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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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Neutron Scattering Group Early Career Meeting
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Thu 21 Aug 2025
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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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In-personRead more62nd European High Pressure Research Group Meeting
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Sun 31 Aug 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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HybridRead moreUK Space Weather and Space Environment Meeting III
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Mon 8 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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Latest updates in physics from Physics World and the IOP
Quantum dot liquid scintillator could revolutionize neutrino detection
A new type of water-based scintillator made from quantum dots could make neutrino detectors safer and cheaper…
Physicists reveal the role of ‘magic’ in quantum computational power
Entanglement and magic interact in ways that impact quantum algorithms and physical systems…
IOP hails physics A-level popularity but low proportion of girls “deeply concerning”
Action must also be taken on physics teacher gap and barriers to T-level uptake.…
Wearable PET scanner allows brain scans of moving patients
A helmet-like upright imaging device has potential to enable previously impossible neuroimaging studies…
Quantum oscillators fall in synch even when classical ones don’t – but at a cost
For large-scale systems, classical oscillators are more energy-efficient, say theorists…
Member survey results: You spoke. We listened.
In this update, we set out what you told us in the member survey and how we are going to continue to make changes. …
Liquid water could abound in Martian crust, seismic study suggests
Reservoir could harbour microbial life…
Our world (still) cannot be anything but quantum, say physicists
Measurements of the Leggett-Garg inequality using neutron interferometry emphasize that no classical macroscopic theory can describe reality…