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Read article: Hybrid quantum–classical computing chips and neutral-atom qubits both show promise
Equal1’s Elena Blokhina and Harvard’s Brandon Grinkemeyer are our guests
Read article: Robot-cooked pizza delivered to your door? Here’s what Zume’s failure tells us
James McKenzie looks at the reasons behind the failure of the Zume robotic pizza-delivery business
Read article: Management insights catalyse scientific success
Effective management training can equip scientists and engineers with powerful tools to boost the impact of their work, identify opportunities for innovation, and build high-performing teams
Read article: Why NASA thinks you should forget about space-based solar power
James McKenzie thinks a new NASA report marks the end of the road for space-based solar power
Read article: Green challenge: can the shipping industry clean up its act?
James McKenzie reports on the launch of new ships that will help the world to cut greenhouse-gas emissions
Read article: Linking silicon T centres with light offers a route to fault-tolerant quantum computing
Stephanie Simmons of Photonic Inc is our podcast guest
Read article: Dancing humans embody topological properties
Choreographed high school students have fun simulating curious phase of matter
Read article: Almost 70% of US students with an interest in physics leave the subject, finds survey
The survey followed almost 4000 first-year students taking introductory physics courses at four US universities
Read article: How ‘pop Newton’ can help inspire the next generation
Richard Easther and Frank Wang argue that a "Newton first" approach can be better for undergraduates than focusing solely on "modern physics"
Read article: Non-physicists find opportunity in the quantum industry, improving the university experience
We also chat about the 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics
Read article: A quarter of UK students say school physics teaching is poor
A survey by the Ogden Trust finds that half of those that didn’t take physics post-16 say they did not enjoy the subject
Read article: Celebrating attosecond science, physics tournament focuses on fun
We chat about ultrashort pulses and ultrasharp students in this podcast
Read article: Estonia becomes first Baltic state to join CERN
The Baltic nation is now the 24th member state of the Geneva-based particle-physics lab
Read article: Fermilab is ‘doomed’ without management overhaul claims whistleblower report
A group of anonymous whistleblowers say that Fermilab is in 'crisis' and needs a management shake-up
Read article: Keith Burnett: ‘I have this absolute commitment that the broader we are, the more powerful physics will be’
Keith Burnett discusses his career, the power of diversity and the value of universities to society
Read article: US astronomers slam cuts to the Chandra X-ray observatory
NASA says that increasing management costs means it cannot afford to the keep the “great observatory” operational
Read article: Brazil becomes first Latin American country to join CERN
Brazilian nationals will now be eligible to apply for staff positions at CERN
Read article: Institute of Physics announces ‘impact projects’ for 2024
The green economy, space technologies and opportunities in venture capital investment have been choosen
Read article: DUNE prototype detector records its first accelerator-produced neutrinos
Scientists will use the detector to study the interactions between antineutrinos and argon
Read article: Had a leak from your science facility? Here’s how to deal with the problem
Robert P Crease explains how Fermilab navigated an accidental leak of tritium
Read article: US plasma physicists propose construction of a ‘flexible’ stellarator facility
The Flexible Stellarator Physics Facility would test different approaches to stellarator magnetic confinement
Read article: Gianluigi Botton: maintaining the Diamond synchrotron’s cutting edge
Gianluigi Botton, head of the Diamond Light Source in the UK, on the £519m Diamond-II upgrade and what it means for the national synchrotron science facility
Read article: Why we need gender equality in big science
Elizabeth Pollitzer says measures must be taken to tackle the gender imbalance among staff and users of large research infrastructures
Read article: ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike
Full operation with deuterium and tritium is not expected until 2039
