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New tailored resource aims to help employers with T-level science student placements
Gatsby-funded practical resource includes testimonials from employers who are hosting industry placements and reaping the benefits.…
A day of celebration as the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund marks 5th anniversary
The innovative fund has now given away £1m to fund graduates from underrepresented backgrounds to study doctorates in physics.…
IOP publishes subject knowledge framework to support physics teachers
Framework provides a structure for focusing on four different dimensions of a teacher’s professional capability.…
UK reveals next STEPs toward prototype fusion power plant
Engineers and physicists have met to discuss the challenges and opportunities of building a practical fusion power plant in the UK…
Carbon defect in boron nitride creates first omnidirectional magnetometer
Quantum sensor can detect magnetic fields in any direction and monitor temperature changes in a sample at the same time…
Dancing humans embody topological properties
Choreographed high school students have fun simulating curious phase of matter…
Improved antiproton trap could shed more light on antimatter-matter asymmetry
Maxwell's demon cooling trap measures the magnetic moment of antiprotons with higher precision than ever before…
Quantum brainwave: using wearable quantum technology to study cognitive development
and explain to why quantum-sensing technology is a game-changer for studying children’s brains…