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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: Huge fault-tolerant quantum computers on the agenda at Commercialising Quantum 2024 conference
Quantum factories and profitability discussed in London
Read article: Tech phoenix: how electric-vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporation is rising from the ashes
James McKenzie reveals the lessons we can learn from vehicle manufacturer Nikola Corporations after the fall from grace of its CEO
Read article: Equal1 wins IOP’s qBIG Prize for quantum innovation
Aquark Technologies and NIQS Tech are runners-up in 2024 competition
Read article: Social media: making it work for physics-related businesses
Our podcasts guests are Alex Peroff and Neil Spinner of Pine Research
Read article: Graphene at 20: why the ‘wonder material’ is finally coming good
James McKenzie explains why graphene is finally delivering on its promise
Read article: Celebrating attosecond science, physics tournament focuses on fun
We chat about ultrashort pulses and ultrasharp students in this podcast
Read article: Effective Science Communication (3rd edition) with Sam Illingworth
Available to watch now, sponsored by the IOP Publishing ebook, Effective Science Communication, learn more about science communication
Read article: Data science CDT puts industry collaboration at its heart
The Liverpool Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) for Innovation in Data Intensive Science is preparing the next generation of physicists for their future careers
Read article: Quantum-themed escape room opens at German science museum
Game aims to teach children 10 and older about the quantum world
Read article: Ask me anything: Florence Downs – ‘I get to satisfy my burning curiosities about new technologies’
Florence Downs is an editor at Ingenia, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s magazine for young people interested in STEM
Read article: Purpose-Led Publishing: Antonia Seymour outlines the role of not-for-profit publishers
We also explore what makes a good science podcast with a student of science communication
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: Ask me anything: Anne Pawsey – ‘I really enjoy working with a huge community of physicists’
Anne Pawsey is secretary general of the European Physical Society in Mulhouse, France
Read article: Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
Future colliders, neutrinos and dark matter are key targets
Read article: What’s hot in particle and nuclear physics? Find out in the latest Physics World Briefing
Matin Durrani brings you up to date with what's hot in particle and nuclear physics
Read article: Astronomers versus activists: the battle over San Diego’s streetlights
Robert P Crease recalls the time when Palomar astronomers found themselves in a fight with locals
Read article: NASA demands new designs for cost-hit Mars Sample Return mission
Space agency admits that a new timeline of 2040 for the craft is “unacceptably too long”
Read article: US Electron-Ion Collider hits construction milestone
The Electron-Ion Collider will be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island, New York
Read article: Battle for the skies: US insists GMT and TMT telescopes must vie for funding
The NSF has been told to choose between the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope as a next-generation ground-based observatory
Read article: Excavation of huge caverns complete for the US Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
Space will hold the particle detector modules for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
