert dies aged 93
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’
Mary Bishai is an experimental neutrino physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US
Read article: Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’
From equations to nuclear medicine: Keamogetswe Ramonaheng on building medical physics in Africa
Keamogetswe Ramonaheng discusses her life in medical physics
Read article: From equations to nuclear medicine: Keamogetswe Ramonaheng on building medical physics in Africa
Institute of Physics president Paul Howarth outlines his vision for physics
Paul Howarth is set to be IOP president until 2029
Read article: Institute of Physics president Paul Howarth outlines his vision for physics
Quantum science in the heart of Dublin
Trinity College Dublin is at the centre of a burgeoning quantum ecosystem in Ireland, and students on Trinity’s MSc Quantum Science and Technology are right in the middle of it a...
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Paul Howarth: IOP president highlights the need to raise the profile of physics in society
Podcast interview also explores concerns about recent funding cuts to fundamental physics research in the UK
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Building up the quantum workforce: an undergraduate route into industry
Colorado School of Mines’ Frédéric Sarazin on a new undergraduate route into quantum engineering
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Oppenheimer unfiltered: rare recordings released to the public
Newly released audio interviews reveal a personal, reflective side of Robert Oppenheimer
Read article: Oppenheimer unfiltered: rare recordings released to the public
Trading places: meet the physicists-turned-analysts who are driving the frontiers of finance
From academia to algorithms, physicists in quantitative finance explain how their careers evolved
Read article: Trading places: meet the physicists-turned-analysts who are driving the frontiers of finance
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