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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
18:45
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Ultraviolet and Infrared: Laser Science role models
You might have thought lasers mostly belong in sci-fi films, but the study of lasers is helping people! From new ways to take pictures of the human body to giant lasers that might help us generate ele…
The Deep Blue Sea: Oceanography role models
Oceanography is the study of the oceans. It’s the currents, tides, waves and even how humans might be affecting the oceans. You are just as likely to find one of our oceanographers on a boat as in a l…
IOP impact: how we’ve delivered for members, for physics and for society
Rachel Youngman, IOP Deputy Chief Executive, reflects on the IOP's impact over the last four years.…
Wearable coil vest could change the game in breast MRI
A flexible breast coil array that can be worn like a sports bra could improve patient comfort and enable more time-efficient breast MRI …
Sound is manipulated for quantum information processing
Experiment opens the possibility of mixing superconducting and phononic qubits…
New ferroelectric switches could reduce energy use in microelectronics
The first comprehensive study of electric-field-induced polarization switching in wurtzites reveals an atomic-scale switching pathway with potential electronics applications…
IOP-sponsored conference to spread the word about whole-school equity
The Limit Less campaign has teamed up with Governors for Schools to promote inclusion. Join the conference to get involved. …
Untangling the mechanisms behind surgical knot strength
New finding could be used to train surgeons or robots to tie stronger, safer sutures…