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2025 is the UN's International Year of Quantum, celebrating 100 years of quantum science and technology. Get involved to find out more about quantum technology and how it could change our future.…
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OnlineRead moreMimi’s Tiny Adventure: Lab in the Library
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Wed 20 Aug 2025
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Wed 20 Aug 2025
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Neutron Scattering Group Early Career Meeting
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Thu 21 Aug 2025
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Fri 22 Aug 2025
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In-personRead moreMimi’s Tiny Adventure: The exhibition in London
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Wed 23 Jul 2025
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Fri 29 Aug 2025
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In-personRead moreQuantum, Atomic, and Molecular Physics (QuAMP 2025)
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Tue 2 Sep 2025
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Thu 4 Sep 2025
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In-personRead more62nd European High Pressure Research Group Meeting
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Sun 31 Aug 2025
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Fri 5 Sep 2025
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OnlineRead moreUnlocking the Power of Start-Ups (how start-ups can transform careers and companies): A joint webinar from the IOP and the IET
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Wed 10 Sep 2025
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Wed 10 Sep 2025
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HybridRead moreUK Space Weather and Space Environment Meeting III
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Mon 8 Sep 2025
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Thu 11 Sep 2025
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In-personRead moreMedical Physics in the East Midlands
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Fri 12 Sep 2025
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Fri 12 Sep 2025
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Latest updates in physics from Physics World and the IOP
PennPET Explorer acquires first human images
The PennPET Explorer, a prototype whole-body PET scanner, can image the major body organs simultaneously with higher sensitivity than that of commercial devices …
Optical fibre device can detect micro-pollutants in real time
Hollow-core photonic crystal fibre can measure and identify hazardous micrometre-sized airborne pollutants …
Awards evening celebrates the physicists of yesterday, today and tomorrow
20 November 2020 - Yesterday evening, IOP President Jonathan Flint CBE and CEO Professor Paul Hardaker welcomed winners and guests at the 2019 IOP Awards event. …
Committee urges Ireland to join CERN particle-physics lab
Report recommends Ireland becoming an associate member that would allow the country’s scientists to have access to formal training and become CERN staff members …
AI dermatology tool needs more diverse skin types in its training datasets
An artificial intelligence-powered algorithm trained to identify skin conditions doesn't work effectively on black skin…
The next 100 years
Although it’s really exciting to contemplate how our daily lives may be transformed, we can never accurately predict the future. …
Cells thrive in blood-based bioink
3D bioprinted structures made with human platelet-derived bioink are particularly hospitable to cells, promoting proliferation without the need for animal products …
City heat hits the poor hardest
The urban heat island effect makes cities warmer than their surroundings, but low-income neighbourhoods suffer more than most …