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Artificial intelligence: IOP responds to government’s AI action plan
Plan welcomed but UK must now target every educational stage to make full use of physics-based skills.…
IOP congratulates scientists named on King’s 2025 New Year’s Honours List
This year sees physics innovators, educators and leaders honoured.…
Physics breakthrough of 2024 awarded to quantum computing innovators
Physics World magazine has unveiled a shared prize as part of its top 10 physics discoveries of the year.…
Two advances in quantum error correction share the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year
Complementary research brings practical quantum computing closer…
IOP unwraps its ‘Seven Wonders of Christmas’
Santa, meteors, Christmas jumpers and sticky tape all part of the annual festive physics wonders of wintertime…
Africa targets 2035 start date for synchrotron construction
The African Light Source Foundation’s conceptual design report hopes to encourage African leaders to support the project …
Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year in physics for 2024 revealed
Work on entangled imaging, recoiling nuclei and transparent mice are on our shortlist…
Automated checks build confidence in treatment verification
ChartCheck, a treatment evaluation solution from Radformation, helps physicists who are responsible for patient safety to speed up their weekly checks and make them more consistent …