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Physics World Careers 2024

Physics World Careers 2024

Making decisions about your career can be an exciting process, but for most people it’s also a tricky one. Physics World Careers 2024 is here to help you navigate the current jobs market – to find the right role that matches your skills and interests, while also letting you discover all the many opportunities available to you.

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Physicists wanted: the demand for physics skills in the UK workplace

interview

Masako Yamada

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Creative licence: how to stimulate innovation and generate new ideas

Silvia Vignolini feature

Rethinking physics: Silvia Vignolini on succeeding at the boundary between disciplines

Amanda Barnard interview

Computational scientist Amanda Barnard

interview

From student to teacher

Merritt Moore dancing with a robot feature

Merritt Moore: mixing science and art using robots and dance

Northwestern University assistant professor and Fong group leader Wen-fai Fong interview

Supporting the next generation of astronomers

Hands pulling on spun fibre feature

Meet the physicists turning wood into clothes

Sumner Norman feature

Brain–computer interfaces: tailoring neurotechnology to improve patients’ lives

Joyful-and-Larissa

Celebrating joy in #BlackInPhysics week

Digital signal processing equipment sponsored

Innovation in wireless technology

Michelle Oyen feature

Correcting an historical failure in women’s health

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