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News, views and information for the global physics community
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✨ Elevate your career! . Access the latest Physics World Careers Guide and find careers advice and information on our new JOBS HUB. Check it out today! #Physics #PhysicsJobs #CareerAdvice #ECR
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📢NEW WEBINAR. 🔋How Cathode Microstructure Impacts Solid-State Batteries . 🗓️ Date: 26 March 2025 🕔 Time: 5 p.m. GMT / 1 p.m. EDT. 🔗 Register today and secure your spot! >> #SolidStateBatteries #Electrochemistry #BatteryTechnology #Innovation
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🌟 New Webinar Alert! 🌟. Join us for "Sustainability Spotlight: PFAS Unveiled" on 12 Feb 2025 at 4 p.m. GMT / 11 a.m. EST. Explore scientific advances & future challenges in PFAS ("forever chemicals"). Register now! 👉 #Sustainability #PFAS #Webinar
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Photonics West Shines a Light on Optical Innovation!. #ad Join us in San Francisco from January 25-30 for SPIE Photonics West, the world’s largest photonics technologies event. 🔗 Read more! >> #PhotonicsWest #OpticalInnovation #Photonics #SPIE2025.
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SPIE Photonics West brings the global optics and photonics community together in San Francisco to share the latest research and technology breakthroughs
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It's a question all teachers have faced at some point, but Mark Whalley thinks we should take students seriously when they question the physics curriculum.
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Mark Whalley argues that a physics education builds valuable skills, but not for the reasons often given to students
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⏰ ONLY 48 HOURS LEFT TO REGISTER! ⏰. Don't miss out on our live webinar at 6 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. ET on 22 January 2025, with speaker Eniko Zsoldos. 🔗 Register today:
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According to AES Chile, the project is in the early stages of development, but could include green hydrogen and ammonia production plants, solar and wind farms as well as battery storage facilities
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AES Andes is aiming to develop a green hydrogen project in Chile’s Atacama Desert
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Join us for an insightful live webinar on 22 January 2025 at 6 p.m. GMT / 3 p.m. ET to explore How the Operating Window of LFP/Graphite Cells Affects Their Lifetime. 🔗 Register today : #LFPCells #GraphiteCells #BatteryLife #EnergyStorage
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It’s rarely treated as a cutting-edge material, but the physics of ice cream is extraordinarily complex, and scientists are still searching for the perfect scoop.
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From foaming to phase transitions, Douglas Goff explains the physics behind a perfect scoop
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Fermilab has experienced a turbulent last two years with questions raised about its internal management and external oversight
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Lia Merminga has resigned as Fermilab director after a turbulent few years at the lab
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Engineers have successfully integrated key parts of NASA’s $4bn Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope marking a significant step towards completion
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The mission is expected to be complete next year with a launch by May 2027
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NASA has confirmed that its Parker Solar Probe has survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 June
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The Moon as you’ve never seen it before: A stunning new book of lunar maps shows the long history of humankind’s fascination with the Moon.
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Ian Randall reviews LUNAR: a History of the Moon in Myths, Maps + Matter
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If you haven't already tried our Christmas quiz, this fiendish collection of physics headscratchers is the perfect way to kick start your 2025.
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Put down the eggnog, pick up your pens, and be sure to show your working
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New year, new. newsletter? How about signing up for our particle & nuclear digest? . Our highlights of research updates, must-read features and opinion pieces, sent straight to your inbox once a quarter. Log into your account to sign up today!
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From squirting cucumbers to cosmic stamps, physics has had its fair share of quirky stories this year. @mike_banks picks his favourite 10
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We revisit the physics of papercuts, a quantum escape room and much more
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From lunar landings to the search for dark matter, @mike_banks picks his favourite articles this year from the world of astronomy and astrophysics
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Michael Banks picks his favourite articles this year from the world of astronomy and astrophysics
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In our latest "Ask me anything" column, quantum physicist and dean Nadya Mason says that although she now spends most of her time outside the lab, she still relies on her physics training every day.
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Whether she’s researching quantum materials or leading her school, Nadya Mason uses her physics skills to tackle every challenge that comes her way
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In 2025, make it a resolution to share your research and get more people interested in physics. This demystifying guide from The Ogden Trust explains where to start and how to get the most from outreach.
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A comprehensive guide for starting out in public engagement from The Ogden Trust
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